Don\u2019t get too hungry, too angry, too lonely — and don\u2019t get too tired.\u00a0 That\u2019s a hard one if you are a busy person with a lot of responsibilities.\u00a0 It\u2019s also difficult advice to follow when you have a low level of health and are tired easily.\u00a0 It\u2019s true, though, that you are the least prepared to make good decisions when you are worn out.\u00a0 We all will pick the easiest option when we are tired.<\/p>\n
So, make sure you don\u2019t get to the point of exhaustion, if at all possible.\u00a0 Pace yourself and take breaks along the way.\u00a0 Do your best to get plenty of rest at night, which will be a boon to your metabolism anyway.\u00a0 And prepare ahead of time so that the easiest choices will be the wise choices.\u00a0 If\u00a0 you know that a particularly busy day is ahead, for example, fix a low glycemic dinner in the crockpot so that it will be there waiting for you when you get home and can relax.<\/p>\n
If you are too busy to take a break — maybe you are just too busy and something in your life needs to go.\u00a0 Spread your schedule before the Lord and ask Him, \u201cWhich of these things MUST be here?\u00a0 Is there anything on my to-do list that You didn\u2019t assign to me?\u201d\u00a0 People who have a hard time saying \u201cno\u201d tend to take on too many projects and get overwhelmed.\u00a0 The emotional and physical strain takes it\u2019s toll on our bodies and on our willpower.\u00a0 (Guess how I know that?\u00a0 You\u2019re right — I\u2019m always \u201con\u201d for a new project, although it isn\u2019t always God\u2019s will for me.)\u00a0 It may be that you have to back off of some activity, even a good activity, if it isn\u2019t God\u2019s plan for you.\u00a0 He definitely wants you to take care of the body He gave you. Stuffing it full of comfort food because you are too tired to make good choices isn\u2019t a good way to do that!<\/p>\n
So make it easy on yourself.\u00a0 Don\u2019t over-plan your day and don\u2019t get too tired.<\/p>\n
Eating to live and living for Christ,<\/em><\/p>\n Susan Jordan Brown<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Don\u2019t get too hungry, too angry, too lonely — and don\u2019t get too tired.\u00a0 That\u2019s a hard one if you are a busy person with a lot of responsibilities.\u00a0 It\u2019s also difficult advice to follow when you have a low level of health and are tired easily.\u00a0 It\u2019s true, though, that you are the least…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":423,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[68],"tags":[176,30,177,175],"class_list":["post-697","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-encouragement","tag-busy","tag-god","tag-schedule","tag-tired"],"yoast_head":"\n