Diet & Wisdom Appetizers

Without warning you wake up and there it is that I’m NEVER going to beat this weight problem state of mind. No matter how hard you wish it away, pray without ceasing or even try to shop, read, or nap it away, those negative thoughts have implemented themselves in your brain and refuse to be shaken.

We ALL have days like that when despite our best efforts those NEVER thoughts pound at your brain like an annoying drippy faucet … you’ll NEVER get this … you’ll NEVER lose weight … you’ll NEVER be out of your fat girl clothes … you’ll NEVER overcome your food addictions. Oh wait – maybe I’m the only one who ever battles such negative thoughts.

If we allow these negative thoughts to linger and take root, it’s only a matter of time before that negativity chokes the life out of us. As soon as one of those NEVER thoughts pops into our head, we’ve got to chase it away and replace it with positive affirmations.

Rather than thinking I will NEVER get this weight off, we need to remind ourselves that we are eating healthy and balanced meals. Think of all the positive steps we are making to get healthy and lose weight, like weighing and measuring our food portions and recording our daily calories. Every time we resist the urge to stop at McDonald’s for fries and a McFlurry, we’re winning the battle.

How can we believe we’ll NEVER achieve our goals when we’re going to weekly support groups, journaling our trials and our victories or calling a friend when we stumble or fall? If we take the time to list all of the positive steps we are making to get healthy and lose weight, they far outweigh the NEVER thoughts that try to control us.

Even if we’re not dropping weight as fast as we’d like or even as fast as our friends, getting healthy should not be a competition because then it becomes about something other than getting healthy. If we’re working on getting healthy, there are no losers only winners.

Don’t let yourself board the bus to NEVERland. That’s a dead end trip that ends up costing you more than you’re willing to pay. Get on board the I’m okay and I’m on my way bus that’s bound for success – no matter how long it takes.

Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm. ~Winston Churchill

13 All who fear the LORD will hate evil. Therefore, I hate pride and arrogance, corruption and perverse speech. 14 Common sense and success belong to me. Insight and strength are mine. Proverbs 8:13-14 (NLT)

PRAYER FOR TODAY: Lord, help me to banish those thoughts that tell me I’ll never succeed and beat these weight issues. I pray for success and ask that you would control not only my negative thoughts, but give me control over mouth so I will not speak negative words. Grant me each day a measure of success so I will not become discouraged and be tempted to quit altogether. I ask all these things in your name, Lord Jesus. Amen.