Thankful: That Tomorrow is a New Beginning

Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, 

for tomorrow will worry about itself. 

Each day has enough trouble of its own.

Matthew 6:34

 

I am in need of dropping a few pounds - twenty, to be exact.  The older you get, the easier it is to pack on weight, and the harder it is to lose it once you have packed it on!  I have several factors against me when it comes to the weight loss department:

• I am a grazer.  Most people eat three meals a day.  I nibble my way through.
• I don't ever feel full unless I eat a gargantuan amount of food all at once, such as at Thanksgiving
• I don't have a tremendous amount of will-power.  When it comes to food, I'm not sure I have any at all.
• I have a ton of food allergies and intolerances, which severely limit my food choices. 

A couple of weeks ago I decided that a diet was in order, and I planned out how many calories a day (sort of), what kinds of foods, etc., and tried to set a few rules:

•  Only eat at meal time
• Eat absolutely nothing that contains gluten 
•  Have a KIND bar as a snack and nothing else 
• Stop eating by 7:00 pm 
• Exercise DAILY except for Sunday mornings when I have to be at work EARLY

Suffice it to say that my rules have been broken many times over, except for the exercise rule.  I have had really great success with that, much to my surprise.  Today, sadly, all the rules melted down.  The KIND bar was consumed with a small mountain of potato chips, I ate most of the day, and was nibbling on fruitcake cookies well after 9:30 pm.  It is definitely one of those days when you feel like giving up completely because you are such a dismal failure.  Fortunately, giving up is simply not an option.

I am not writing this tonight for you, but for me.  I am the one that needs to remember that failures are forgiven, hope can be reborn, and tomorrow is a new beginning - a fresh chapter in the book of my life.  I'm going to get a good night's sleep, awaken primed for my exercise routine, and remind myself that I can do this - perhaps not one day at a time, but definitely one prayer at a time!