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BALANCE
Results of a new study published in a European Journal lend
support to the idea that people's eating habits vary based on the season of the
year. The study found people tend to eat more in the fall and winter. In turn,
the change of eating habits influences physical activity levels, and body
weight.
In the current study, the study's author Dr. Yunsheng Ma and
his team examined seasonal variations in nutrient intake, physical activity and
body weight. They found that calorie intake was highest during the fall season,
and body weight fluctuated by about one pound throughout the yearlong study but
tended to be highest during the winter season, when reported physical activity
was lowest.
Dr. Ma says individuals should anticipate weight gain during
winter months and try to maintain an energy balance. Ma added, "Energy
in—food intake—must be equal to energy out—mainly physical activity—to avoid
weight gain."
—Reuters, Eating, exercise habits vary by season: study,
December 19, 2005. Illustration by Jim L. Wilson and Jim Sandell.
Living a balanced life during all seasons is the best plan
for physical, mental and spiritual well-being.
2
Timothy 4:2 (NKJV) "Preach the word! Be ready in season and out of
season. Convince, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching."
BALANCE
In 2003, the Woman's US Gymnastics’ team captured the world
championship in Anaheim California, but didn't fair so well in the first day of
competition in the Olympic Games in Athens in 2004.
They were edged out in the standings by the Romanians. Carly
Patterson, one of the US gymnasts had a stellar day, leading in the all around
competition. Things didn't go quite so well for Courtney McCool who had some
problems on the balance beam and stumbled on her dismount. Commenting on the
problems, team captain Mohini Bhardwaj, said "It's not a big deal. We
still have another day of competition. Let's move on. She didn't make any
mistakes. She just went aggressive."
—http://news.bostonherald.com/international/view.bg?articleid=40004.
Illustration by Jim L. Wilson
Sometimes being too aggressive can cause a person to lose
balance in their lives.
In this case, she literally lost her balance on the balance
beam, but other times it can figuratively cause a person to get out of balance.
How balanced is your life? Are you too aggressive in one
area and too laid back in another?
Eccles.
3:1 (NASB) "There is an appointed time for everything. And there is a
time for every event under heaven."
BALANCE/FATHER'S DAY/PURPOSE
One of the greatest struggles I've faced is work-life
balance. There are seasons of life where my work has demanded almost all of my
strength and energy and other times when my family needed an extra portion of
my attention. The key, I've found, is to know my priorities and find the
strength to maintain a balance. No one will do it for me. I've found I have to
do it for myself.
Jack Welch, retired CEO of GE and author of Winning says,
"Even the most accommodating bosses believe that work-life balance is your
problem to solve. In fact, most know that there are really just a handful of
effective strategies to do that—staying focused on what you're doing and saying
no to demands outside your work-life balance."
—Newsweek, April 4, 2005, p. 48. Illustration by Jim L.
Wilson
Philippians
3:12-14 (HCSB) "Not that I have already reached [the goal] or am
already fully mature, but I make every effort to take hold of it because I also
have been taken hold of by Christ Jesus. [13] Brothers, I do not consider
myself to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: forgetting what is behind
and reaching forward to what is ahead, [14] I pursue as my goal the prize promised
by God's heavenly call in Christ Jesus."
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