Let’s Eat!
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“Don’t worship your body …… image.”
read this in a devotional that’s about being strong physically and spiritually. I never thought about worship in the way of my physical body before.
My philosophy has been “God made food for us to enjoy. So let’s eat!”
It never occurred to me that while I was enjoying all this food God made that if I ate too much or the wrong kind of foods which made my body feel terrible would usually lead my mind think depreciating thoughts about myself and that is definitely not worshipful. Whoa. New thoughts.
Although Scripture talks about the sin of gluttony, I never thought of food as worshipful at all. I don’t really know why. I’m sure it’s been put right in front of me my whole life.
Since coming here in September, I have wanted a change. I saw this as a chance to work on myself. I truly need to be in shape for our lifestyle in Uganda. It’s definitely different than here. I saw all the transformation pictures of people losing weight and I wanted to be one of those transformed people! I found a life coach and started meeting with her once a week. Then I joined an eating plan that also came with a coach.
According to the BMI chart, I am 30 pounds overweight. What the what?!?! First of all, if I lost 30 pounds I think might fly away on a windy day! But then again, I want my face to be less puffy and have a shape other than round. I hope I am not getting a double chin, but it looks like it’s the beginning of it. I need my muffin top to look a little less like the muffin exploded and my jeans to fit a little looser. There’s a few other things I could throw in that list, but I’ll stop here. I’ll just go ahead and let you know that the eating program has been hard for me stick with. Once Brent went to the hospital, I quit that part totally. I didn’t want to deal with it. But now I’m trying to figure out food’s place in my life.
That’s it. That’s where I’m at. There isn’t a finish to this story. I don’t have all the solutions or a way to lose 30 pounds in a month. I have learned a lot of myself from both coaches. It has been one of the most helpful things I have done for myself, maybe ever.
I’m not going to start documenting a weight loss or get in shape journey. That feels more like a lot of pressure than “accountability” for me. But if you do seem me flying by in the wind one sunny afternoon, you’ll know I lost those 30 pounds. And if you don’t, then you’ll know, maybe I still changed the way I think about food and myself and for goodness sakes, please say a prayer that I can make the climb to the waterfalls at Arise without dying!
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