Mindset

I just received an email from someone that started me down the path of changing my mindset. This has been life changing for me.  I can't image life without it now.  But this didn't come about just because of the program.  It was believing God can transform from negative to  positive and beyond.  God provided the means and support of others while I worked on staying focused on Him.  The change is slow but permanent. A mindset will changed when we make the commitment.  Are you ready to become Fit for Him!

Till next time! 

Hooray God!

I have to share!  Last week was crazy for me at work and I wasn't able to finish all my work plus Josh (my faithful nephew/coworker) is on vacation.  Today I had to run payroll, Josh's job, and hadn't looked at it at all!  This is a form of self torture for me.  At work, my world is depends on functional organization, meaning my way or no way!  At first glance of payroll, in my minds eye it was chaos all over the place.  I could feel my brain being scrambled by confusion.  I couldn't get my brain in gear.  What to do!  Plus poor sweet Anna Marie went home sick!  

Pray!  God is the only hope. He will pull me out of the fire and to cool me off.  From that moment on it was all under control, His control!  The two of us sailed through the day with no mishaps or me being forgetful.  My stress level was low making the concentration high and focused.  By the time I finished at 4:50 pm I was singing God praises for His work!

"Hallelujah Praise Jehovah" from the heavens Praise His Name!!!!  You know the rest... 

He's making me Fit for Him!

Till next time!

Is there hope?

There are going to be days hopefully not weeks of struggle with food and that's where I am.  The last couple of days I've craved sugar more than usual.  For the most part I've been able to keep sugars to once or twice a week and that was easy to handle till now.  I'm thinking of sugar and craving it more...WHY!  Thank goodness I'm coming to my senses.  Not only stopping the carving but also in how I recover.  There have been times I would be very negative and even allow this to kill the desire of becoming fit.  But I want to recover in a productive way.  This can be a positive move that will strengthen my heart and resolve to continue.  I will not give up!!!  

Instead of listing what I've messed up I'll list what I did right!  This week I've been on the treadmill a total of 8 miles!  My attitude about exercising has improved making it easier to work out.  I'm still not drinking diet drinks and am drinking lots of water!  I'm loving salads, the more I eat them the more I love them.  Vegetable are my new friends!  I look for vegetable recipes all the time.  I am doing better!  

All this to say, by stopping and looking at the positives is a more valuable way of over coming. There will always be a choice of negative or positive ways of over coming and moving on.  I could have chosen to beat myself up that would bring about failure but choosing to focus on the positive will lead me to a healthier life that I love.

Being fit for Him means to do as He would have me do.  To love my negative thoughts into positive thoughts so that my actions will be positive.

Till next time!

Talk isn't cheap

How much of the time during the day have we spend any amount of time in quality conversation?A conversation that caused you to stop and think.  A conversation that allowed you to go deep with in yourself and see what is really inside.  For some of us we're blessed with having people in our lives that these types of conversations are typical.  Others will have the opportunity maybe once a week while others once a month or never.  Truly this is a personal preference and that is okay.  But...are we aware of the richness and growth it can bring to our lives?

Are we making the time for conversations that will move us, impact us, cause us to stop and think or help develop us?  If you're not then neither is someone else...

Exercise!

I just walked 2 miles for the second day.  I'm an on and off exerciser.  Probably I walk 6 months out of the year.  But with starting Fit for Him it has be a good jump start.  Thanks!  It's not that I don't like it, the truth is I love it.  I'm slightly competitive so by the time I've completed 2 miles my pace is faster then when I started.  For some reason I love pushing myself, though it may not look so.  So why wouldn't I be walking all the time?  I think I need the support of others.  I've been successful in the past with out others but never stick with it.  Knowing there is a group of wonderful women every week wanting to know how I did makes a difference. 

Thanks guys!

Bec

Strengthen!

I just came from a "Fit for Him" meeting and what an encouragement!  It was so moving to be in the same room with others that share the same goal.  The goal of changing our behavior and attitudes to becoming fit for Him.  This was a blessing from God and I thank you Father.  I have been strengthened by the honesty, truth and resolve that comes from these women's precious heart.  

