I’m reading a REALLY good book by Candice Cameron Bure. Great advice for a Christian trying to maintain or loose weight. I thought I’d put the things I’ve highlighted down in this blog. Just so it’s all in one spot for reference.
*I often receive letters from women who tell me they have lost twenty, thirty, forty, and even ninty pounds.Weight they could never lose before is finally coming off. What’s their secret to success? It’s the same as mine. We’ve finally moved faith to the forefront, which includes putting God first in our plan to lose weight.
*Exercise is equally important to me as my diet is, but the only reason these changes became a permanent part of my lifestyle is because my thoughts were trained to accept them as necessary rather than optional.
*If I overeat today, I’ll weaken my resistance muscle, which I’ve worked diligently to build up.
*Author Mark Twain said, “The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable ones then starting on the first one.”
*Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own. (Matt. 6:34)
*If you want something you’ve never had before, you have to do something you’ve never done before. – Author unknown
*The reason most people never reach their goals is that they don’t define them, learn about them, or even seriously consider them as believable or achievable. Winners can tell you where they are going, what they plan to do along the way, and who will be sharing the adventure with them. -Denis Waitley
*Eat until you’re satisfied. Not full-satisfied.
*In addition to trainers and buddies, we have an additional support system on which I have relied, Jesus Christ. When the changes we make are anchored in the will of God and when our love for God becomes the driving force in our lives, we discover the ultimate trainer is with us, cheering us on.
*Because I trust that since He was faithful to me in the past, He will be the same faithful God in my future. If you believe that the direction you’re taking is in accordance with God’s will for your life – and I believe that healthy living is – I encourage you to press on in faith.
*There is a popular acronym known in the land of the lean as HALT. It means that when you feel like reaching for food, ask yourself first if you are hungry, angry, lonely, or tired. If you’re hungry, then proceed, but if you are reaching for food in response to emotion, then halt your behavior immediately and deal with the problem at hand.
*Let me first say this: God loves you, just the shape you are, and there isn’t a single number on the scale that could ever change that.
*He understands the desire we have to walk across the mall, to slip into smaller sized pants, to like the reflection we see, and to hold a form of beauty both inside and out. After all, He created all things beautiful, from the smallest detail of a flower to the vastness of the midnight sky. And while He loves us, He has given us the opportunity to improve our quality of life, but ultimately you will have to make that choice. No one will make it for you. Only you can weigh the cost and make that decision.
*What thoughts cloud your mind? Do you believe you can and will do what you set out to do, or do you entertain negative thoughts that whisper, “You can’t”? Believing in ourselves but, more importantly, believing in God as our source of strength will change us from the person we were. We shouldn’t want to be anyone else, but we can be the best God created us to be. It’s that familiar prayer of hope: God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; courage to change the things I can; and wisdom to know the difference. _Reinhold Niebuhr
*The first step is to believe in yourself enough to get off the fence and step on to the other side.
*It’s not who you are that holds you back, it’s who you think you’re not. – Author Unknown
*Whether you think you can or think you can’t you are right! – Henry Ford
*When we resist temptation, it eventually leaves. I promise you that. I mean seriously, you aren’t still craving that chocolate bar you rejected last month are you? The temptation eventually left.
*Serious training involved balance and that his training had as much to do with his spirit as it did his body.
*If we tell ourselves that we’re nothing all day, how can we ever look in the mirror and expect to see ourselves the way God sees us? If we tell ourselves that we won’t succeed, how can we find the courage to be a success? We can’t unless we start to change patterns in our thoughts. Thinking is a choice we make minute by minute, day by day. In order to stay in the right frame of mind, so that we are equipped to overcome the enemy, we’re instructed to train our thoughts. I train my body, and in the same way I’ve had to retrain my thoughts.
*Ask God to be with you on your journey to reshaping you body, spirit, and soul. Not merely as a walking buddy, but rather as one who leads the way.
*You were running a good race. Who cut in on you and kept you from obeying the truth? (Gal. 5:7)
*We start running the race with joyful enthusiasm, having faith that this time we will kick the bad habits – this time we will make it work! But then someone cuts in on our dance with the Lord and leads us away. Don’t let him whisper for even a moment. Anything that is contrary to the fruit of the Spirit will lead us farther and farther away from the prize.
*“I can’t do this on my own. I’m willing to take a step in faith to stop doing it the wrong way, knowing with all my heart that You will provide me the willpower to say ‘no’ or give me a way out.”
* As he thinks in his heart, so is he. (Prov. 23:7)
I’m not done with the book yet, but so far, these are the little nuggets I’ve gleaned.
