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I don't know about you ladies, but for me weight has been a battle since my late teens. The constant battle between diet and "bounce back". And somehow each bounce back would be just a couple of pounds more than the diet had shed.
I'd feel like such a failure - and looking in the mirror the lumps and bulges that ballooned back on my body would never ever be in an area with a remotely flattering curve.... This continued till my body mass index tipped across the clinically obese line.
My solution didn't lie in a pill, a powder, a shake or any other miracle weight loss plan. And I will never try to sell you any of those.
Today's blog is all about my aha moment. That shift in mindset that needs to happen before any meaningful transition can start. I realized that my dieting was trying to break down the body that I didn't want - It had nothing to do with building up the healthy body that I did want...
I believe in God. God is the one who allows me to have
faith. That faith gives me hope. Hope is what gives me love. With all three of
these virtues in mind, this is what I believe.
My faith is a wonderful gift that came to me from God. It gives me a sense of
trust in my times of need. He shows me that He is real, and it is up to me to
accept this. Without faith, I would never know of God or His plan for me. Hope
cannot exist without faith. Faith is my basis for believing and hoping in God.
When I take my faith, trust in God, and believe that a positive outcome is just
around the corner, I have hope. This virtue is used when I know that God has a
way for me. I have to put my life into His hands, hoping that the result of my
leap of faith is a good one. If I suddenly lost all hope for God’s plan, I
would think that no good could ever come to me. That is when love would be
gone.
Love is the bond that ties everyone together as one family of God. It is a gift
God shares with the world that He wants every person to share as well. This is
the most important virtue there is. Without love, I would hate everything and
have no faith in God. I know that love is very special but hard to express.
God has a plan for me and I must put that plan into action. Faith will let me
trust God. Hope will let me believe and be positive. Love will help me joyfully
do God’s will. It is important for me to gather up these virtues, take God’s
hand, and believe. When I accomplish this, and trust in God to help me,
anything is possible.
Mandy Loves!
