Day 1: The plan

 Following Healthy by Design by Cathy M. I need to express my goal. Change! I want to walk closer to God and allow that fruit to display itself in my life. That equates to having a plan for weight loss. I plan to continue until God directs me to stop, as I don't want to limit his glory displayed in my life. 

But each journey needs a beginning. Mine will be lose one pound per week over the next twenty one weeks. Odd I know, but the 21 weeks include a couple special days in which I will eat a normal level of food (and pray not overeat) because of what we're doing those days. So that's 20 lbs takes me up to the start of the fair my family attends every year. My action steps are as followed:

Week 1 - I have begun to a blended salad fast for the first part of my day. This helps me get the best nutrients into my body while helping break the snacking cycle. 

Week 2 - begin tracking calories on Lose it app. My caloric range will be 1300 to 1500. On days I'm super hungry, I will eat more. The goal is to move away from man made food and move towards God made food.

From then on, use the blended salad days to reset and focus on the journey.

Above all, I want to walk in freedom that only God can provide. It obey his direction when my flesh wants to give in. Just to recall yesterday is amazing testimony to God's faithfulness. I began the blended salads on Sunday. I needed to fast before my annual blood work so I was a bit hungry by the time that was done. My flesh wanted so bad to pull through the drive thru on the way home, because I'm rarely out at that time of day and wouldn't a nice egg and bacon biscuit be good? And throw in a tea for extra indulgence. My soul was troubled over this decision! But at the last second, I pulled into the left lane to turn towards home. I ate breakfast at home. I was satisfied and thanked God for his guidance.

Then the afternoon came, we decided over the weekend that the best thing for the stray that we had been feeding was to rehome him. I called a few places and settled on where to take him. I hated to see him go, but I needed to do what was best for him and for the cats I own. I pray God will take him to a new home where he can be loved as he wants to love so dearly. We opted to get a sandwich before coming home. How much better I felt about not indulging at breakfast to now eat out in the evening. I have a reasonable lunch, so I wasn't overeating. I also wasn't using the food as a comfort for letting that sweet boy go. My heart overflowed with gratitude of God's faithfulness.  

So remember, God enables you to do the hard stuff. It may be heartbreaking, but when its the right thing to do, we can trust him to take care of his own. He loves that cat he created with the funny looking nose more than I do. He loves me more than I'm capable to love me or Him. Praise the Lord!