DAY 26 -- Losing My Gut

With only 26 days until we reach our goal, I am now beginning to think that we will be lucky to have our call by June 9.  When I started it, I thought we may even be out in the mission field by June 9.  Now we MAY have our call by then?  It is a bit less than four weeks. 

Bonnie is assuming that if we get our call by then, we may not go for two to three months beyond that.  I keep telling her that we may get a call where they need us immediately.  I mean we wait and wait and then get a call and they want/need us NOW?  It will certainly be interesting, won't it?

I am finally serious in the prospect of losing my gut.  I have three boys working with me and the four of us have a program set up.  We report daily about our successes or failures.  All four of us need a bit of encouragement and motivation.  So, we shall see where this goes.

It dawned on me yesterday that the battle with weight is nothing more or less than the battle between flesh and Spirit.  My flesh sure loves the chocolate, one bite more of dinner, eat after dinner, munch on things, and eat late at night.  My flesh wants good tasting food.  But my spirit knows that it is not good for my health, my weight and gut. 

So this battle goes on.  I just enjoy eating, but I also enjoy being trim and fit.  Can I have them both?  When I was young, about one hundred years ago, I could eat anything and still not gain weight. Now I just look at a chocolate dish, a morsel that is totally fattening, and I gain weight. 

So I came up with a few more goals and commitments to start again.  And one of the main goals is to remember that this is really a battle between flesh and spirit.  That is a battle that goes on in many different areas of our life, not just weight. 

I find myself eating, wanting more and often eating until I can't eat any more.  And while I am doing that, I am not even thinking about this commitment I made about reducing my gut.  It is interesting that if I evaluate how much (not pounds, but the seriousness of my goal) I want to lose, and if I put that in my mind, close to the surface, then I will be able to be more successful in this goal.  If I think of this goal as I see food in front of me, rather than "anticipating" how that will taste, I will remember how much I want to lose weight.

Anyway, that is what I am trying now.  We shall see if I do anything, how long this goes and if I can really have my spirit overcome the desires of the flesh, chocolate, sugar, candy, etc.