The Skinny

Here's the skinny.

I am not.

And that's unhealthy.  I want to be healthy, not only for myself, but to glorify God.  If my body is His temple, then it needs to be treated with respect and well-taken care of.  Which means...

I need to change!  And change doesn't happen on my own.  The only change that will last is what God does in my life.  Which is why this effort isn't merely mine; there is a God that is helping me, day by day, hour by hour, even minute by minute.

Helping me what, you ask?

Helping me say no.  No to food that I don't need, no to comforting myself with a physical thing that doesn't satisfy, no to medicating my pain with calories.

Helping me say yes.  Yes to Him, first and foremost.  Yes to eating healthily, yes to exercising, and yes to taking care of myself as well as my family; particularly my parents.

It's time for me to step up and be honest and truthful.  It's time for me to step up and become a pillar in His house, an oak of righteousness.

So, really, this is more than a weight loss blog.  It's more than a day-by-day picture of my life, what I eat, and what I try to do.  It's more than a measure of my successes, and even, occasionally, my failures.

It's a measure of the goodness that He does in me.  It's a testament to the fact that I am changing, being transformed from glory to glory into His servant, His likeness.

You see, I've found my Hero.

You're welcome to come along for the ride.  Maybe you will be encouraged yourself.  Maybe you will find something to relate to.  Maybe you fill find something to fight for, something to change for.

Maybe you'll find that God is so much more than you ever though.

Really, He's inviting you more than I ever could.

But I'll be here, doing this.  Here's the beginning:

Weight: 268.5
Exercised:  Running after kids for a while.

Here's to trusting God.

Because some way, somehow, He doesn't despise small beginnings.  He even takes pleasure in them.  He delights in us every time we make a decision to begin.  Mother Theresa said that "Not all of us can do great things.  But we can do small things with great love."

That's my goal.

~Fumble