Participants: Curtis & Paula Eakins
Series Code: AL
Program Code: AL000204A
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00:01 Bad news, on the fitness front,
00:03 nearly 70 million Americans are now classified as inactive 00:08 or better known as couch potatoes. 00:10 So here's the question. 00:12 What do you call children whose parents are couch potatoes? 00:16 That's right, tater tots. 00:18 Today's program is entitled "American Idle." 00:22 We'll be right back. 00:49 Hi, welcome to Abundant Living. 00:51 This is Curtis Eakins your co-host. 00:53 I like to introduce my beautiful bride of wonderful 18 years 00:56 of marital bliss, Paula Eakins. 00:59 Oh, okay I-I thought I was gonna say that part but-- 01:02 Yeah, well I bet you do, 01:03 maybe next program you can say that, okay. 01:05 His wonderful wife. 01:06 Yeah, wonderful, beautiful, it's been wonderful 18 years, 01:09 hasn't it been. Yes. 01:10 Yes, all right, praise the Lord. Okay. 01:12 Let's go for another 18, what do you say? 01:14 It's fine. If Jesus doesn't come. 01:15 If Jesus delayed His coming. Oh, that's right. 01:16 All right, that's right. Okay. Okay. 01:18 Now we got some couch potatoes, 01:20 we got some tater tots. I know you-- 01:23 We need to get them and they'll start moving, 01:25 so that's why we call this program "American Idle." 01:30 Of course the last name is spelled 01:31 differently idle not idol, all right. 01:35 So now this is international program 01:37 but here in United States, 01:38 I think also programs around the world 01:41 have different talent programs of singing so, 01:43 but here in America we have American Idol talent show. 01:46 So it's called American Idle, 01:49 because we're idle and we need to get them start moving. 01:51 Well, this is the part of the new series 01:53 that we're talking about, hang on. 01:54 That's true. And that the eight natural remedies. 01:57 Yeah. And let's talk about that because this is the money saver, 02:00 like my wife said of that eight natural remedies 02:03 and this is coined from one of the author 02:05 that we would be talking about Ellen G. White 02:07 who mentioned this in a book called 02:09 "Counsels on Health" page 90. 02:12 And so therefore-- and this acronym, 02:14 so what are the eight natural remedies, honey, 02:16 and this acronym for people to remember 02:19 those eight natural remedies. 02:21 Just walk them through that, honey. 02:22 Okay, well, that acronym is new start. Okay. 02:25 I like that, that word anyway but there was a gentleman 02:28 who was having a time, trying to remember the acronym 02:31 or trying to put together these eight natural remedies 02:33 and so he kind of acquainted in this word called 02:35 "new start." Okay. 02:36 And actually the 'N' stands for nutrition. 02:39 The 'E' stands for exercise. 02:41 The 'W' stands for water. 02:45 The 'S' sunshine. 02:47 The 'T' temperance. 02:48 'A' air. 'R' rest. 02:52 And 'T' trust in the divine guidance. 02:56 Now of course when you look at this word new start, 02:59 I like what David says in the Psalms. 03:01 I thank you God, you're so wonderful, 03:02 you're magnificently made. Yes, he. 03:04 And it go so much long with this program American Idle 03:08 and so with that in mind, you know that, 03:10 really that 'T' trust in divine God 03:12 and he said that he end that word. 03:13 But really and truly we all know that unless, 03:17 the 'T' trust in divine guidance is first and foremost. 03:21 There's no way that the rest of this gonna work, okay. 03:23 Yeah, absolutely, so that's really good. 03:25 And we're gonna walk through 03:26 each of those eight health principles 03:29 for the next coming weeks. 03:30 And so today, it's gonna be one of those-- 03:33 we actually going to cover 03:34 two of those principles in one program. 03:38 It's one of my path line. 03:39 Jesus said years ago, we don't kill two stones with one bird. 03:42 So we're gonna be talking about American Idle exercise 03:44 in addition to also air as well. 03:47 So we're gonna talk about that as well. 03:49 Well you got two main references we talk about that before. 03:52 The two main references of individuals 03:54 that we really want to be looking at, 03:56 for getting that reference and the information 03:58 you need to have for this particular programming 04:00 with those references that we have. 04:01 Okay, the two main references we'll be using 04:04 for the eight natural remedies on our series. 04:06 Number one is God's word. 04:09 God's word is the standard of truth for healthful living 04:12 as far as that is concerned and other Bible doctrines as well. 04:16 And second reference is Ellen White, 04:19 the author has been well known to be inspired by God 04:23 by millions of people around the world, 04:26 based on the Library of Congress in Washington D C. 04:29 The most translate author in United States, 04:32 second in the world. 04:33 And people who followed the council of this author 04:36 along with God's word has a degree of health 04:40 and longevity than the rest of the population 04:43 of Seventh-day Adventist Christians. 04:44 So therefore, we must share with the people 04:48 what Seventh-day Adventist have known for years 04:49 and other people have incorporated 04:51 to live longer lives for Jesus Christ. 