July 30, 2012 - The Power of a Group!

Good Monday morning and what a GREAT one it is for me! I started a 2 week vaca yesterday! YEA!! It all started with LIfe Group here at my house - what a treat. For those close to me you know I love people, I love to eat, and I love to cook. So having a group come once a month to share and "think out loud" and PRAY - YUMMY! Maybe I am so happy from a selfish point, as I really needed some help in getting out of the rut in which I had been for a couple of months as far as eating the same foods. I think boredom is one a Satan's tricks to get us to look "elsewhere." Say amen. :) And that can be bad in LOTS of realms. But when we are tired of the same foods, sometimes we look to the right or the left and compare, or get jealous, or decide to try something new. Sometimes......we look back at our past failures and decide "being heavy is just my "lot" in life." NO, NO, NO to all of this..... My husband said after last night's group, it's great to have fun with people and learn about different foods we can use to "spice-up" our meals. We also sat and talked about ways to enhance different foods. I tend to default to making sweets and actually pushed myself to create some new veggies and someone else brought things that were new to me as well, like eggplant. Then after we prayed for a physical bodies - I felt my body surge with energy. It's like the Holy Spirit powered-up our food, discussion and prayer. I NEEDED that! We made our plans for next group and what foods we would experiment with. I am determined to live the REST of my life filling this body with whole, healthy foods and giving my cells every opportunity to produce LIFE! But I am more convinced than ever - there's such power in a group. My encouragement - find a small group at work who desire health, as you do, and share lunch responsibilities. Create a "Recipe Share" and be honest about where you default. No one food or food group should dominate our health plan. Our bodies need a variety! One of my BFFs uses an app on her phone My Fitness Pal with some others. Isolation is the wrong place for any of us. Here's another testimony - one of my family started on a similar plan to mine last Friday - protein, fruits, veggies, healthy fats - no sugar, no milk, no grains....and is down 7.8 pounds as of this morning. YEA! And she's young - what a GREAT time in life to embrace health. And part of that was a group who agreed to eat exactly what she eats, weight when she weighs, and be accountable. There's power in being in the group and not feeling isolated. Find your GROUP, make a plan, and NEVER LOOK BACK. Our HEALTHY bodies are a testimony that FREEDOM is worth the FIGHT! :) PK