Sunday Jan 24, 2010

Okay let us talk about addictions! Believe it or not everyone has some kind of addiction. You got addictions to shopping, Internet use, porn, drugs, alcohol, and yes even FOOD! This morning as I was driving back from dropping Steve off at work I was thinking about something a good friend of mine told me and he knows who he is! He said when you have an addiction you have to 1st let Jesus come and let him work strength and will power as he did with his problem! God gives us the courage so we can fight our addictions but we must ask him to help us and guide us! Anyway as I was thinking about what he said to me it hit me that even though I am not addicted to drugs or alcohol I too have an addiction that I must fight! I love food and the bad thing is we need food to live. But when we use food as a crutch to get attention or to help us get past those moments in our lives where we wish we were dead, that is wrong. Food was meant to be a substance to give our bodies the strength and nourishment to get through life. But I must eat only for the substance to maintain my daily life. I can do without some things, like chocolate and sodas and pies and cakes and cookies! I don't need them, although I must admit I love them all! I am not going to say i will never eat those again because even I know that would be a lie in itself, but maybe instead I can just cut back back on the things I do eat. I am eating smaller healthier meals. Last night we had baked chicken with long grain rice and mustard greens. AND I HAD NO BREAD! Boy that was hard! For dessert I made us some smoothies. I have a recipe I use that is healthy and it tasted so good!
2 whole banana cut up, 1 pint of plain vanilla yogurt, 1/2 cup of fat free milk, 1 1/2 cups of strawberries, 1 cut of ice, 2 tablespoons of honey and 1 tablespoon of OJ! Oh My Goodness it was sooooooo good! And the thing is my roommate loved it and she does not like anything that does not have sugar in it! It was good! So you see I feel I am doing better with my diet! Now if i can just get up and exercise more, but it is so cold out who wants to walk! LOL! No I know I need to and I plan on doing so as often as I can. maybe what I should do is getting walking partner. Like my neighbor. Now there is a good friend! Well this is all for now. Will try to post more tonite! HUGS AND KISSES TO ALL!