January 9. 2012

Good morning all,

This is a great reminder this morning from my devotional:
Proverbs 3:5-6 NLT
5 Trust in the LORD with all your heart; do not depend on your own understanding. 6 Seek his will in all you do, and he will show you which path to take.


In our own understanding we begin to reason and make excuses for they way we WANT TO eat: "The Super Bowl is coming up and that's always a huge party. I'm gonna EAT that night, and I'll start dieting again on Monday." No you won't. I lived there. That one excuse lead to another excuse and then five pounds here and five pounds there. FACT: the Super Bowl is coming. FACT: we are now seeking to be healthy as God desires for us. FACT: we can make our OWN pizza and take to the game. FACT: we can make our own cookies, or veggies, or no sugar added hot cocoa and have a FABULOUS time without the guilt and depression from buying into the lie that "I'll start again on Monday."

Monday is here. We all need boundaries in our lives and for me, especially in the area of food. This quote by Joyce Myer really spoke to me on many levels. "Exercising self-control and self-discipline, and establishing boundaries and borders in our life are some of the most important things we can do. A life that has no discipline is one that's filled with carelessness." I have been careless in the area of food for many years. The bad news - there are consequences to our carelessness. I wish that was not a FACT. But it is. My body was sick and getting sicker. Now my choice is health and I have established boundaries in one of my areas of weakness. And the consequences have been FABULOUS!

Where do you need boundaries? The problem with boundaries is that for a lot of us - we see them as moveable, which allows us to make excuses as to why we should step over them. Then........are they really boundaries? The person who stated, "rules are meant to be broken" probably never had a problem with food as I did. If you are going to establish boundaries - then quit stepping over them. Let them serve their purpose. WOW - lot's to ponder on a Monday morning. :)

Made a great phase 2 chili this weekend: LEAN ground beef and a couple of cans of fire roasted tomatoes, sea salt, garlic powder, onion salt, and chili powder. No added fat or veggies - just meat and tomatoes. YUM!!!

Choose life this day and eat to live! PK