For the past nine weeks I've been fairly mindful about choosing my meals carefully, and have also been exercising regularly, trying to build muscle and bone, as well as heart health, and overall it hasn't been too difficult to manage. Until now.
What is it about going away on a holiday which makes us think we ought to be able to throw restraint to the wind and overindulge ourselves? I haven't. But I've surely been tempted!
The first week wasn't too bad, as we visited friends in Virginia and the dear lady of the house is also watching what she eats, so it was an encouragement to both of us, I think, to choose wisely and moderately at meal time, and delicious meal times they were! My friends and her daughters are excellent cooks and wonderful hostesses, so the temptation to overindulge three times per day was definitely there, but being under the watchful eye of my sweet friend kept me on the straight and narrow. ;-)
This week we're in Florida and there's just something about being here which makes me want to eat, and not just eat, but to eat every and anything my eyes fall upon, and in great abundance! I sort of feel like Pavlov's dogs, I suppose, having conditioned myself over the past many years to believe that holiday time is a time to let my hair down, to overindulge in this area. It's such a silly thing, really, and it's high time I realized that I'm able to have a perfectly wonderful time with my precious family without indulging in every craving. I've almost a week under my belt here and have not only continued with my exercise program, but have also limited my calorie count. Perhaps this will be the year when it finally sinks in, where my desire for obedience to God and better health takes precedence over my short term wants.
Oh, and have I mentioned that as of this morning I'm down 13.5 lbs.? Not a huge amount, but definitely progress! :-)
And wouldn't you know it? My hubby and girls just came back from playing mini golf and what have they brought? Yep. Pizza. And my favourite! Hawaiian! Ha!!
1 Corinthians 10:13: There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.
Thank you, Lord, for your enabling when it comes to resisting temptation in this and every area. May Your Name be glorified in and through my every thought and every deed. For the cause of Christ, I pray.
