First Place for Health begins with God!
As we go along our daily lives, working, eating, working and eating some more. We come to a point where we realize the habits we have are unhealthy. We are now never home with our families, and we can't see our shoes over our guts any longer. Then we start pointing out the sins in those around us, not realizing what we are doing to our families and our bodies is just as bad. A year and a half ago I came to this point of realizing the fact of my addiction. An addiction that effected my whole body. My spiritual,mental and physical body was dying, and I was continuing on that dangerous road without concern.
Lets go back to where it all started, it's all my parents fault.. HAHAHA got your attention =). My issues of the past were left in the past at Jesus' feet many years ago. My present circumstances are of my doing and only mine.
My weight issues had me written all over it, and the way I handled stress and issues in my life. I stopped exercising all my focus went on my boys and their health. I didn't feed my spiritual side at all so every day was full of tears and stress so more eating began. 80 pounds heavier and I began to wonder what happened. WELL DUH! I was feeding my physical side over enough and not feeding my spiritual or mental at all. I blamed it on the kids, my husband and even tried to blame it on my parents. GASP!
It took when everything was falling apart around me, Things that seemed unforgivable happened to me, my husband deployed YET AGAIN for another year and my daughter turned 18 and left the house not on good terms. It was all so much for me to handle, and I just kept packing the weight on. It was when the Dr. told me I had high blood pressure, and I was killing myself slowly so I needed to loose weight pow.. it all slapped me in the face.
I began the journey right before Keith deployed, weight loss for dummies (yes that's what is called). Its not a diet, its a healthy change in eating habits while loosing weight. Before Keith left I had lost 10 pounds already, and was determined to continue. As the months went on I stayed busy at the gym, and at the pool swimming. Not stopping too worry if Keith called, or that I was alone once again. At night I would walk my neighborhood praying for my husband and his safety. Leaving all my stress, and fears at the Lords feet on that street. Believe those streets in Wahiawa know my family well from the prayers, and loud praise singing as I walked.. and of course the nightly talks with Nancy and Kathy.
A year later my husband returned to a wife who was 62 pounds lighter, and something else was lighter. the heaviness of my heart. Sure I was still having issues with forgiveness, and letting love take over in that situation, but I was beginning to see my life wasn't mine it's God's. My kids aren't mine, their God's, My husband isn't mine he's Gods. The most important is my BODY isn't mine it's Gods. Would I come into the church and just start throwing trash all over? making it look like no one cared? My body is a temple of Christ and I was eating bad things for me and not caring.
I've watched the weight drop, and some come back on while moving, now dropping again. The biggest thing I see is my spiritual life is getting stronger, one day without Christ in it and I feel lost or I'm missing something. He is the beginning and the end, and he is the beginning and the end in my days also. Once my spiritual life started taking some balance my physical life began taking balance.
Colossians 1: 15-20 begins this journey today in my healthy body and healthy mind with God. He created all things for his glory, He placed things in place for his glory and purpose. He is the first in all things, He created all things for HIS USE, and the only peace we will find is when we look toward God because he is the peace that passes all understanding. I can try on my own too get physically fit and spiritually fit, but if I don't eat the right stuff and exercise daily my body will begin to break down, the same with my spiritual if I don't put into practice what God has called of me, and don't meditate on him I will spiritually break down. So over the next 12 weeks I will be taking a journey into not only staying physically fit, but also strengthening my spiritual side. God first and last in my day.. and everything else falls between that.
Lets go back to where it all started, it's all my parents fault.. HAHAHA got your attention =). My issues of the past were left in the past at Jesus' feet many years ago. My present circumstances are of my doing and only mine.
My weight issues had me written all over it, and the way I handled stress and issues in my life. I stopped exercising all my focus went on my boys and their health. I didn't feed my spiritual side at all so every day was full of tears and stress so more eating began. 80 pounds heavier and I began to wonder what happened. WELL DUH! I was feeding my physical side over enough and not feeding my spiritual or mental at all. I blamed it on the kids, my husband and even tried to blame it on my parents. GASP!
It took when everything was falling apart around me, Things that seemed unforgivable happened to me, my husband deployed YET AGAIN for another year and my daughter turned 18 and left the house not on good terms. It was all so much for me to handle, and I just kept packing the weight on. It was when the Dr. told me I had high blood pressure, and I was killing myself slowly so I needed to loose weight pow.. it all slapped me in the face.
I began the journey right before Keith deployed, weight loss for dummies (yes that's what is called). Its not a diet, its a healthy change in eating habits while loosing weight. Before Keith left I had lost 10 pounds already, and was determined to continue. As the months went on I stayed busy at the gym, and at the pool swimming. Not stopping too worry if Keith called, or that I was alone once again. At night I would walk my neighborhood praying for my husband and his safety. Leaving all my stress, and fears at the Lords feet on that street. Believe those streets in Wahiawa know my family well from the prayers, and loud praise singing as I walked.. and of course the nightly talks with Nancy and Kathy.
A year later my husband returned to a wife who was 62 pounds lighter, and something else was lighter. the heaviness of my heart. Sure I was still having issues with forgiveness, and letting love take over in that situation, but I was beginning to see my life wasn't mine it's God's. My kids aren't mine, their God's, My husband isn't mine he's Gods. The most important is my BODY isn't mine it's Gods. Would I come into the church and just start throwing trash all over? making it look like no one cared? My body is a temple of Christ and I was eating bad things for me and not caring.
I've watched the weight drop, and some come back on while moving, now dropping again. The biggest thing I see is my spiritual life is getting stronger, one day without Christ in it and I feel lost or I'm missing something. He is the beginning and the end, and he is the beginning and the end in my days also. Once my spiritual life started taking some balance my physical life began taking balance.
Colossians 1: 15-20 begins this journey today in my healthy body and healthy mind with God. He created all things for his glory, He placed things in place for his glory and purpose. He is the first in all things, He created all things for HIS USE, and the only peace we will find is when we look toward God because he is the peace that passes all understanding. I can try on my own too get physically fit and spiritually fit, but if I don't eat the right stuff and exercise daily my body will begin to break down, the same with my spiritual if I don't put into practice what God has called of me, and don't meditate on him I will spiritually break down. So over the next 12 weeks I will be taking a journey into not only staying physically fit, but also strengthening my spiritual side. God first and last in my day.. and everything else falls between that.
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