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Oct. 13, 2009
How it's going: Losing the Baby Weight
And as for Losing the Baby Weight, Round 5, I have lost about 20 pounds now of the 35 I needed to lose--praying every single step of the way. This is such a spiritual issue for me. Just today, I was talking on the phone while I fixed the little ones lunch, and caught myself halfway through a slice of cheddar cheese before I even realized what I was doing! Just completely mindless and oblivious to my state of self control! Not to mention, losing weight gets harder as I get older (turning 40 this month). Touche! All the more reason to get in shape and STAY in shape.
My husband and I had the kids giggling the other day during a car ride. I was telling my husband about my diet progress (like he really cares--he was just listening politely and patiently), and he chimed in and shared about how he watches his weight-and he does. He does a really good job of it. I told him, though, "I don't mind if you put on a few extra pounds. I kind of like it." He said, jokingly, "You just want me to be old and fat." I said, "Yes, because it makes me look younger and thinner when I'm with you. That's part of my diet plan."
And the other musings I had on this subject were not pretty.
My grocery budget FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY goes down quite noticeably when I am dieting.
The food in the entire household lasts longer (days longer) when I am dieting.
I don't even go to the store as much when I am dieting. I was thinking last night, "Wow, I haven't stopped at the grocery store in town for a long time!" I do all my grocery shopping once a week in the next town over on music lesson day, but stop by the grocery store in my town if I run out of something or need to make a special trip. When I'm dieting, I don't run out of things, and don't need the special trips, which are usually whims for things like ice cream, or cinnamon rolls, or baking supplies for a special project, or frozen pizza because I don't feel like cooking--but in my mind, all these things are FOR THE KIDS. The truth of the matter, though, it seems, is that these things were mostly for me.
But with God's help--and I know it is only through Christ I am able to do this--the weight is coming off. And hopefully, I will become even stronger spiritually in this area. I grow in this area every time I diet. I'm a little more honest with myself, a little more humbled, a little less fleshly... maybe one of these days I will truly be broken before Christ in every area of my life and have no more hang ups.
Oh yeah-that will be in heaven. Just imagine! No hang-ups! No fleshly battles! No illness! No physical problems.
What a day that will be.
--Mrs. E
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Posted by Anonymous 
Oct. 20, 2009 - Untitled Comment
Jenn