Week 2

If first you don't succeed, analyze what went wrong and try a new approach!
Last week didn't go so great :( Actually it wasn't a total loss because I ate acceptable foods, but I overate and didn't fill out my food journal consistently.
The day after Christmas my father ended up in ICU with congestive heart failure and I just fell apart. I've been struggling with depression for some time now and this incident was the straw that broke the camels back so to speak. Through all of this and the holiday season I've seen the Lord's hand at work in my life. He's so good to me and His love continues to amaze me!
It's a new week, new day and I'm not going to let the enemy discourage me!
Already this morning the Spirit has been speaking to me and for that I'm truly grateful! One very important verse jumped off the page at me which I want to share with you.
"No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it." Hebrews 12:11. I've read this verse many times before, but today it reminded me that discipline is necessary. Many people I talk to and share with about what I'm doing say that it is too rigid or strict, another form of bondage! I use to feel that way too, but I'm reminded that my way hasn't achieved for me the results I want (or what I believe the Lord wants for me) therefore, it's time to follow someone with the fruit on the tree! Of course the people with the negative opinions don't have the fruit I'm looking for. There's a shocker!
For some time now, I've been led to live a different life from the the way the world lives and have gotten much grief because of it, but the Word promises that if we obey the Lord and follow His ways we will be blessed. It also promises that we will have tribulation and persecution just as the Lord himself had and that we should rejoice and be glad to share in His sufferings. I'm not quite there yet I must confess, but my desire is to please Him and that is what I am focusing on, not what the world thinks! I've followed the way of the world most of my life and we all know where that has gotten me! Again, If at first you don't succeed, analyze what went wrong and try a new approach. Hmmm....follow God or the world?

Week 1 Accomplished!

This week went by pretty fast. I was feeling good about going to the meeting last night, proud of myself for the job I'd done this past week when I was softly reminded by the Spirit that it was He who brings any and all success of mine to pass! Granted, it does take my willingness, but it is His power alone that brings about victory in my life. I have to also remind myself that it is not so much about the weight I lose or what size I wish to be, but about being obedient to the Spirit's leading and listening to Him when I hear Him say, "do you really need to eat that?" It's about eating to live and not living to eat. It's about filling that void with Him and not with food. "For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit." As long as I keep that at the front of my mind, victory will follow!

Today Is The Day!

Good morning! I've finally made this blog! Funny how before I started typing I had all kinds of thoughts of what to say. I still do. I just have to sort them out. Well here we go....
This blog will be about lots of things but today I'm concentrating on weight loss! Anyone who knows me is probably thinking, "Here she goes again," as I have been here many times before. It is okay though. They would be right. Today is the day I stop whining and complaining about how things are and actually get busy doing something about it! I've done it before and I know what it takes so it really shouldn't be that difficult, right? HA! Knowing what it takes and how difficult it truly is is why I've decided to join a group. I hear an old friend in my ear saying, "You don't have to do it alone." Why is it that many of us think that way? That there is something wrong with asking for help? Well, I'm convinced that being a part of a group will make the difference. Just knowing that you're not alone and others are experiencing what you are really helps. There really is power in numbers so tonight at 6pm I'll be attending my first meeting. I'm filled with many different feelings. This is the heaviest I've ever been and I know what a long road I have ahead of me but God is good and will be with me all the way! Well, I'm off to weigh, measure and take a before picture. Yippee!
~Blessings