A Healthy Lifestyle for Whom?

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As I sit here eating my Culvers Concrete Mixer, I started to think about why I try to have a healthy lifestyle.  I know.  Ironic, huh?
But mostly I try to eat healthy food (at least not too many BAD foods) and I try to keep my body hydrated by drinking water or Crystal Light or juice.  I try to stay away from pop (that's how we say soda in Minnesota) and too many sugary foods.  I am starting to try to get to bed before 10:30 and I try to exercise at least a little bit everyday.

Why do I make all this effort?  Is it for myself? 
Well, technically I will benefit from it, but I think it's bigger than just myself.   There are 3 different motivators in my life.
I am trying to be healthy so that I can enjoy my time with my kids.  I want to have energy to play with them by crawling on the floor and using my imagination.  I want to be patient with them and if I am healthy, there tends to be a better chance of thinking clearly and being kind.  I want my kids to choose a healthy lifestyle themselves, so I need to model it.

I also am motivated to have a healthy lifestyle because I want to be attractive to my husband.  I have had 4 babies, and so my body is not the most ideally fit specimen in the universe.  I know that my husband is thrilled that I am the mother to his children, and he would never complain about my rolls and unslightly blemishes.  BUT I would like to be attractive. And when I am working toward that goal, I feel like I am attractive.  And when I feel like I'm attractive, I hold my head up a little higher and present myself a little better to him.
But most importantly, I am choosing a healthy lifestyle because I feel like it is a way to worship God.  He gave me this life to live.  I want to honor Him by choosing the best options to take care of what He has given me.

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