So with it almost being October and that being the 10th month of this year that I so badly wanted to change my life, I feel like I am a bit behind on the whole life change thing. When I say "life change" I am meaning getting healthy, losing the weight I have carried for so long and most importantly, with Jesus' help, that I would better fight my sin and temptation of gluttony and low self worth. Side note: I feel like I may or may not be pre-diabetic upon researching recently. But then again when you research health related things on the internet, you end up feeling like you could have cancer and possibly 3 other diseases that only Dr. House himself could diagnose. Because let's face it. He is the smartest physician ever:)
So here it is folks: Tomorrow I start the Paleo, or the "caveman" diet. For those of you who haven't heard of Paleo, check out this website for a basic overview of what it is. I am also in the midst of reading Robb Wolf's book called "The Paleo Solution" and I am finding it incredibly informational and helpful!
I am indeed scared for this. I have heard so many great things about it. How great people feel and how much energy they have. It seems like such a basic concept for eating, yet I am overwhelmed at the thought of this as I live such an "on-the-go" lifestyle. So for me, prepping meals is going to be the hardest thing to remember to do for my lunch everyday. Or the night before because I get pretty lazy in the mornings...
If any of you out there reading this could keep me in your prayers for this new change I would be so grateful! I have no doubts the first few days, if not weeks, will be incredibly hard as my body gets acclimated to not eating processed foods, sugars and carbs. It is for sure an extreme way of eating but I have been giving it a ton of thought and prayer and feel like it is going to be a great option and that God can be most glorified by me getting rid of the things that I am often easily tempted by. I know I can't do this on my own. I know that my flesh is incredibly weak to all the temptations around me. I know that there is no way that without Jesus giving me strength to fight, not only to honor God with my body, but also give me the strength to fight temptation and no longer make food one of my gods that I so often put before the love and grace of Jesus. I don't want to be dogmatic about this diet as I can already tell from previous attempts is that my natural reactions to things are to take it to extremes and I don't want to be that crazy lady preaching about this and how great it is necessarily because of the diet. I want to honor Christ through this experience and give Him all glory for it. Like I said, I am incredibly weak in my flesh. There is no way that without the great people around me that I would consider doing this. I have had some great Jesus loving folks who have seen so much success and life change with this and am excited for what lies ahead.
I pray that God would grant me strength each day to be excited about this! I pray that God would grant me the fight to not give into the easiness of eating all the fast convenient foods around me. If any of you have ever struggled with eating better, not eating the foods that you know you shouldn't or that your body is addicted to, you know the detox period is such a struggle. Excited to share the results, difficulties, process and success' with you friends.
Here's to Christ's strength and the grace it is that we receive it!
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