Are you happy and healthy?

Hello Darling,

Something I really want to stress to you this week is the importance of maintaining your health! I don't know about you, but I can get really stubborn sometimes with my health-- whether it's with taking my vitamins or going to the doctors if I'm not feeling well. 

Sometimes I feel us women really try to appear and view ourselves as really strong--there is nothing wrong with that, ladies, but at the end of the day ladies make sure you aren't forgetting your health! For example, if you know that you're anemic then, sweetheart, make sure you are taking your iron pills and eating foods with a lot of iron.  I'm speaking from experience right now! I definitely learned that if you do not take care of yourself there is NO WAY that you can take care of others. I know I forget about that all the time and I constantly see others forgetting about it too!

 Ladies, our health is really important though. Not only can poor health cause you to feel exhausted and make you unable to perform to the best of your abilities, but it also affects your mood! When my iron is really low my body just feels run down, which makes me feel the exact way! Y'all know being tired definitely makes you feel kind of cranky! Well when my iron is really low I get kind of cranky because my body feels exhausted! When you're not as healthy as you should be you're putting your body through A LOT, and ,honey, do not think for one second that you can perform to the best of your abilities and feel as great as you should if you're unhealthy.

Not only do our health decisions effect ourselves but they have an affect on others as well--positively or negatively!

I'll start with a positive example. So, my grammy always checks the amount of cholesterol in her food before she buys it, and watching her do this as I grew up made me do the same thing whenever I am purchasing food at the grocery store!!

Alright and now for the negative. When I was younger, I used to think it was okay for me to skip lunch at school (not okay what-so-ever by the way) and little did I know one of my friends was watching. She started trying to do the same thing as well. 

What we do not realize sometimes is that there is always someone watching and learning from what we do, so we can guide them in either a positive way or a negative way. So, the decisions that you make, doll, are affecting more people than just yourself!  

So, make sure you are making smart health decisions so others can follow in your lead! Be the example you want to see! 

And remember, ladies, Stay C.L.A.S.S.Y ;)

--Alyssa Louise McCall