Last time I talked about being brave in my Quiet time with the Lord. Today, I am sharing about my brave battle with my physical health. I have lost over 80 pounds and then my life went through many unexpected changes. I let all the stress become my excuse to eat any way I wanted to eat. I quit caring about me or trying to take care of me.
At the end of 2018 God showed me if I don't take care of me, I cant be there for anyone. My word again for 2019 is "Brave", being brave in all areas of my life. I am working on my physical health as well as other areas.
Pysically I have been able to stop taking all diabetes medications and cut back on other medications. I have made 3 main positive changes.
They are....
1) This one should be obvious, making better food choices. Not just what I eat but how much I eat and why I eat. I pretty much eat anything I want except really limit fried foods and sweets. I am not on a specific diet but just making better choices and logging it all on MY FITNESS PAL on my phone. This has really been a huge help to me. I don't buy specific food or take diet pills or drink anything special but so far in not quite 2 months I have safely lost 19.6 pounds. It might not be as fast as some but it is losing and I am happily working along.
3) Another thing I am doing is logging my steps on my Garmin fitbit. I am no where near where I need to be but I averaage 3000-4000 or more a day. There were days I barely moved unless I had to. Now I park further out in the parking lot, I walk just for fun and spend time actually walking with the grands. I now enjoy walking but know I need to get way more steps but pardon the pun but it is one step at a time.
I am not where I want to be but I am not where I was and I will go forward and be brave because this is my year and I am worth it. I hope maybe I can encourage just one person who says "I cant" and they will realize they can if I can.
God bless until next time....
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