04:54 Well, you made a comment and that was that God's word 04:58 actually talks about physical activity 05:01 and so where do we go from now. 05:03 You know that somebody is gonna say, 05:04 is that really in the Word of God? 05:05 Is that really in the Word of God? 05:06 Is that really there? 05:07 Exercise, yeah. Yeah, yeah. 05:09 Well, you know, gospel has a lot to say about exercise. 05:11 Gospel, it talks about we should exercise 05:14 discerning truth and err. 05:19 The Bible says that we should run with patience. 05:24 The Bible says we should walk in a light. 05:27 So those are good physical activities, 05:30 right honey, I mean, you know exercise, run and walk. 05:34 But again rest on the spiritual standpoint, 05:37 I want to turn to the book of 1 Timothy 4 05:41 and in this programs for the next coming weeks, 05:43 we'll using God's word as our standard of truth. 05:45 So I invite you to have your Bibles ready 05:48 and if you don't-- 05:49 you want just want to jott these text down. 05:51 But let's put exercise in its proper perspective. 05:55 1 Timothy 4 and I'm gonna look at verse 8 and also verse 7. 06:02 Verse 8, "For bodily exercise profiteth little, 06:07 but godliness is profitable unto all things, 06:12 having promise of the life that is now is, 06:16 and of that which is to come, 06:19 exercise thyself unto godliness." 06:23 There's lot of people out there, honey, 06:25 they exercise in everyday or every other day 06:29 and we want to make sure they get their exercise in 06:31 and that's good but again was even more important 06:35 is to exercise godliness, piety, reference, holy, all right. 06:42 So therefore let's puts things in a proper perspective. 06:45 We're not negating that exercises is not important, 06:48 it is bodily exercise. 06:51 But again to exercise godliness is even more important still 06:56 because it's profitable for all things. 06:59 So it has a good balance for us in relationship 07:03 to the spiritual versus the physical. 07:06 So you're saying that, you can get really so caught up 07:10 in the exercise activity until that takes prominence. Yes. 07:15 And so you're just saying that-- 07:16 And we neglect the exercising of being godly Christian, 07:21 because we're so focus on the physical exercise. 07:24 So this verse brings out that point. Okay, okay. 07:29 Now looking at exercise from a biblical perspective again. 07:33 Let's go to the book of the Bible, which is Genesis 2. 07:38 Genesis 2, we're gonna look at something else 07:41 when it comes to exercise in Genesis 2:15. 07:49 "And the Lord God took the man, 07:52 and put him into the Garden of Eden 07:54 to dress it and to keep it." 07:58 So God instructed Adam and Eve our first parents 08:01 not only to just eat grapes and the fruits or whatever 08:04 but they were also there to work in the Garden, 08:07 to dress it, that means physical activity and to keep it, 08:12 that means to preserve to attend to the garden as well. 08:15 And so they were engaged in physical activity. 08:17 You know, we already talked about in the earlier nutrition, 08:20 how important it was that God put the food 08:23 in the first book of Bible, how important it was. 08:25 Now here He is speaking also about activity levels. 08:29 That's right, absolutely. 08:30 So Adam and Eve did not just eat foods and vegetables, 08:32 they walked around in the garden and they did some exercise. 08:34 And they were working, 08:35 they were exercising those bodies, that's right. 08:38 What about research? 08:39 What's the newest research that actually talks about inactivity? 08:43 Yes, Steven Blair probably is one of the world's 08:47 most premier experts on exercise, 08:50 as matter of fact he is the scientific research 08:52 for the U S Surgeon General 08:54 as far as exercise and health in United States. 08:57 And he says, he simply put that, 09:00 "inactivity is this nation's number one public enemy 09:04 for the 21st century." Wow. 09:06 There's been numerous studies on inactivity in relationship 09:10 to predicting mortality, also exercise or activity 09:16 and its impact on mental clarity, 09:20 Alzheimer's and Dementia. 09:22 And so therefore there's a lot of information 09:24 as far as inactivity in relationship to 60% of death 09:28 are attributed to inactivity. 09:30 So therefore that's why it's very important to exercise. 09:33 We had a graphic of a muscle, when you look at this 09:36 and see what really happens when we exercise our muscle. 09:39 Let's go to screen at this time. 09:42 Our muscles have many bundles within muscles fibers. 09:46 So when we exercise, we move our muscles, 09:49 we walk and we move our arms, 09:52 these muscles fibers they expand, they also contract. 09:56 And with that in mind, we have the blood vessel there as well. 09:59 So therefore, when we walk, when we move our legs, 10:02 our arms, our bodily muscles, 10:05 our blood vessels of course are now stimulated 10:08 and increases circulation, increases blood flow. 10:12 That's why exercising our muscles 10:15 is very critical for blood circulation as well. 10:19 Okay, we talked about God. Okay. 10:22 And the activity in the garden. Right. 10:24 Talk about researches. That's right. 10:26 And inactivity and so now the other person 10:28 we're talking about is Ellen G. White 10:29 and what she have to say about inactivity. 10:32 Oh, she says quite bit of inactivity of course, 10:35 those who follow her council along with God's word 10:38 has shown to be more healthier 10:40 than most of the American population. 