Nothing wild or fantastic to report. I did loose this week -- I'm sure, in part, due to the fact that I am exercising again. Now, I just have to keep that up.

With my loss, the 170s are in sight. Maybe, just maybe, I'll be there by the end of May (if not sooner).

Being Fat as a Symptom of Blindness

II Peter 1:5-9: "[M]ake every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; and to godliness, brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness, love. For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. But if anyone does not have them, he is nearsighted and blind, and has forgotten that he has been cleansed from his past sins."

I found this verse while doing bible study today. It hit me particularly hard, as I lack many of these traits but especially self-control when it comes to food. (This should be obvious. If I had such self-control I wouldn't be fat now.) As someone who suffers from both nearsightedness and a form of blindness, I realized that if I fail to exercise the self-control necessary to loose and keep off my weight then my physical blindness will be translated into spiritual blindness. Failure to exercise the self-discipline and self-control in my eating, exercising, and health, will eventually bleed into the failure of self-discipline and self-control in my sprirtual life. This battle I am having is both a first-step to and a symptom of a greater spritual battle that could eventually lead to being a lame and ineffective advocate for Christ.

That's not to say that I am already spirtually blind because of my lack of self-control. It's just another reason to continue working on this. And, this passage of scripture, is very clear that cultivating these traits takes work. I have to make every effort to develop these various traits.

So, the next question is whether I have made every effort to develop self-control. Obviously, in the past, the answer is no. If I had, I would not be overweight. Even now, I am not making every effort, althought I am making some. What I have to take away from this is the need to make every effort as I move forward, and to know that God is backing me up. That with his help (Phillipians. 4:13), and hard work, I can achieve the self-control necessary not just to loose the weight but to keep it off.

10% for Real.

No really. This time I'm sure. I got the keychain and everything. This week I did reach my 10% for real. I've lost 21.4 lbs total.