Eat the Food (pt 2) - The Bread of Life

As a follow up to my previous post…

I am OVERWHELMED with the positive changes in my mind, body, & soul. I have underestimated the power of (positive) food for all these years and, praise God, He is allowing me to reap some immediate benefits.

First, I am thrilled to say that I have no idea how much I weigh, and what's more… I don't care! That's a major victory.
Second, I feel more alive than I've felt in year. Not weighed or bogged down by rules of comparison or unachievable results.
Third, I feel SOOOO strong in my body. I thought the transition to lifting and more intense workouts would be painful, but I'm thrilled to see that it wasn't anywhere near as bad as I was expecting, and even more rewarding than I ever expected! (Could it be because all the proper intake of nutrition?!?!)

And finally… a massive victory for my immune system. For anyone who has been on the health journey with me the past several years (partly of what caused us to relocate across the state) you'd know that I have been beat down with some health issues. Well this weekend I started my usual sinus/allergy attack with all the same symptoms that usually ended in a sinus infection, ear infection, bronchitis, and causing me to miss work a week at a time. I'm elated to say that I was only down for ONE day. Typically, my immune system was so suppressed that once the symptoms of the ailment started I would be left with little to no time to react and enact some preventative measures. That was not the case this time and I'm just so grateful.

I can see how this proper way of living had to arrive in my life at the right time. Ten years ago I would have seen this as a "free for all". But now, I see it as an opportunity to eat more of the healthy food that I've come to love. Let's take a look at what I didn't eat ten years ago, but do today:
- Avocados
- Asparagus
- Brussels sprouts
- Dressing other than ranch
- Cauliflower
- Black beans
Just to name a few.

To me, victory means… putting cheese on a salad. Putting butter on a potato. Adding avocado to a burger. Having a dessert for a celebration or just because. AND NOT FEEL GUILTY and not worry about gaining a pound. For me, guilt and worry over every morsel that went in to my mouth was bondage filled with shame. Neither of which allowed me to live an abundant life.

I'm living freely. I'm living abundantly. I'm living healthy. And I'm living for the Lord in a way that I felt like I never could under the bondage of our cultural treatment of food. And just in time too!! What a work the Lord is doing in my life right now. I will be sharing more of that… once I've been able to wrap my own brain around it and make a coherent thought!

Until next time…