Thank you Lord for another great day. While it was a good day it was also a long one. My body is definitely letting me know that I am tired. I got up early this morning at 5:15 AM so that I could still walk on the treadmill for 30 minutes before going to prayer at the church. Prayer is at the church from 6:45 AM until 7:30 AM. I worked out before prayer and then grabbed an oatmeal and an unsweet tea from McDonald's on the way to work.
For lunch I took my lunch and ate some of the left over Mexican casserole that I had made. I knew that tonight I would be taking my family out for dinner to Pizza Hut because one of the guys from the church was coming over to help me fix some things around the house. After we installed a freeze proof faucet and repaired the faucet on the front of the house we went to dinner. I told my wife earlier that I was going to get the black forest ham sandwich with a salad in place of the chips even through we were getting Pizza for everyone else. So we got a large supreme pan pizza, a large cheese stuff crust pizza, and a family order of bread sticks, while I got my sandwich and salad. We got the bread stick as an appetizer because it was later then when the kids are used to eating and then had the pizza once they were ready. I ate my salad while everyone else ate bread sticks and then had the sandwich while everyone else ate Pizza. The main thing I noticed is that if I am not eating the Pizza we will be able to get away with one Pizza. I did go through Pizza Hut without eating the bread sticks and pizza and still made healthier choices. However, it is harder doing it out at dinner with my family than it is when I eat lunch. I'm not sure why this is, but I still did it.
As I sit here reflecting on the experience so far I definitely realize that God has been with me in this. For one, it has not been as much of a struggle as it was in the past when I would diet. I think this may be because I have come to realize that I cannot take a break, like I would when I diet. I have to have a change of behavior and life style. Secondly, I think it is because I really believe that God is leading me in this. In the past I have had friends encourage me to lose weight and mention that this area could be an area that God wants to change, but this time I feel I heard God saying that He wanted to be Lord in this area of my life. Whatever the reason may be, I hope that God will be glorified through this journey He has called me to.
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I also ate some of Kyle Mexican casserole and it was actually pretty good, I don't know why no one else liked it lol but it was different but healthy at least. I guess we have to eat this on our own time Kyle since no one else likes it ;)
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