What hinders you from being productive? What causes you to become more productive or active? What type of attitude do you have toward your body? The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan in his Self-Improvement:
The Basis for Community Development study guides, in the Will of God, Part 1, it states that “attitude” is defined in part as a “tendency or orientation, especially of the mind,” and it also states, “Attitude can give you—or damage your ability to perceive reality.”
How can we help improve our situation? We need to change our attitude or tendency from being weak or negative to optimistic or strong. What is our attitude toward eating to live? We should gradually work on improving our attitude.
The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan has been giving us wonderful reminders in his “The War Against Obesity (Fat)” articles published in The Final Call.
If we are still eating two to three meals a day, one suggestion is to replace all snacks with fruit like a banana or apple. Try to only eat fruit in the morning. You will start to feel better, eating “pure” food and you may start to see the pounds start to come off. Why?
Fruit is low in calories and high in fiber which means your body will receive help getting rid of waste. Also, you are more likely to have a feeling of being “content” rather than feeling “stuffed.” This will allow our stomach to go back to its normal size. We really overstuff our stomachs. Believe me, I have done it also.
Lastly, we should make walking a daily part of our regimen. How are we, especially as sisters, going to go out into the streets with our people if we are tired after walking a block? What if we had to walk for a mile or more to safety after a disaster?
We have to work on that gradually and practice. After all, we are soldiers and all soldiers should be found working out, at least three to five times a week.
Did you know that exercise and “eating to live,” helps to slow the aging process? According to page 157 of the book, “Prescription for Nutritional Healing,” by Phyllis A. Balch, “Exercise is most important in slowing the aging process because it increases the amount of oxygen available to body tissues, a key determinant of energy and stamina.
Brisk walking and stretching exercises are good. … Exercise can ward off conditions such as arthritis, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and osteoporosis, and because it releases endorphins into the body, exercise can also help overcome depression.”
Aren’t these benefits worth 20 minutes of exercise in a 24-hour day?
What happens if you have tried “everything,” but are still not getting results? The Honorable Elijah Muhammad said in his book “How to Eat to Live,” Book I, on page 31, “There are some people who claim that they do not receive beneficial results as they should.
This is due to the wrong mental food that they are eating, which has an effect on their digestive system. To get good results from eating the proper foods, we must have good thoughts.”
May Allah (God) bless us all with good thoughts, peace, health, wealth, love, and happiness.
Dr. Audrey Muhammad is an educator, aerobics instructor, and author of “Get Fit to Live: Be Your Best You!” Contact her at [email protected] and for more information, visit www.virtuetodaymag. com. Please consult a physician before beginning any new exercise or dietary program.
