Angie's Answer

Trust in the Lord with ALL Your Heart

If you have been on numerous diets and the ability to stick with one seems to have been lost to me for the past several years (decade!) I have been getting on the scales most every morning since starting this time again to get healthy and fit. And I had been quite pleased because there have been noticeable results. Then 2 days ago I expressed a frustration because I could not FEEL the loss the scales were telling me I had (day 6 of the diet I think). Well weekends are harder to follow diets on anyway. So yesterday, I had left over pizza (which although it was veggie is still more carb and fat to protein / fiber/ veggie ratio than I am aiming for.)Later, I went out to eat with a girlfriend and made a wise choice, I think, from the menu. So not too bad, I did not overeat and that is one of my goals. But today the scales show an increase. Oh my goodness!!! Do you have any idea what that did to me. The Lord is really working with me on my STINKING THINKING!! I am beginning to see where I get set back each time I try to loose weight……where my knowledge of knowing what is good choices, my determination to make the changes, and my strength to stick with it have crumbled in the past. I have had a history of loosing 5 lbs and then gaining it right back. Why ? What did I learn from the Lord? I learned I let negative thinking sabotage me. Thoughts I struggled with were “See it is not working. You are going to have a hard time now that you are older. You can not do this. This diet is not working. You can never let yourself have a break on the weekend from the plan if you want to loose weight.” All of these thoughts are HALF-TRUTHS. This is what makes them difficult; the fact that they are twisted truths. Yes, if I stuck to the plan without wavering a bit then I would loose quicker. But I am going to loose still, even varying slightly on the weekends. Yes, it will take more consistent exercise. SO, I will have to make sure I make time on Sat. To get my workout in. Yes, it will not come off as easily as when I was younger. But I know it will. I have God’s vision in my heart to propel me forward past all this HOG WASH going through my head. I will take every thought captive that is negative and contrary to the promises of the Lord. I will lean on Him and He will direct my paths. He is telling me to just stick with the plan, think less… praise Him more.

Proverbs 3:5-6 "Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not unto thy own understanding but in all thy ways acknowledge Him and He will direct your paths."