#One | FOOD!!!!!! (Sigh)

Tonight I let Chicago's cold windy weather trick me into believing this Friday night was a "small-Giordiano's-pizza-and-hulu-TV-show-in-the-bed kind of night"; although, I had already dedicated it to the gym. With some support I was able to combine the two, eating almost an entire small pizza and hitting the gym hard. Well, you have to take your victories how you can get'em.

My relationship with food has been unhealthy for such a long time. Years! I come from a family that celebrated, cried and praised God with meals. Any emotion could inspire eating food for me. It took years to realize that I had a problem – a rather recent discovery. It started during my childhood, where I begin using it to cope with real adult problems I was facing. Food helped me avoid the chaos of my household and it comforted me in tough situations. Today I wished I had chosen another comforter, perhaps, the Holy Spirit.

The bible always talks about how powerful the tongue is. Yet, it wasn't until I was on a prayer weightless call that I realized, its not only powerful because of the things you chose to say, but because of the things you can taste. Our body receives overwhelming responses from tastebuds. It's so powerful and feels so good that you just want to keep eating. The bible says in Proverbs 18:21, "The tongue has the power of life and death, and those who love it will eat its fruit." (NIV) I've been eating too much. Now I'm practicing how to use this powerful part of my body to speak and eat life rather than lead to an early death.  

So back to this small pizza...I have successful weeks, days and sometimes only hours of eating healthy. In the midst of the unsuccessful times, I keep trying. I haven't given up on mastering the tongue and a healthy relationship with food. Last year God told me it was time to change. With his guidance I'm down 25 lbs and down over 50 lbs from my heaviest weight, which was in college. This year I believe I will reach my goal of a completely healthy lifestyle. I have a vision and I know that I have to go through the process to get there. Cheers to a healthy relationship with FOOD! ~Lemonade Curl~

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