My last post was a commitment to keep within calorie counts and do an activity/exercise every day. Well yesterday was a friends 50th birthday and like an alcoholic I gave in to temptation and ate too much because of all the food around me. My “tweak” is can be one of two things. Either I commit to NEVER eating over my limit OR I commit that if I do overeat I make up for the calories in subsequent days. What does anyone think?
For now I am committing to the latter as the former sets me up for, in my mind, certain failure. Also because I periodically like to fast for a day I could use those times of fleshly failure to prompt a fast.
For JESUS,
Larry
Today I am committing to my CH3Now Blog world the following:
- Today I will start to conscientiously keep track of the calories I am taking in
- Today I will not go over my allotment of calories
- Today I will do some form of exercise/activity
- Today I will seek Christ for the power to accomplish the above
Now since it says “Today” that applies to tomorrow when it becomes today. I also give anyone who sees this permission and in fact ask for you to keep me accountable to these promises. God did not intend for us to struggle alone.
For JESUS…
I know everyone struggles with keeping the weight off or even just staying on track. Every day I get up and say “just for today I’m going to stay on track” and then I don’t. I take comfort in Paul’s words in Romans 7:15-25 where he is open about his struggles with the flesh so today I say again “just for today I’m going to stay on track”. With the help of Jesus through the indwelling Holy Spirit I CAN be victorious.
Praise HIM
On the plus side I made it to the 2/3 of the way around the earth in virtual miles today. According to my research the earth is about 24,900 miles in circumference I just went over 16,600 miles. If you divide 24,900 by 3 you get 8,300 and 8,300 x 2=16,600.
I still however am struggling with temptation. Food has an amazing grab on me which is why I CAN’T do this on my own. I need Jesus and the power of the Holy Spirit in me to overcome. God has promised that He will not tempt us beyond what we can resist and if we resist the devil will flee. I am resting on those truths and trusting that I am learning from this struggle.
I will try to post more often. It’s been waaaayyyyy too long.
For HIM
16000 Miles
Today I hit 16000 miles on my exercise bike. That’s about 600 miles short of 2/3 of the way around the world. I think it was kind of neat that I hit 16000 exactly. When I punched in 11.4 miles my formula on the spreadsheet hit 16000 on the nose. I started this in the spring of 2006.
It just shows where doing a little every day can get you.
Praise HIM
I have been fighting to not go “off the wagon” so to speak for about 8 or 9 months now. I have a little success and then “miss” a few days of staying on track. What it all comes down to is that I am not following my own advice of giving it all to GOD. If you are reading this would you please just say a two word prayer for me. Help Larry. That’s all just two words. I will let you know how it goes.
I have to remind myself every day that God is in control. It is VERY obvious from my behavior that I am not. It is no wonder people gain all their weight back if they are trying to do this on their own power. I just have to remember to give this struggle to Him CONSTANTLY. Thank you Jesus.
Having been on this weight loss journey for my entire life it is very apparent how difficult staying on track is. Bottom line it comes down to saying “NO” to worldly passions and saying “YES” to God.
After the 4th of July weekend we are going to try going for a month without sweets. This means no cakes, candies, cookies, sweet toppings (Cool Whip, whipped cream, etc.), desserts, and on and on. I could go on and make a list of all the stuff we can’t have but I think it’s easier to list what we can have. The only “sweets/desserts” we are going to allow are fresh fruits… period. This also means that for the month we don’t get to take a “day off” for ANY reason.
We will see how this goes.
I don’t got none… As I was reminded today at church the only “self control” is “God control”. As we can see in Galatians one of the gifts of the Holy Spirit is self control. Did you hear that? It is a gift from God, not something I can conjure up on my own. When I turn my will over to Him He gives me the self control I need. When I try to do this on my own He lets me fail to see how much I need Him.
Praise Jesus
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