Waiting out the weight

[heather]

Like so many women, I've gained 20 pounds (eek!) in 2 years. I'm only 20 and can't bring myself to change the way I eat (which isn't entirely unhealthy). I have such a hard time getting my husband to eat fruits and veggies. I'm also having a hard time finding the motivation to get to the gym to lift weights and work out. What are some things I can do kick-start myself to get back to my wedding weight?

 

[Hezekiah]

I once heard a phrase, "there is nothing to do, but do it." I think this is true of fitness. Once you get active, you will see the results, which will make you be more active, which produces more results, which....well, you see my point.

A healthy diet, a good vitamin regime, quality sleep and a vigorous, regular exercise program (both cardio and resistance) will do wonders for your life and ministry. At 20, you are at a great starting place to get active and fit. If you can get your husband to get healthy with you, it will make the journey all the easier.

Before making any changes, of course, visit your family doctor and talk about your goals. I pray that your endeavours are fruitful.

 

[destiny]

Heather, cut the portions of what you're eating in half and don't snack between meals unless it's a piece of fruit or something very light. You don't have to go out and buy "diet" foods to do this.

Do something fun like taking a long walk in the afternoon, but up the pace a little so you can burn calories. You have to burn more calories than you are taking in, so just cut your food portion size and start riding the bike or walking. You will lose weight easily by doing that.

 

[Kelli]

I agree with Destiny, that is right on. I think the more you worry about what you are eating, the more focused you become on food. If you limit some foods it creates a desire for the foods your not allowing yourself to eat, so when you do eat them you call it a binge or think you have blown it and eat more than you would.

Romans 7:5,6 For when we were in the flesh, the sinful passions which were aroused by the law were at work in our members to bear fruit to death. 6 But now we have been delivered from the law, having died to what we were held by, so that we should serve in the newness of the Spirit and not in the oldness of the letter.

The following is an excerpt from a Bible study I have been writing.

The desire for forbidden fruit can become a real problem. I read a story in my little daily devotional, “Our Daily Bread.†The title was forbidden fruit. It was about a resort hotel in Texas, they had a sign in each room saying “No fishing off the balcony.†Yet every day the hotel guests would throw their line into the water. When the management decided to just give up and remove the signs, the fishing stopped.

We are a defiant people and need to have a heart transformation, if we are ever going to be successful at losing weight, and the only way to have a heart or thought transformation is through the power of the most High God.

et me ask you a question. Have you felt any of the diets you’ve tried before with all their rules and regulation worked on changing your heart?

I think your problem could be, you have been trying to change the food and not your mind/heart?