OH my goodness - what an amazing testimony! I am reprinting for the blog this morning. We are overcomer's. Love it - this really encourages me!!! I too get the grilled chicken salad at Zaxbys with no fried onions and no bread. Ranch on the side, dip my fork into the ranch, stick a big hunk of salad, and YUM! LOVE it! To God be the glory. :) I love it when God is exalted above the CRAP of our past and the bars of our prison. Amen?
********* LOVE this!!!!! I am inspired by people fighting for truth and freedom. LiVING LIFE with PEOPLE we LOVE, who mean well, is not going to end. What is ending is our response to them. We don't need to defend eating healthy - we are trend setters. Sometimes that sparks jealousy in people who wish they could be free but are NOT desperate enough, as I was, to do something drastic. The FEAR (reverential of course) of prison slaps me into reality every time I look to the right or the left. I am still very hard core about my healthy eating choices, as I know sometimes one crack in the dam ultimately leads to it's destruction. I am not willing to put the first crack in my NEW, healthy life. How about you?
Don't skip reading this fam:
Hi Kathy - OK one party down and several more to go....
Last night went to party and was not able to make my own food so I stopped
by Zaxbys and got a grilled chicken salad knowing I was coming late due to
school commitments anyway. Loved my salad, esp. after I looked around and
everything had some kind of sugar or starch. So glad I brought my salad. I
did not feel left out at all as this is how I eat anyway and honesty love
the flavor and FREEDOM! Most people continue to ask am I still on this diet
thing. My response is I'm not on a diet, but maintaining a healthy
lifestyle of eating choosing to not eat sugar and those simple carbs we all
crave all day, etc. Then one person did put a smile on my face and said
they were proud of me for not giving in to all the foods around me. I told
them the benefits of FREEDOM and not going to bed feeling the let down of
the sugar and starch side effects is worth it to me. I'm not missing out on
anything, except the bondage I was in for so many years. I think some
people are missing the point. Of course I heard some people tell me come on
just this once is OK. I then shared that I have several parties to attend
this season so giving in to this party leads to the next party and then I
have given in several times a week and for me that is not good as my body
will go back into the mad cravings. I know what can easily put me back into
the guilt and then want to get rid of it - Bulimia is not going to over take
me ever again if I choose to make smart decisions. I know myself and if I
choose to eat crap, then I can't help myself to want to get rid of it. Then
if I get rid of it, I get hungry again and this cycle can go on and on and
that is sick.
Then the stories start coming of how this person and that person need to get
back into whatever program they have tried before and they just need to
loose 15 pounds or so. Lets face it I am in this not just to get the weight
under control for my health/back, but for the FREEDOM to not be in bondage
with the CRAP I put in my body that left me in prison to want more crap and
you know the cycle. My blood pressure is normal now and my back feels
great. My left arithric knee is not hurting. I could go on and on. It
just feels great to be FREE! I have to choose DAILY to be free though. God
gives us a free will to choose this each day. I still have my days, esp.
PMS days, when my mind will want that certain food fix. I just thank God
that HE has given me the grace to make good choices and have foods on hand
at home to eat that satisfy.
You know, by the end of the night at the party, several people commented
about that sugar rush and now they are on the low end of that rush and they
felt terrible kind of thing......I simply said I will not be dealing with
all that tonight and just smiled.
Love you,
Crissy
********* LOVE this!!!!! I am inspired by people fighting for truth and freedom. LiVING LIFE with PEOPLE we LOVE, who mean well, is not going to end. What is ending is our response to them. We don't need to defend eating healthy - we are trend setters. Sometimes that sparks jealousy in people who wish they could be free but are NOT desperate enough, as I was, to do something drastic. The FEAR (reverential of course) of prison slaps me into reality every time I look to the right or the left. I am still very hard core about my healthy eating choices, as I know sometimes one crack in the dam ultimately leads to it's destruction. I am not willing to put the first crack in my NEW, healthy life. How about you?
My healthy birthday is coming up January 24th. WOW! What a difference one year makes. I actually had people taunting me with, "this is just another fad in your life........you can't live this way forever." I have to guard against the spirit of pride and anger that wants to retaliate by saying, "told you so," and personally accept all the credit, as that too can be a TRAP. God saw my desperation and reached into my life and set my MIND on a different course. That's really where the battle was - my mind. Now I live each DAY choosing life and refueling my cells and empowering them to keep me healthy and strong. I really live DAY TO DAY.
Much love this day - choose life. It is YOUR BEST choice. PK
No comments:
Post a Comment