God's Ways

In Isaiah 55:8,9, God tells the prophet that His ways are not man's ways, nor are His thoughts man's thoughts. As high as the heavens are above the earth, so are God's ways and thoughts above man's ways and thoughts.

God has given us a body that is powerful enough to heal itself. We don't have to understand why, though I do like to read and hear scientific explanations why. People in all walks of life, whether they believe in God or simply in nature (which God created), see the amazing healing of their bodies when they allow their bodies to heal themselves through right eating and exercising.

Before I began again this time, my fingernails were horrible - the layers or the nail seemed to be separating, coming unglued. I didn't know why. Age? Diet? I couldn't polish them to hide it either. Since the short time I've been not only doing the fast-five (eight) diet, but also eating closer to the natural state of food, my nails are stronger. The layers are glued back together, and they are growing faster!

I wonder what other good is going on? I know I feel much better. I can breathe better. My sinuses are less bothersome. This is just a week or so of going back. Now, I have been going to a chiropractor who gave me some supplements, but I've not been very faithful in taking them. Maybe it is both the alignments, the supplements AND the diet that is clearing up my health.

I'm thankful.

It's SO Hard!

This is only "day one" (again), and I'm having such a hard time!

I've stretched out the fast-five to fast-eight, and still it's hard. I began around 9 and was going to end around 5. However, Daughter hadn't eaten and well, I ate with her after 5. It wasn't a healthy meal either - about four pieces of a large pizza and a Dr. Pepper.

Aaaargh! and I'm beginning to feel the bleh feeling of eating unhealthy food. Regrets.

I am eating more fruit, though, and I do have a veggie juice at the juice bar in town. I'm "heading" in the right direction, but that can be said of any vehicle that gets one wheel off the bridge and ends the travelling in the right direction in disaster.

Tomorrow is a new day. Use it!

It's Not Just A Fascination Anymore

The doctor told me today some bad news. If I don't get serious about my weight, I am doomed to prescription pills for the rest of my life. He told me he's seen about 300 or so in my situation and only one has taken a change of lifestyle seriously.

I like my doctor. He is really great. For an a doctor.

I mean, he let me give changing my diet and exercising another chance without lecturing or fussing at me. He said he wants me back in six months. (soooo long from now) Blood tests will show then how well I've done.

Yet, he did say to come back every month to weigh so it can be recorded in his office. I'm already being weighed in TOPS, but this will be good to go to his office to weigh in. I'm looking forward to it.

In TOPS, I'm finally losing weight. Believe it or not, for nearly two years of being a member, I've not lost any real significant weight. The vacation with all that walking and fresh-food eating seemed to be my catalyst to finally see that I can walk and that I can be patient with meal preparation. (Read: I've gone to too many drive-throughs with their fried foods).

So, eating less each day and eating healthier is no longer something that I find fascinating and might like to try. I'm considering this a matter of life now.

I'm leaving the verse up, even though it's a few weeks now that it's been there. I need to continually remind myself how much I don't want to be a bad example to others. That's one of my motivations.