One of the struggles I have as I journey through becoming fit is that very thing, honesty and truth. It is so much easier to give into the eating or not to exercise than tapping into the strengthen that is present within me.  I know it's there because I have used it for other people in my life.  My oldest daughter at the age of three became ill with Reyes Syndrome and was in coma for two weeks.  From the beginning I pour all my energy into caring for her.  I had to tap into strengthen I never as aware of.   All most effortlessly I moved through painful days that could be because of strengthen.   

Yes, that was a different situation.  We all move mountains for our children.  But the point is the strengthen is the same no matter what the driving force is.  Strengthen is strengthen and it is comes from with in you!

We can use this strengthen to become fit, grow in our job, love that person that is a challenge to love and to move mountains.  The source is what we need to knowledge.  God is the source of strengthen that He has planted with in us all, no matter what the situation is.  It was through God that Phillip and I were able to use our strengthen to care for our daughter.  God showed us that we could handle and make the tuff decisions.  It was God who showed us that we do have all we need within ourselves to patiently wait for healing.  It was God who showed us that we weren't alone and that others of all faiths were using their strengthen in prayer to the same God for healing.  

The message here is to grow in awareness and acceptance of your own strengthen.  God has suppled you with it.  Are you using it? 

Example:

Here's an example of the negative inner talk.  Today I was really hungry for lunch.  Jake and I went to a cafe for soup and salad.  I usually have a small salad and cup of soup, not to bad you might say.  But the soup as a cream soup! mmm!  Well, the past three days I've been doing very good and by the four day, today, I was very hungry for something with substance and cream of broccoli cheese soup did it for me.  Normally I wouldn't have "bat an eye" over the choice but today the inner voice was questioning the choice and I was telling myself that I didn't have the eat all the soup.  Was that the truth?  Remember I was really hungry.  By the end of the meal I finished off all the soup and salad and boy was it good!  With the last bite the negative talk kicks in asking, was the cream soup the best choice?  Did I eat to much?  Well, I'll just exercise it off!  No, I shouldn't have ordered the cream soup!  Should'a, would'a, could'a the rest of the way till I'm distracted with something else.  

Does this sound familiar?   Let me know!

Till next time!

Bec   

so you say...?

What a difference a support group can make!  Even before the meeting on Sunday night I was able to gain control of eating.  What was the change?  For me it was the accountability. Knowing that others would be counting on me to walk the walk and talk the talk.  Now I have to do what I say.  

But there was a time in my life that my words didn't match my actions.  There was a time I didn't take my words seriously.  I thought nothing of starting the day saying to myself that today would be the day I would do something about my health.  Today would be the day that I would exercise or eat right.  Today I would look at myself with love and compassion.  All this played over and over in my head before I got up to face the day.  Then it all changed by the time I hit the shower.  Somewhere from my bed to the shower the record was switched.  All the promises, all the good intentions flew out the window in a flash.  It was back to the same old record playing in my head (self talk) of how bad I looked or how I've let myself go.  The self talk could very, depending on my mood.  If I woke up feeling okay with myself it wasn't to bad but if I woke up not okay, it was a struggle.  There were times that if I wasn't berating myself, I was thinking about the food I had to look forward to.  It was exciting to think about the food I could drown my sorrows in!  Food changed my mood in no time but only temporarily.  I could be excited, happy go lucky and ready to meet the day till...it hit.  The anger and frustration of not being able to control myself.  This is damaging self talk.   Are you aware of the damage you're doing?    

In the Beginning...

Well, here we go!  My sweet sister suggested using a blog, thinking it would be a good way to add support for me and all the others who are looking to change bad eating and exercise behaviors. This change isn't easy.  Since February I have quit diet sodas and limited sugar but every day it is a struggle.  Some days are good some aren't.  As of today I've had four chocolate chip cookies, one M & M Blizzard and two double scoop chocolate mousse ice cream from BR! All of this since Saturday.  What can I say...I'm on a role.  

As you can see I need help and  having a community to turn to for support, advise and accountability is a start.  Trying to change bad behaviors alone is hard but asking for the help of others can ease the frustration and promote growth that will lead to change.  Help is a beautiful thing when open hearts are willing to listen and act on what God is showing us.  A community is God's way of talking through others for our benefit but we must be willing to listen, have an open mind and share.  

So as we begin this journey remember we are in it together!  Each one of us has something to offer the community no matter what it is.  Sharing will bring success to all who resolve to make the most of this journey and community.  So what are you waiting for...join in!

Till next time!

Bec