What strategies do you use to maintain your health and well-being?
Balance and Portion Control
When it comes to healthy eating, balance and portion control go hand in hand. A nutritionist once gave me a piece of advice that really stuck with me: You don’t have to completely cut out any particular food—just manage your portions based on your body’s actual needs.
This is especially true when it comes to starchy foods like potatoes, rice, corn, bread, and pasta. These foods serve as energy sources, but if we consume more than we need, that energy gets stored as fat. So instead of eliminating them, she encouraged me to simply limit the portions, especially when I’m not as active.
She also shared something helpful about how we feel after eating: there are three types of “full”—satisfied, full, and overfull. If your plate is mostly vegetables, it’s okay to eat until you’re full. But if it’s heavier on starches and richer foods, it’s better to stop at “satisfied.”
That simple wisdom has helped me stay on track without feeling restricted or guilty.
Proverbs 23:20-21:
“Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh: For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.” This verse warns against excessive eating and drinking.
Genesis 1:29:
“And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.”
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