February 1, 2012

Good morning to all,

How many of you know that changing a habit takes intentionality and time? Sometimes addictions can be broken instantaneously, but more often there is a weaning and fighting for freedom. Sometimes I wonder if the struggle for health is worth the effort for a lot of people. I really wonder if they see only the top of the iceberg and never really connect with the fact that danger lies just below the water. When the sea men spotted the iceberg that sank the Titanic - it was tooo late. We need the truth about what lies beneath the surface of our skin to help force us into a change pattern BEFORE it's too late. But eating correctly takes a lot of effort and sometimes we are not watching for the "iceberg" as we should be!

It's so easy to hit the drive thru as opposed to cooking. Isn't it? Or, grab a store bought dessert as opposed to baking something nutritious. But how many of you know that bad eating is like playing Russian Roulette??? Eventually, bad choices lead to a bad ending and SOMETIMES something drastic - like a heart attack - occurs and our eyes are opened to the need for change. But sometimes, that late response leaves long-term damage. YIKES! Sometimes, the fear of death, alone, gives us the courage to change. (as in my case) My prayer for each of us is that we are making the correct changes now and not trying to deal with the consequences later. The question is not IF - the question is WHEN. Let's be honest. I struggled with pain in my body, fatty organs that were struggling to LIVE, and depression for being a failure in the area of health. Fighting for my freedom was TOUGH - not gonna lie - but fighting to not return to my old habits was HARDER! But I kept choosing - one month, another month, another month. NOW........much easier, but I still have to choose. I can always return to the life of wrong foods - that's my choice. But for me, that choice leads to death. I choose life!

We must remember - God allows us to choose life or death. That is a multi-level choice. In the area of health, we cannot say we choose life and every other day choose death (wrong food choices that we know don't promote health), we cannot be on and off with our eating habits, especially the older we get. We cannot. My doctor continued to urge me to "just loose TEN pounds." That was like a million to me. Breaking the habit to run to food was a challenge, but today the "pain" of restructuring and forcing myself to choose life is paying off. Keep fighting - keep living today correctly and make yourself live tomorrow correctly as well. Pack your own food for the super bowl party, buy yourself a new shirt instead of chocolate for Valentine's Day and LOVE yourself enough to suffer for a season and BREAK some habits that lead to a place none of us wants to go! PK