Sunday Inspiration

During our relief society lesson I had a strong impression in my mind that my family needs to be more active in our ward activities.  It had nothing to do with the actual lesson but my mind was wandering with the different comments being given and that is what stuck with me.  It was our ward conference weekend and there is so much we missed out on because we were either too lazy or just too lazy.  That's really what it comes down to.  I can probably count on one hand the ward activities we attend together as a family on any given year but hopefully that will change.  When we got home I told Vili my thoughts during our lesson and he said a similar thought crossed his mind during his lesson in priesthood.  Coincidence?  I think not!  We decided that we will make more of an effort to attend all the ward activities, whether we want to or not, so that we can supportive of our amazing ward and leaders.

Fitness 101

I probably should have titled this blog post Fitness -101 because I think that might be more accurate.  Lol!  2014 marks the first year that I have ever included fitness into my yearly goals.  Anyone who knows me knows that working out is definitely not my forte.  The closest thing to physical fitness that I've done is dancing and I stopped doing that when I was pregnant with Elina way back in 2009.  Depressing!  Since then I have been blessed with two beautiful daughters and my body has been not so blessed with lots of changes!  I'm sure everyone out there is thinking, "Is this girl serious?  She's still skinny!" but I assure you I am just "skinny fat" and looks can be very deceiving.  Anyhow, this year I've decided it's time for me to get fit!  I want to be healthy in a aspects of the word: physically, mentally, and most importantly, spiritually.

The more I learn about health and fitness, the deeper my knowledge is about how much our Heavenly Father loves us.  He gave us the Word of Wisdom because he knew that one day we would live in a world where diseases are rampant due to unhealthy lifestyles.  I am gaining a testimony of how important our physical bodies are to our mortal experience here on Earth and I'm finally starting to realize how much our agency with regards to health and fitness affects our everyday lives.  I am learning how amazing our bodies are and how adaptive they can become to good and bad habits.  It really just amazes me!

One of the main reasons I'm doing this is because I want to learn to love myself.  Like truly love myself, inside and out.  I want to be able to teach my kids to love themselves and appreciate the bodies they have been given and to treat them well.  What better way to lead than by example, right?  I so wish that was easier said than done!  I'm sure this will be the most mentally challenging thing I have ever done but I am excited and look forward to getting that bikini body that will look just as amazing under modest clothing ;)  Lol!