So, welcome. If you’ve checked out my previous blog then you know that I just imported all of the old posts to here. I decided to switch blog sites to see if it makes any difference.
Okay, what does that have to do with a new start again you ask? Well, sit back and I will be happy to tell you. Not really a whole lot. It is just making my blog look cleaner and hopefully easier to find and read.
What I am really starting new again is this thing I call a weight loss journey. In Matthew 5 Jesus comes up to a parapelgic who is sitting by a healing pool. Jesus asks him why he is still sitting there and the man answers that he can’t get to the water first and there is no one who will help him get there so he misses the blessing of being healed. The most profound statement that I believe Jesus makes in this passage is the question, “do you want to be well?” My entire life I have been obese. And all my life I have had one excuse after another as to why I can’t lose the weight. I always think in the back of my mind that someone or something will come along and magically I will be able to lose the weight but only with them or that product.
Guess what folks? It doesn’t work that way. The only person who can lose this weight is me. Others can’t do it for me. They can’t bully me into losing the weight. They can coddle me into losing it. They can’t do it for me!! And, there is no magic pill or plan out there. Weight loss is about 90% mental and 10% physical. When I started this blog 13 years ago I ended up losing 108 lbs. Just by exercising and watching what I ate. But you know what, I didn’t change my mental aspect. The second stress hit my life I gave excuses as to why I could eat that one cookie or that chocolate covered strawberry sundae from Dairy Queen. I didn’t need to go to the gym that night. I was too tired but I would go the next night, etc. The weight reappeared and this time brought about 60 friends with it.
Right now I’m stuck. I have all the tools, I know all the things I need to do, I have the support system there. I just need to do it. So, why won’t I? Laziness, fear, anxiety, hopelessness, failing AGAIN, loose skin, anger, I don’t deserve it, what is the point, who am I hurting anyway, etc. The list is endless. One of the biggest is the “why me?” question. Why can’t I enjoy food the way other’s do? Why did I inherit my families “fat gene”?
So many questions. So many excuses. I know that I have lost weight before and I know I could do it again. I just need to trust God and to do it.
Are you on a similar journey? Have you been struggling with knowing what to do for whatever is holding you back from living the life God intended for you? Well, together let’s try to take this journey. I can’t change your habits and patterns but I hope that by walking together we can encourage each other. Let’s have a New Start – Again.
Dear Heavenly Father,
I thank you for the modern day situations where we can put our feelings out there for others who may be struggling with the same thing as we are. I thank you for the knowledge that you give us and the encouragment you provide. I ask now that you would help me and anyone else reading this page to make healthy decisions. Decisions that will lead us to doing your will. That will bring others to you and you will be glorified through this. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
Weight Goes Bye 