It's a lot like walking with Christ

My commitment to lose weight has probably been one of the most difficult commitments for me to keep.  I mean, sure, really being a wife is a big, hard commitment, being a mother is a big and hard commitment, but losing weight...well so far that has been the hardest commitment for me to keep. Maybe it's because I have been "committing" to lose weight for at least the last 10yrs, and I've only been a wife for 4, and a mother for almost 2 and 1/2 now. I'm sure we could have a small therapy session and go over all the reasons why committing to lose weight is a difficult thing to do but I don't know if we really want to or need to have a therapy session on that right now. It's important to know though that it's hard for me...lol

So i think it's time for the hard, ugly honesty of my last weigh in...I gained. I gained back all the pds that I had shed the week before...and all because I went "off plan", got lazy, and decided that I cared more about the taste of chinese food, pizza, ice cream and ice cream cake. Usually these things are not a big deal if I can "point" them into my tracker and steadily track the other things that I eat...but last week. I ate, I ate, and I ate...I had 3 bad days of just eating and not tracking and the results Saturday morning were not favorable ones. Needless to say, I grew terribly discouraged and was very tempted to throw in the towel and leave myself to indulge in my selfishness for a little while longer. Thankfully though, the topic of the meeting this week was getting back on track I left the meeting feeling encouraged, and renewed in my strength. As I was on my way home thinking about the results and being torn with my feelings God brought this simple thought to mind "It's a lot like walking with Christ isn't?"

Everyday we have choices that we make about how we are going to live out our day, whether it's a food choice, or a spiritual choice, or a simple choice as to whether or not potty train my daughter. On the Christian path we are faced with a lot of choices we can either choose to obey and love God with the choices we make..or we can choose to disobey and hate God by the choices we make. We can sometimes even make the right choice but still be sinning because our attitudes stink.  And I find that i have the same issues when it comes to food, I can make the right choice food wise and have a stinky attitude, and I can make the wrong choice and not care a bit about anybody but myself....


As I was reflecting on all of this one simple thought kept me from giving up "Just like God never wants you to give up on living for him because you don't always live for him, he doesn't want you to give up on weight loss because you went off plan. He wants you to do the only thing that you can do and that is to get back on track."

Christs blood covers all sin, His Love covers all sin, and God equips us with everything we need for life and godliness...just as it is possible for me to not live in sin and to keep pursuing God because of Christ. It is possible for me to get back on track with weight loss...And I am happy to say that I am.