Diet, Nutrition & Tiny Transformational Tweaks

Alan's equation:
[Who we are physically] = [What we put in] - [what we expend]

Gaynor van der Burton is the Founding Director of Fitfish, a Christian fitness organisation offering retreats, fitness, nutrition, and coaching. God called Gaynor to start Fitfish in 2011 and since then she has led over 60 retreats and coached over 200 people through the Healthy, Whole & Free Programme. She is passionate about helping Christians gain freedom and balance in the area of healthy living in body, spirit and soul and is an advanced level Personal Trainer, Nutritional Advisor and Eating Behaviours Expert.

There are several references in the Bible to our bodies being likened to a temple:

But the temple he had spoken of was his body. John 2:21

and

Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God?  1 Corinthians 6:19

or a dwelling place for the Holy Spirit:

Don’t you know that you yourselves are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in your midst? If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy that person; for God’s temple is sacred, and you together are that temple. 1 Corinthians 3:16-17

For an interesting article on the Temple of the Holy Spirit: The Body: https://lifehopeandtruth.com/relationships/health/temple-of-the-holy-spirit/

Gaynor's suggestion for TTT's (Tiny Transformational Tweaks)

• Glass of water when you wake up, before caffeine or milky drinks
• Read packets so you're aware of what you're putting in to yourself
• Swap a sandwich for a soup (even a bought one)
• Can you make your own lunch (or get somebody else to do that for you)?
• Reduce your window of eating (e.g. have all your meals in 10hrs)? Or at least track when you first eat and last eat in a day and try to reduce that.
• Snack on veg e.g. cherry tomatoes, carrot batons, sugarsnap peas
• Can you do 30 plants a week?
• One new recipe a week?

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