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Feb. 17, 2008 -
I gained 5 pounds. That makes a total loss of 25 pounds.
"Catch all the foxes, those little foxes, before they ruin the vineyard
of love, for the grapevines are blossoming" SOS 2:15
This verse sums up what has happened. If you know anything about foxes
they will get into your vineyard, your garden and slowly, one piece at
a time steal your fruit, your crop. That is exactly what I let happen
lately with my diet. It started with me thinking I didn't need to
journal anymore and then I didn't need to weigh my meat because I could
just eyeball it, then I had a diet coke one night and it didn't slow my
weight loss down so I started having them more and more often, then it
wouldn't kill me to have some bacon as part of my meat, then I started
using REAL salad dressing instead of olive oil and sea salt..., you get
the picture. By the end of this little excursion my diet did not even
resemble what is was supposed to look like. I had tweaked so much I
had made it something totally different.
I was so over Matol that I had made up my mind I wanted to switch to
weight Watchers. Truly I thought this would be a good idea because
after doing matol for this long it would be a treat to count points and
eat FOOD! (smile) I had made my mind up that I would give Matol one
more month and if I couldn't get back on track I would switch programs.
Then I talked with my friend Christa and she said, "Mary, I don't
think you need to start a whole new race with a whole new diet. I
think you need to pray and ask the Lord to give you a second wind,
using the diet your on" She then went onto tell me about her friend
Stephanie (I love her too) and how she is getting ready to run a
marathon next year at Disney. She said they place your friends and
family strategically to cheer you on right when your ready to quit and
that SHE was going to cheer me on, NOT to quit Matol, but to keep
going. She was going to pray that the Lord would give me a second
wind.
I am sinking my whole heart and head around that one thought. Not even
thinking about the possibility of where I'll go if what I'm using
doesn't work. This spoke so much to my heart. Then as I was reading
from Revelation yesterday in my "Revelation Teen Class" I came across
THIS verse, "Go back to what you heard and believed at first; hold to
it firmly"! Revelation 3:3a WHOA!
So as I sit here typing this out to you I have taken my Matol
supplements, had my chocolate cake protein and I'm getting ready to
journal. I am also drinking my first glass of water! Praise the Lord
that HE tells me, "Forgetting about yesterday, straining towards
TODAY"! (Phil 3:13a) I can't go back and undo, but I am no longer
under condemnation if I seek the Lord with my whole heart and repent
and turn away from my sin! I don't know what the future looks like?
Will I finish my race with Matol? Will I switch over to WW? I
honestly don't know, but what I do know is that right now I am praying
for a second wind, where I'm AT.
