Give Me A Break

I've started cutting back on my portion sizes, but I haven't yet started exercising.  The net result is that I've been weighing 249.4 for the past four days.  I remember back in 1992 I was planning on going back into the Air Force as a chaplain.  To do that I needed to drop from about 215 to 186 lbs.  I didn't go on a diet, per say, but I simply cut back on portion sizes and increased my activity level.  At the time I was working at Hardwick Stove Company and the job was physically demanding, plus I would used down time at work to do push ups, sit ups, and other calisthenics.  I lost the weight, but decided at the last moment that I wasn't called to be a chaplain in the Air Force.  It was an emotional decision resulting from the Gulf War and my cousins being there.

So, with the past as an example, I know that if I can cut back to small portions and increase my activity level, these small lifestyle changes can result in big long term changes.  I remember that I played a little mind game with myself.  I told myself that when I felt hunger pains it was a sign that I was loosing weight.  I could mentally picture my body eating away my fat.  So I turned a negative feeling into a positive thing.  The problem now is that my cholesterol medicine tends to hurt my stomach when I haven't eaten.

My Bible Verse of the Day: 2 Corinthians 12:9
And He has said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in weakness." Most gladly, therefore, I will rather boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may dwell in me.