Post Thanksgiving

Starting Weight Watchers right before Thanksgiving was..................  the best thing I could have done.  I've lost 6 lbs since starting last week, and even though that's not a lot, it's a start.

During the holidays, it's so easy succumb to the lure of constant decadence.  Every commercial, every storefront, every gathering....  all seem to worship food and its pleasure.  As a person who loves food, these images have a strong effect on me.  Am I a food addict?  Perhaps...  but by the very fact that we must eat in order to live, we all are AT LEAST dependent on food.  That God created our taste buds and that He made some foods so very appealing indicate that He wants us to enjoy what we eat.  It is without hesitation that I (and most others) happily participate in this relationship... that is, the one between man and food.

While God made eating enjoyable, it was only perhaps so that we would take the time to do so in order to sustain our bodies, His temple.  Somewhere along the line, this mission got twisted.  No longer was eating just a means to keep the body healthy and strong, but I started eating just for the joy of it, the comfort of it, and the feeling of it.  My purpose for eating changed, and it no longer focused on God and the care and keeping of the temple of the Holy Spirit.  It was now focused on ME and what I wanted.  "Houston, we have a problem...."

So, I am refocusing.  Now, this doesn't mean that I'm never going to indulge in something decadent.  Trust me, dark chocolate will always be a part of my diet.  But I am thinking more along the lines of, "What foods will make my body stronger and healthier and what foods will cripple my immunity and weaken my overall well being?"

So, more greens.
       More beans.
              More berries.

Fewer sugars.
      Fewer starches.
               Fewer trips to the Double Arches.  :-)