The Beginning

I call this "the beginning" - because it is.  It's the start of making and achieving goals - rather than setting them aside at the soonest opportunity.  It's the beginning of feeling determined and MAKING myself accountable to whomever is willing to listen, instead of internally whining because I can't see a change in myself or the world around me.  It's the beginning of desiring to please God through my actions, rather than excusing myself by justifying: "He's the One who will always love me, even if I eat this ... I'll regret it tomorrow, but I don't care right now".  

Why weight loss?  God DOES love me always, so why pound this flesh into shape?  Why try?  Why bother?  Why work at it?

Top ten reasons:
- Because, while God looks at my heart (GOTTA LOVE HIM!), He also looks at my choices and their ability to replace Him with lesser things.

- Because He admires discipline, both spiritually and physically speaking.  If I don't regard Him enough to put effort into maintaining/regaining a healthy temple for Him to indwell, why do I deceive myself into thinking that I am putting in enough effort to maintain a healthy temple for Him to indwell INTERNALLY?  If I can't spend ten minutes walking, am I naive enough to think that I truly spend ten minutes praying?

- Because I want this temple of the Holy Spirit to be healthy enough to serve Him at a moment's notice.

- Because I am tired of being lethargic.

- Because I am tired of sleeping poorly.

- Because I am tired of EXCUSES.

- Because I am tired of HEARTBURN.

- Because I want to enjoy God's creation, rather than the fictional and depressing worldly world of television (i.e., get off my booty and move it)!

- Because I want my ideal of beauty (determined by what I look like) to develop into something that more closely mirrors God's own (I've been bought with the HIGHEST PRICE, therefore I will choose to glorify God in my body).

- Because however many years God gives me, I want to BREATHE to the best of my ability, thereby reminding myself to BREATHE in everything I can about God while I'm on this poor old earth.

This is the BEGINNING of TRANSFORMATION.