Progress

Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your body.

                                  1 Corinthians 6:19-20 

Side Note : I am going to start beginning each post with a new Bible quote because as I go through this journey of weight loss I am also beginning a new journey with Jesus... I know that Jesus is with me through this journey and I want to share his presents with everyone. The quotes I am going to use are probably going to be in the New International Version but I of course read and study the  Kings James Version its just that I want to make this as simple and as real life as possible. I hope this helps someone else not just be inspired to be healthy, but also inspired to look to Jesus for things that we may seem impossible alone. 

So I have been on this diet thing about a week. I have put a moderately decent amount of effort into it. I have been trying to stay away from white processed food like bread and sugar and been trying to go to the gym (though I didn't go enough). I put myself on the wii fit tonight because that is what we made as a base line and I had lost 4.6lbs! I was really excited about it because I really didn't feel like I was progressing and I wanted to check my progress. I did make an 10lbs in 2 week goal so at this rate I may just make it which would be amazing!

I am so ready to be skinny.... not skinny for cosmetic reasons but skinny in a healthy way. 150lbs would be my dream weight and in all reality I am not that far off. 60lbs is still a long way but.... its so much better then where I started... I guess it seems reachable now.

I have learned that this process is going to be my feet and no one else and I am OK with that. If I need to go to the gym it is me who needs to go no matter what everyone else seems to be doing. This is MY life and I am the ONLY one who will be able to change that!

So dieters out there with me... just realize that you are the only one who can change you... yes support is so important and I hope that if someone needs support who is reading that they will come to me because I will surly be there for them.... but I cant be them... I can encourage and support but I cant do it for you... I can only do it for myself.

In a way that's an empowering reality... I can do this for myself... what else in this world are we 100% in charge of? We cant choose who will hire us.. How our lovers treat us... what our friends do.... what our children do or don't do when we aren't looking... what the weather will be... There are so many thing out there that we don't have complete control of, but we do have complete control over our bodies and we should treat them that way...