I'm attempting a fun and hopefully inspirational way to help myself loose the weight that I so desperately need to loose. I find myself so inspired by the things I see and read on my friends' blogs and webpages that I thought this might help get the ball rolling again for me.
This is an online journal of my journey to good health and a strong body that I can feel proud of. My thoughts posted here are going to be very candid and honest. I will not edit their content...I am tired of saying what I think I should say about my weight, health and body image. I have created a monster in me because I feel that I can not be honest about who I am or what I really enjoy in life. I can tell already that this is going to be a spiritual journey, too.
If you are reading these comments, please help by leaving a word of encouragement. Please know that I hope that your journey is going the way God intends it to go...
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Fight the fat, lets get fit;
Fight the fat. now don't you quite.
Fight the fat, and you will see;
Fight the fat is not for just me.
Come on let's fight the fat,
let's get fit!!! Now fight the fat now don't you quite.
Remember "I can do everything through him who gives me strength." Philippians 4:13 (Even fighting the fat!!!)
I am starting this fight here tonight, or rather this morning at 12:17 am on October 12, 2008. I am having to loose some of the weight that I already lost over the summer. My long term goal is to loose 120 lbs from where I am at right now. That is huge, but I know that God will give me the strength to do this. Keep moving forward!!!
Holly, you look so beautiful in that photo. Thanks for leaving your poem. We are on the way...the journey will be a long one, but we are not alone--we are never alone.
Soon your health will be as great as your beauty. I am so glad we are keeping this journal together. What a way to document our changes. In the next few days we need to get our "before" pictures up here. We also need to figure out a weight and measure schedule or something like that.
FTF!
I am very excited about this whole thing. I know that God has multiplied my weight loss beyond what I ever expected. It is not his will for any of us to be submitted to any Idols. For me food has been an Idol. "No one can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money(in my case food)" Matt 6:24 But it is a major battle. Even though i love one master (Jesus)and hate the other (food) it has been hard to break the bondage it has on my life. But one thing God has shown to be the true path is Matthew 6:33 "But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well." When things get stressful it is my first inclination to eat. Chocolate, pizza, MACARONI GRILL BREAD.. but if i seek FIRST my Jesus, suddenly he reminds me the truth that he is enough. Even though sometimes i will still find relaxation in eating. Its not the same. The satisfaction is less and less in food and more and more in Gods word... and a passion for sharing it. Lord give me a hunger for your word. A hunger for the lost. A hunger to see souls made right with you. Help me to be faithful with the spiritual, financial, and physical blessings you have given me that i may be entrusted with more for your glory and your namesake. " For we are Gods workman ship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do."Eph 2:10 we also know lord that you have called us to "with regard to your former way of life, to put of your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires; to be made new in the attitude of your minds; and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness." eph. 4:22-24 and i stand on this lord that every command, every call comes with the promise that you are willing to do this in our lives. Oh lord help us to remain in the Vine (John chapter 15) because we know lord that you are the vine and apart from you we only wither and die. But as we remain in you lord. Abiding in you lord you will sustain us. You will help us flourish. You will prune us that we may bear more fruit. We know lord that you have given us this battle to reveal how much we need you and how willing you are to give us victory if we will only submit to you. You will make us a product of your glory, of your victory, of your willingness and of your love lord. You will Let your victory in our lives be a beacon for your willingness to intercede, For your names sake. Thank you Father that "we have not chosen you, but that you have chosen us" (john Chapter 15)we know lord that you are not a God dependent on us. That you do not need us. That you can speak a single word and make everything become exactly as you would have it. You spoke the world into existance and you will speak the end of all we know. We are "..a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes..." james 4:14 but still lord you CHOOSE to work through us. You CHOOSE to be there from the smallest moments (lost car keys, meal choices, when im wanting to eat the wrong thing and it falls on the floor or the restraunt is out of cheese cake) to the greatest (my inner struggles, my divorce, the fate of my son, the many times you have saved me from death that i never even recognized)You truly are more than a distant great spirit. your a loving father working intently in every aspect of our lives. oh lord open our eyes that we would see your hand and entrust each day to your love and mercy. Thank you lord for sounding the call to battle. We will willingly follow you lord for me know that you are ever leading in triumphal procession (2 corinth 2:14) Amen!
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