Healthy inspiration straight from Sesame Street: The Count gets excited about EVERY number. ONE, ONE night without night snacking. Bwa ah ah ah! [cue lightening & thunger]. For tonight, one is enough!
Most of the time lately I eat at night in order to induce a relaxed stupor after getting the kids to bed. I look at my body and feel trapped within it, within this fat suit.
But I must OWN it. This fat suit is me.
But it is a me that I can change.
I saw a billboard today that said Obesity is a disease, not a choice.
That is a very simplistic and not authentic way of addressing the problem. It may be a condition, but it is also the result of choices. Even if I have a condition that makes it more difficult for me to make healthier choices, it is still not impossible. I am up for the challenge. I must be. I want to be healthier. I want to be able to truly model a healthier life for my children and be sexier for my husband. Oh, and I don't want to die of a heart attack. It happens.
So one night without eating away my worries and frustrations.
"O Holy One, please draw near. Your people thirst for you, like the dry land. Let your peace come down, come down like rain, let your Spirit wash over us and wash us clean.
Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world. Grant us peace."
- Javier Mendoza
Lord, help me to heal from the sin of gluttony. Help me to make healthier choices. Help me to love myself and my body now and evermore. Amen.
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