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Tuesday, April 24, 2012
"Making Peace with the Realities of My Body" reflection.
BEFORE stepping on the scale...Define your week by your obedience, not by the number on the scale by asking yourself
-Did I overeat this week on any day?
-Did I move more and exercise regularly?
-Do I feel lighter than I did last week?
-Did I eat in secret? out of anger? or frustration? boredom? sadness? stress?
-Did I feel that at any time I ran to food instead of to God?
-Do I think I've had a successful, God-pleasing week?
Psalm 103-- The body God gave me is His gift to me. It is not perfect (worldly image perfection-wise), nor will it ever be due to living in a sin-filled fallen world. But it is His perfect gift to me so I can do the tasks He's given me to do for Him while I'm here. I am to be thankful for it (even my thick, sturdy, stocky legs) and to care for it so I am ready to do whatever task He needs me to do for Him.
Saturday, April 21, 2012
"I Am Not Defined By the Numbers" reflection
I am a Jesus Girl who can step on the scale and see the numbers as an indication of how much my body weighs and not as an indication of my worth!
(borrowed this idea from my cousin and SP member, GAGESMOMM)
Thursday, April 19, 2012
This week I broke my 2nd major weight plateau. Those plateaus where your weight doesn't change or bounces between 2 numbers for weeks and even months. I had my 1st one last fall, a small one over the winter and a major one this spring.
I broke it this week! Whooohooooooooooo!
The secret?
CONSISTANCY, CONSISTANCY, CONSISTANCY!!
Keep eating right, keep tracking, keep exercising, don't decrease your calories dramatically- just start measuring portions again, keep active, keep upbeat, keep being your own best friend in your head, keep moving forward.
Monday, April 16, 2012
"Growing Closer to God" reflections
Here are a few of my favorite lines from this chapter. Still digesting and pondering much of this chapter, so this blog probably isn't finished yet.
"How do we grow closer to God? By making the choice to deny ourselves something that is permissible but not beneficial."
"Becoming a woman of self-discipline honors God and helps me live the godly characteristic self-control, which He has given to me through the gift of the Holy Spirit."
"Food isn't sinful. But when food is what satan holds up in front of us and says, "You'll never be free from this battle. You will always bounce from feeling deprived when your dieting to feeling guilty when you're splurging. Victory isn't possible. You aren't capable of self-control with food" we must see that its inappropriate consummation can be his lure to draw our hearts into a place of defeat. " (remember Chapter 5!!)
"We serve a passionate God. A God who knew food would be a major stumbling block in our pursuit of Him" (remember Eve?)
"Literally, issues with food can hold us back from our calling and commitment to Christ. So, He's given us the gifts of the Holy Spirit, Jesus, and the Bible to help us."
Philippians 3:18-19
"...if we find certain foods are impossible to walk away from--we can't or we won't deny ourselves an unhealthy choice in order to make a healthier choice--then it's a clue we are being ruled by this food on some level. Being ruled by something other than God diminishes our commitment and will make us feel increasingly distant from Him."
Philippians 3: 20-21
"He can bring EVERYTHING under His control. That transforms us. It reestablishes that God, not food, has control of me. That helps keep me undivided in my commitment to Him."
Saturday, April 14, 2012
"Made for More" reflection
I was made for more than this vicious cycle of weight gain, loss, gain, loss, gain and being ruled by my taste buds, hormones, temptations, and the inborn female demand for chocolate! (paraphrase of 2 of Lysa's sentences).
Ephesians 1:17-19
"I keep asking that the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know HIM better. I pray also that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which He called you, the riches of His glorious inheritance in the saints, and His incomparably great power for us who believe."
I am NOT defined by my circumstances!
I AM
Heidi, the forgiven child of God
Heidi, the set-free child of God
Heidi, the accepted child of God
Heidi, the holy child of God
Heidi, the made new child of God
Heidi, the loved child of God
Heidi, the close child of God
Heidi, the confident child of God
Heidi, the victorious child of God
Not because of who or what I am or done, but because of HIM and my relationship with Him and HIS power.
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Nice blog!! Hard to choose any one of those inspirational lines...it's all about choice as you said. I like Romans 14:19-20 "Let us therefore make every effort to do what leads to peace and to mutual edification. Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food." Exchanging guilt for peace. 
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