Old Lie...New Truth

Where have I been?  Busy! Busy? I have been - honest but I don't take time for myself!  I did a littlie thing for myself - I bought a face cream to get rid of age spots!  If that doesn't make you feel old!  I also went to work out 2 times this week!  I am hoping to work out a plan to keep working out once I get back to work!  It will take some creativity and determination!

Today I read about what we tell ourselves about what we eat or do that effects our weight!  We don't mean to lie (or do we?)  It suggests that I write down some of my lies, so here I go...

Old Lie:  I will start tomorrow!

New Truth:  I always say this but never fulfill.  I could use the new year and resolutions but I never keep them.  Today I head off to a party and it will be filled with food and temptation.  The devil is in every bite of chips, sausage or glass of wine.  I am going to start today and I pray for God to be next to me in all my choices.  I may not be perfect today but I know it will be better that I am taking God with me to the party rather than going alone.

Favorite Verse:  You have circled this mountain long enough. Now turn North!  Deuteronomy 2:3

So I guess this is Day 1 again!

"I am made for more" - Join me in this journey!

Unsettle Me

The prayer for today is to be "unsettle me".  Losing weight is not easy.  It will cause an unsettling feeling in what I'm doing.  It was my prayer today to eat what I needed and not give in to what I didn't need.

In the middle of the day my coworker brought me a homemade chocolate chip cookie.  I would like to say that I immediately said no thank you, but I didn't!!  I took it - then I'd like to say that I took time to pray about it and chose not to eat it, but I didn't!  I felt so weak holding it in my hands - I couldn't just throw it away!

So needless to say I need to pray this again and remember to pray and not look away!

Dear Lord,
Unsettle Me!
Lori

A Journey

Being heavy, big, overweight, obese or whatever you want to call it has been a struggle all of my life!!  A few years ago I had lost almost 50 pounds but 40 of it has gradually crept back on!  I am reading Made to Crave by Lysa Terkeurst.  It's a journey helping me turn to the Lord for my food choices.  In the book it talks about someone else blogging their journey, so I thought since I'm an avid blogger - why not?

Here's what I look like now at 247 pounds!  That was really hard to type.  I hope you will all be kind.  It's a number of what I weigh but it's not who I am.  I am a hard-working mother, teacher and wife.  I'm a strong Christian, an avid reader, lover of cats and I have a desire to be healthy with my body and mind!  Join me on this journey and share your stories too.  Let's lose together!