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I know it's been a long time since I last posted here, and I do apologize. My roller coaster dieting has continued with its normal ups and downs, but I continue to head in the right direction. The reason I haven't been here much is that I have a new blog called Diet News. Stop by to catch the lastest.

Power to Change

It's the holidays! So hard for me to believe that it is the end of the year. Seems like I was just holding my breath about the Y2K threat and now that's almost 10 years ago. Time moves swiftly and that's why it's important to take advantage of each day...to make a difference...even with your health and fitness.

For myself, I know I don't have the strength or power to stay on a diet 100 percent of the time. In fact, the term diet is something most of us think about as "starting" and when we reach our goal we're done, and most of the time we revert to our old ways and gain back the weight and many times more. Healthy eating goes beyond dieting. And the power to go beyond dieting to healthy eating is not in myself, but in my Lord.

My current life lessons involve "deny yourself". I awoke Sunday with that Scripture in my thoughts and went to find it. First I came across the Scripture in Mark where Jesus calls Peter and his brother to follow him. They were in the middle of work, casting their nets and they left everything and followed him immediately. They didn't say, "Let us finish what were doing and then we'll follow you." What struck me was "immediately". They didn't say, "I'll start Monday."


Then I found the Scripture I was looking for in Luke and was reminded that we are to deny ourselves daily--pick up our cross and follow him. In this case the word "daily" stood out. It's a lifestyle to be followed each day. We're either following or we're not.

Finally, I ended up in Titus where I read about how our actions will show that we follow Him--even in eating and exercise.

So deny yourself is immediate, daily, and our actions will show it. When I want to reach for those chips when I'm not even hungry, I know I'm not following him...I'm not denying myself. This of course is the short version, but if you want to read the Scriptures I read here they are:

Matthew 4:17-20
Luke 9:23-26
Titus 1:15-16


And in closing let me remind you "So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God." (1 Cor. 10:31)