As I've confessed before, I like to eat. Unfortunately, I tend to overeat. Added to that, I'm not too crazy about exercise. In order to be healthy, I have to force myself to get out and move.
There have been certain times in life when I've had continually on my mind the need to make a lifestyle change. Eat less. Exercise more and regularly.
When those thoughts nag at me the most, to get on a plan and dedicate myself to this daily discipline, I hear myself whining in my spirit. Why are the best tasting foods the most fattening? Why is the healthy stuff so bland? Why do the healthier foods cost more? Why is it so hard to work off the weight? Why didn't God make us where we could consume more calories without gaining weight? Whine. Whine. Whine.
Then I had a little wake up call. It occurred to me that if God made us to be able to consume more without it going to the hips, we'd need more food at each meal to sustain our life. If we need more food at each meal to sustain our life, then many more people around the world would be dying of starvation each day. Most people in the world have much less food available to them each day. The very fact that we require a small amount of food to sustain life each day is a blessing of the Lord...and I was whining about it.
A little perspective is a good thing for the attitude and for motivation.
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