An amazing thing happens when you shift your paradigm

I love my body.

I love my body.

I love my body!

I could not even dream of those words just a month ago. But an amazing thing has happened as I started to shift my thinking from "I hate being fat", "I hate my body" to cherishing the gift of the body I have been given by God.

When I hated my body, I had no reason to take good care of it! Truly it is like a "DUH!" moment for me. No wonder all these years I have mistreated it.

For the last couple of weeks, however, I've been asking God to help me love my body. I have grown to really realize that my body is a gift. That it is the only one I have, and that it is the only vessel I have been given to walk on this Earth to share God's love.

I've been praying a prayer continually "Lord help me to love my body as you do". It is amazing how this has changed my life! I still don't have control - not over food, not over my body, heck, not even over my life! Yet, because I am choosing to see through God's eyes - through His perspective - I no longer even WANT to put something in my body that would cause it harm. Over the weeks I've noticed that my appetite no longer controls me. I've noticed that I don't crave junk food. I've noticed that when faced with "what can I eat?" it is because I am truly hungry AND my choices are always healthy ones (fresh fruit, veggies for snacks). And on occasion, when something has "sounded good" - I am able to evaluate that choice based on whether it would nourish my body or not (and more often than not I chooose something else).

I have never gotten to this point before. And I know this is truly a "One day at a time" thing for the rest of my life. I'm still just at the beginning of my journey, but I journey with the Lord by my side. I surrender all to Him and it is good.

Onward!