What helps me to include fitness in my busy life is to determine that I will get it done, even if I don't have a whole hour to commit that day. If I only have 15 mins, I go to youtube and do an intense HIIT training video for those 15 mins, giving me a great sweat and getting my blood pumping! What I've recently started doing is getting up even earlier to start my day with 1. prayer + Bible study and then my 2. exercise before the rest of my day even starts! So by the time my daughter and husband wake up, I have already invested in 2 of the most important elements of my day. I end up with MORE energy for the day and a greater level of focus, even though my day started much earlier. It's worth it!

In 2021, I've determined to increase my vegetable intake and be more intentional about dietary supplements. I've been adding kale salads to my dinner for the past couple weeks, and I just ordered some liquid vitamin D because I've recently learned how important that is for people of color and how much it can strengthen your immune system. For a long time, I thought that we got vitamin D from the sun, but I recently learned that the sun only activates the vitamin D already present in your body!