No Christian Plastic Answers Here

No Christian Plastic answers here.... You know the ones....you just need to (Fill in the blank) more. IE: go to church more, eat less of this and more of that, be nice, pray, move more and pump up the praise music, will power that's where its at! All of these things are good, great even if working together and after the one thing I am now striving to do...address any and all the heart issues that have been the root as to why I make the choices I do. Good cravings and bad, the giving up when progress is not seen, the guilt of not eating what I should. We are, well let me personal that~ (I am) born to crave. Craving by definition is " something you long for, find you are consumed by such as food, sex, money, significance"...We are (I am) created to crave Him. (Ps. 84:1-2) "How lovely is your dwelling place ,O Lord Almighty! My soul yearns, event faints, for the courts of the Lord; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God. Satan mission is to distract me from that purpose. Anything and anyway he can distract my eyes away from Him he will try. Example: Eve! She has everything she needed in the garden! She was tempted...instead of running to her Heavenly Father, truth, her husband for support to do the right thing...her eye was on the wrong prize. Satan tried with Jesus in the wilderness. Hungary and tired and yet He choose differently...."While Eve focused on the object of her temptation, Jesus kept His focus on God's truth. What matters most to me?"~Made to Crave So, that is where I am starting. Taking the focus off the "to do and not to do's" of dieting. When I don't feel like exercising because of one particular activity is boring~ change it up and take the focus off the "don't want to" Choice a heart of obedience. He doesn't want me stuck in this circle. When, not if, I want a tastykake instead of a piece of fruit? Flee! Get rid of bed choices and pray for Him to strength and the want to crave Him and healthier choices. Not being weighed down my guilt when I do make I bad choice is also a key for me. New mercies! Physically I am excited to be moving more and more each day. I have my bad "lyme" days but many more good ones than bad. I have not been able to continue the Couch to 5k past week one. I am having a lot of pain in my knees, crunching and such. So I stopped running for now intil I can get them checked and thumbs up from Dr. It was very disappointing to be derailed from that goal. But then I read I Corinthians 10:23 "Everything is permissible, but not everything is beneficial" Instead I am continuing to walk 2-3 miles a day, and we have joined the YMCA as a family! I am doing some cycling there a few days a week. The boys and I go after school and they love it! I am so glad to see them moving and burning off all that energy. A new focus for us all. Encouraging news~ I only get on the scale once a week. Next week was so disappointing because it said I gained! This week? I lost 6lbs!! Even though I don't want to be ruled by the scale...it is encouraging to see to go down!