DAY SEVEN

It’s been a week and I’m still alive. Not only that, I’m thriving. Only thirteen weeks left to go. One day at a time.

Tomorrow morning is my weekly weigh-in. I’m pretty excited to see what improvements I’ve made in the weight loss department. I've chosen to weigh weekly instead of daily for several reasons. I want to be free of my scale obsession. I think the main reason is because of the mind games it plays with me. If I don’t lose any weight, it lies and tells me, ‘You've had no progress’ and ‘You must not be doing it right, or doing enough of what you are doing.’ I hate those deceiving voices and I’m tired of them. A weekly weigh-in will surely free me from them, as each week should be a noticeable drop.

On the opposite spectrum, if I see I’m doing well and have lost a lot, the enemy voice tells me, ‘you did it! You are amazing. You can relax your focus now and cheat a little here and there. Sure you’ve still got 20 to 30 pounds to lose, but at least you’re not embarrassed by your weight and size now.’ For this reason, I almost committed to not weigh at all until the very end. That’s still alluring. But I have decided there are benefits to weekly weigh-ins. One, it will be fun encouragement for me and I won’t have to wait so long to reap the benefits. And two, for anyone following, you will want to know if it’s working. (And so will I!)

I will post the photo of my weight in the morning.

So here’s to my first weigh-in! I’m excited.

Goals:
Today is Sunday and therefore my day of rest and worship. Other things get done here that I don't necessarily do during the week, things of a more spiritual nature. I love my Sabbath days.

Isaiah 58:13,14
If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, [from] doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the LORD, honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking [thine own] words:

Then shalt thou delight thyself in the Lord; and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.