Time To Pull Out The Scale

I went shopping last week with a friend. I’ve known for some time that the lack of a scale in my bathroom was going to be a really bad thing. That shopping trip proved my fear to be legitimate. Two days later I bought a scale. A bathroom scale is the equivalent of a dressing room. It’s like having a dressing room mirror staring back at you—verifying in numbers what you already see in the mirror.

Stress is my greatest food seeker. Apparently I’ve been under A LOT of stress this year. So, now that I recognize the reality, I can no longer ignore it like I do the “EXERCISE 45 MIN” alarm on my phone. In a random moment of radical honesty I told my husband my true weight. I’m not sure what shocked him more, the fact that I was radically honest or the number I blurted out. He stood there in silence, carefully searching for the right words to soothe my obvious panic.

My guard has been down. I am searching for food to fill the emotional holes in my life.

Do you ever feel like this?

The best part is that I can put into practice the advice I preach. I have two accountability partners. One is that bathroom scale I bought this week.

These are the steps I will be following for the next 60 days to rebuild the walls of a healthy weight and walls of moderation in my life:

Accountability Partner- Ecclesiastes 4:9-10 says, “If one falls down, his friend can help him up. But pity the man who falls and has no one to help him up!” This needs to be a careful choice. Some “friends” are enablers and saboteurs. Make sure you pray about who you choose as your mentor.

Faithfully feed on the WORD- I will continue to stay in the Bible daily, not only reading and studying but meditating on verses. Matthew 4:4 says, “But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.”

Exercise- My industrial treadmill will start to earn its keep. Taking care of the temple of the living God means feeding my body healthy food (which I do—just too much of it), and exercising. Many times we overlook the emotional, spiritual and physical benefits of exercise.

Moderating my food—not dieting. I eat healthy food 99% of the time by following the Blood Type Diet. My issue is the amount of food I have been eating and the multiple trips through the Starbucks line. This will be the biggest change for me. I need the 60 day commitment to allow my emotions to remember how to feed on the WORD instead of food. I will actually be following a “Setting Captives Free” plan. If you are interested in this plan click here. Feel free to print it out and use it. Every day for the next 60 days I will post about what day I am on and the Bible lesson I am focusing on. It you would like to buy a Bible study during the next 60 days, let me recommend “Becoming a Woman of Freedom” by Cynthia Heald. That is one I will be following.

Even if you are not like me and don’t need to get a handle on your indulgences, be a prayer warrior for the rest of us! We don’t just need accountability but encouragement too.

Will you join me on this 60 day journey?

In prayer or in action?

It’s not too late to join in!