Personal Mission Statement

Our homework for this weeks First Place Group was to write a personal mission statement...Here is what I got and how I got there.

Principles and values that that I live by
Jesus is my Lord and Savior
Honesty
I want to be healthy
What brings me happiness?
My family
The Lord
Friends
Exercise
My Legacy and things that I have always wanted to do
Lead others to Christ
Live a healthy life style

My Mission statement:
To live each day making my health a priority so that I will live longer, feel better, and glorify the Lord. I will do this by committing my health to the Lord, Exercising, and eating healthy.

For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate to do I do....

My desire to be healthy and my desire to not care are at battle. Some how not caring or doing anything about my health and weightloss seems easier. For the last 6 months I have done what I wanted to do and not what I know I needed to do. I have not been taking my vitamins, I have not been excersizing, and I have been eating way to much of the wrong foods. I have all this information and knowledge about what I should be eating and doing, yet I choose to do what is wrong.

Paul states in Romans 7:15 "I do not understand what I do, For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate to do I do."

I can relate to this so well. This last couple of weeks the Lord has been working on me about being healthy and making some changes and getting my life together. I am so thankful that the Lord never gives up on me.

Today I am commiting my life, physically as well as menatally to the Lord. I am seeking the Lords will in my life and hopeful for my future.

Dear Heavenly Father,

Thank you so much for your promises and your words. I am asking for your help today. Lord help me to obey you. Please help me to be healthy. I want to feel better. I ask for your help with my food choices, excersize, taking my vitamins, and time with you. Lord I love you and despiratly need you in my life.

Amen

Awakened by GOD

Have you ever been awakend by God? This is something that has happended to me before, but not like last night. At 230 in the morning I woke up. I rolled over to try and go back to sleep. I laid there awake, tired, and unable to sleep. I began to pray. The lord asked me how long it had been since I prayed for myself?" I laid there thinking.... It has been a long time. The Lord wants me to pray for others, but he also wants me to come to him for me. For every need. He loves me just the way that I am and he wants me to learn to love myself. The best place for me to start is time with him, seeking his will in my life.

Good Bye Pops...

Today we said good bye to a wonderful man. My father in law passed away during the night. I was so blessed to be able to be here with him. I am thankful that he moved into our home. It gave us a chance to spend time with him and create some good memories. We will always have these memories in our hearts and minds. With all that being said, I stumbled with my food choices today....

I had been keeping a good food journal and eating healthy all week. Today, I just gave up and ate way to much of the "wrong foods". However, I have learned something... It is okay, I CAN START GOOD TOMORROW! On top of all of this emotional eating, Richard and I went to the gym this evening and worked out. This really helped to release some of the emotions that we have been experiencing. I love that we are finding healthy ways to deal with things, instead of burying away all the pain with food and more food. I have hopes that one day I will not turn to food at all and turn to the Lord for my comfort. For now, I am thankful that the Lord has brought me this far.

Dear God,
I am so thankful to know that you have Rick in heaven with you. Lord, help us get through this time. I pray that you will continue to teach Richard and I to come to you for comfort. Help us to be what we need to be for Nathalie and Mickey. Lord, I ask for your covering over our financial situations. I ask you to cover all my stress and help me to release all my stress to you. Seeing Rick go through all of this at such a large weight, is just a reminder as to why we need to become healthy. Lord I surrender my body to you ask for your protection and wisdom.
Amen

Contract

We had an assignment this week for our First Place class to write a contract to ourselves. Here is mine:

I, TeriAnn New, hereby agree and commit to take the following steps to improve my accountability to myself and increase my chances for weight loss success:

•I will not allow negative self talk when it comes to exercise. I will be happy with what exercise I am able to do, whether it is in weights, cardio, or water aerobics. I will work on having a positive attitude when it comes to exercise.

•I will not allow myself to make excuses when it comes to being accountable to my food choices. I will write down what I eat and turn it in weekly.

•I will not allow myself to be on the bottom of the “to do” list. I will prioritize eating healthy, exercising, my bible study, and spending time with the Lord.

Overwhelmed

I am sure that being overwhelmed is just another excuse for me, but it seems to have taken hold. I am being pulled many different directions these days and it makes it hard to accomplish the things that I set out to do. My mind is continually making lists of things to accomplish and get done, yet there are not enough hours in the day....this is not an excuse. It is true. I have alot on my plate (I am not talking food). I am not complaining. I am glad that the Lord has blessed me with a wonderful family. I am thankful to be on this journey.

Dear Heavenly Father,

I am overwhelmed and I need your patience and help. Please help me to use the time that I have to glorify you. Lord, you are all that I need. Thank you for your comfort.

In Jesus Name,

Amen

Mapping My Emotional History with Food

Dear Lord,
I just completed mapping my emotional history with food. This has got be one of the hardest things I have done. Food has been my idol since I was little. I am not sure when it clicked, but it did. Food satisfied something that I was lacking. I have always gone to food for comfort and really, everything. Food has consumed many years of my life.
I have allowed food to control me. I have gained so much weight over the years. Even as a young child, I was disappointed with myself and the way that I looked. I was embarrassed and it stopped me from being who I should be. I lost confidence in myself.
Even after you found me and I accepted Jesus into my life, I still continue to go to food. It is embedded in me that food is my source of comfort. Lord, help me to seek comfort in you and not food. Lord thank you for bringing all of this to my attention. I ask that you continue to reveal these things to me so that I can grow in my walk with you
Help me to make good food choices. Lord, I want to feel comfortable in my own skin. I want to be healthy and come to you for the things that I need.
Amen