My weight loss journey has slightly derailed this week. I am fully aware of the choices I have made
that have caused it to do this, and sadly I have not felt guilty about those
bad choices. I sat down and ate three of
those Cadbury Chocolate eggs that are only available this time of year. I ordered that food that I normally wouldn’t
at our favorite restaurant, because we got our tax return. I found a justification for every bad choice
that I made. And I did not feel bad
about it. Granted, I occasionally looked
down at what I like to call my “jelly roll” and wished that it would be gone…
but I chose to do nothing about it for the past two weeks.
In discussing diet with a friend yesterday, she brought up
her struggle, and her solution: The Daniel
Fast. In sharing her decision to
follow this fast she used the words “I prayed about it”. Wow, powerful words at
this moment in my life. Initially I nodded, and said that I might give it a
try. My motivation was purely physical.
The word might was one that stuck in my head, followed by probably not. Then, this morning, as I went to make my
morning cup of coffee, I began to think about it. “Okay… I need to go grocery shopping; I need
to PLAN what I am making this week… I need to make a change….” But do I really
want to be so restrictive? I was thinking only about the food…. Then I realized
that it is not only about the food.
Daniel chose to follow this food plan because the food presented to him
by the King was a distraction. “Hmmm…. What
else is a distraction? …. Wait, this is more than about the food.”
Light bulb moment… I realized that like Daniel, I need to
focus on God… He has been on the back burner in my life recently and I need to
move him to the front and turn up the heat…. I need this, not because I need to
lose weight (this will be a bonus), but because I need to refocus, remove an
area that has caused me great distraction of late, and focus on God.
It is not going to be easy … I love my food… but I also love
God. God can do amazing things, and if I
chose to focus on him, and avoid the distraction that food has become, I will
be taking a step in the right direction.
My journey truely begins today, not only towards a trimmer me... but towards a more centered me. I need to put God back into the center of my life. And I start today.
Here are a few links related to the Daniel Fast (listed in
order of ones I found most helpful)
1 comment:
This is my favorite post you have ever written. I heard beautiful Jani loud and clear in your words. True. Simple. Heartfelt. YOu can do it girl! We will be praying for eachother!!!
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