10:42 She has a profound statement on inactivity. 10:45 Let's go to screen at this time. 10:47 I call it 'Rusting Away.' 10:49 "More people die for want of exercise 10:54 than through over fatigue. 10:56 Very many more rust out than wear out." 11:02 Counsels on Health, page 173. 11:04 So that's very profound, okay. 11:06 So of course a lot of people are over fatigue 11:09 and workaholics but what's even more critical 11:12 of those who are not doing anything, 11:14 American idle rusting out. 11:18 So, honey, let's get the people moving here. 11:21 What are some of the things that people can do 11:23 to increase their activity level. 11:25 Let's help them out. 11:26 First of all I brought my friend along with me. 11:28 We use a lot when we're doing our programs 11:29 in community, weight lost programs. 11:32 And let me just go and bring that up first 11:33 because lot of times people are so surprised 11:36 at when we talk about weight. 11:38 Oh, my goodness. 11:39 Okay, now, you know, now this is five pounds of fat. 11:44 Just five pounds. 11:45 Five pounds okay, and it's heavy. 11:46 Its assimilation, it's not really fat 11:48 but it's the assimilation and believe it or not, 11:51 people always stop at our table when they see this 11:53 and they'll say, oh, my goodness five pounds of fat. 11:55 Oh, my goodness. 11:56 But you know what, from inactivity 11:58 we can put that weight on. That's true. 12:00 The name of the game is to get active. Yeah. 12:03 But guess what? 12:04 This is five pounds gain, but how about five pound lost. 12:09 Lost, that's right. 12:10 Now how can we loose those five pounds 12:12 that we are showing you right now 12:14 and that is when we talk about activity level, 12:16 one of the things that we like to do, 12:18 we have first of all our stretch bands and stuff. Okay. 12:21 We love to just, you know, we have all kinds of stuff 12:23 in our house that we're actually using. 12:25 Stretch bands are one of them, these are really inexpensive, 12:27 you can get them up at any of your-at any of your stores, 12:30 any of your stores, you actually get those, 12:32 the bands you put under your feet 12:34 and you actually stretches, stretching the muscle. 12:36 And has the sheet that you can have a program, 12:38 you can workout with that very light weight, yes. 12:40 And then of course people say, 12:42 well, you know, I don't have money for that, 12:43 you know I ain't got time for that. 12:44 So just how about while you're sitting and watching TV, 12:48 you can get just your regular water bottles 12:50 like 16 ounce water bottles and while you're watching TV, 12:53 you can actually just do some stretching 12:54 just with those alone. 12:55 Moving those muscles. You know I'm saying-- 12:57 Increase circulation, okay. 12:58 Up and down, oh, yeah, you know any kind of activity 13:00 is better than no activity at all. Okay. 13:02 And of course, I have on me my pedometer. 13:05 My pedometer is number--oh, no-- 13:07 I mean I put my pedometer on the nightstand when I go to bed. 13:10 In the morning I put the pedometer on 13:12 and name of the game for me is just to increase that activity 13:14 as I watch the numbers on the pedometer increase 13:18 that I can really see what's going on, 13:20 but I think we also have our graphic 13:21 that talks about the pedometer as well. 13:23 Yeah, let's talk about the value of the pedometer. 13:24 Let's go to the screen at this time, 13:25 the value of the pedometer. 13:27 "These little devices were shown to increase physical activity 13:31 by just over 2,000 steps per day." 13:35 So when people put up pedometer on of course 13:38 you increase your steps about 2,000 steps per day. 13:41 So it keep people, they'll start moving. 13:43 Last graphic we want to show is we had 13:45 The Biggest Loser at First Church in Huntsville, Alabama. 13:48 We're now in second season. 13:49 By the time you see this we probably be in our third season. 13:52 And one of things we did is we went 13:54 and moved them to the gym, this is a six weeks course. 13:57 So let's go to screen at this time and let's talk about, 13:59 what's going on here, honey. 14:01 Well I tell you what, what we had 70 some people, 14:04 76 people actually were involved in this year 14:06 with our Biggest Loser program and we're exercising, 14:10 we have to go in there, 14:11 all have the pedometers on. That's right. 14:12 We have a walking tape we're actually using 14:15 and you can kind of see we're having fun 14:16 and by the way the little girl in the front, 14:18 I mean she just jumped on out there with her mama 14:20 and just thought exercising with us 14:21 although it was an adult program. 14:23 That's right. She hung with us for the last six weeks. 14:26 Yeah, you could see that anybody coming up 14:28 in there is gonna actually want to do what's going on 14:31 and so there name of the game 14:32 is actually to get them on moving. That's right. 14:34 And speaking about getting people moving, Curtis. 14:37 Move into the kitchen. 14:38 I know we got to move into the kitchen 14:39 because you know after we get to finish cooking, 14:41 we got to go and take our walk. That's right. 14:43 And so you know it's time for us to go into the kitchen 14:46 and we're going to make it a wonderful recipe, 14:49 a tofu stuffed manicotti 14:51 and we're going to do many herbal bread. 14:53 Get your paper and your pencil and meet us in the kitchen. |
Revised 2014-12-17