Weight has always been an issue in my life and in my home growing up. Today it is one of the first subjects discussed around my family even though we only see each other about once a year. We focus more on the newest diet or program we might currently be on and what we are eating or not eating instead of enjoying life and each other.
After the birth of my second child I tried everything I could think of to lose weight. I bought (and actually did) a small library of exercise videos. I cut my fat and calories. Nothing happened. Then I found a Christian Weight Loss Program that helped me view food in a whole new light. I quit dieting and quit weighing and the weight seemed to pour off.
My last pregnancy brought the weight back in spades! Now it’s a fight between doing what I know to do and doing what I’m going to do – which seems to be a recurring theme through out much of my life.
My issue is not with calories or fat grams. My issue is with the heart. It has idolized food over all other things. It would treasure the times alone with food (when the family would be somewhere else and I could eat the meal with no one to disturb it). I didn’t want to share food with any one for any reason. My heart was selfish for food.
I have started retraining my heart to love what is right and to put that above the food. Breaking the habit of selfishness that I have created has caused some painful moments. It can be tough admitting that I am wrong. I choose to make moments to share with others, by making meal time a time together, so that the people become more important than the food.
Like any bad habit that is formed over many years, breaking the food habit is not easy and has not occurred over night. Every morning I am declaring out loud (and with enthusiasm) that the weight is gone and the habit broken. The words are being followed up with action.
With a positive attitude, the right mind set, and action, you can have, be or do what ever you desire!