(I stopped blogging on Wednesdays about my weight partly because of time demands with my schooling but since so many of you let me know how much you missed it I’ve decided to start up again.)
Ten months after I started at the beginning of the year saying I wanted to lose 100 pounds, and, let’s just say, it has been an up and down battle.
To date, my total overall loss for the year is seven pounds.
Seven.
That’s it.
At one point I’d lost close to 20.
But despite the lack of overall weight reduction, a lot of my personal habits have improved:
- I’m walking more consistently.
- I’m no longer bingeing
- At least half the time I’m not eating anything after dinner.
- I’m asking God more consistently for help.
- I’m journaling more about the inner issues that may be triggering my over-indulgence.
So, there is progress.
Not perfection, but progress.
I’ve been quoting Philippians 3:14 over and over again lately as I contemplate the idea of progress, not perfection:
“I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.”
I press toward, I’m working at it, I’m making a continual effort.
I like the way The Message puts it:
“I’m not saying that I have this all together, that I have it made. But I am well on my way, reaching out for Christ, who has so wondrously reached out for me. Friends, don’t get me wrong: By no means do I count myself an expert in all of this, but I’ve got my eye on the goal, where God is beckoning us onward—to Jesus. I’m off and running, and I’m not turning back.”
So, for today, that is enough. I don’t have it all together, and I’ve stumbled much but am well on my way.
What about you? What are you pressing towards today? What achievements have you fallen short of that you’d like to keep trying to reach?
We can’t do it alone; but together, hand-in-hand with Jesus Christ, we can make it.