A Better Life

So here lately I've become a slight health nut. Figuring out that I'm now Celiac really changed my life. I can't eat ANYTHING with Gluten in it now and it's just... hard to adjust. But I'm staying very strict on my knew diet change and I'm finally starting to feel better. I was even at a family reunion the other day and for the first time in several months after a big meal like that I realized something... I wasn't sick! I was so happy I had a smile on my face for hours after that.

Another thing I've been doing lately is working out A LOT. Possibly overdoing it just a little... or a lot. haha. But I'm getting healthier. I've lost 18 pounds in total so far and a friend of mind told me I was starting to obsess. But the thing is... as long as you have a handle on the obsession, obsessing over weight loss is okay, if it's for the right reason (health) Sometimes a person has to obsess to get results and that's what I've had to do! I'm THANKFUL for the fact that I've started to obsess because without that I wouldn't have lost 18 pounds! I also wouldn't be able to give up gluten so fully without it, and I wouldn't be able to make myself workout so routinely. This obsession is a good thing, it's helping me get to a better life.

Beyond all that I've started doing my makeup a little differently, started doing different things with my long hair (the longest it's been since I was in college 4 years ago, when I chopped it off for locks of love)

The point is, I'm changing and growing and making myself have a better life! People aren't going to like it... but it's not about them! It's about me, how I feel, how proud I'm making God because I'm building a  healthier temple for Him, My inside is strong, my heart and soul are in good shape, but now I want my body to match that. God is proud of that decision, I think. He loves us the way we are this is true but He wants us to take care of ourselves. To be healthy so that we'll feel well enough to celebrate and worship and praise him. So we'll feel like talking to the person at Wal-mart that we just met about how wonderful He is... so that we can look at that family member who says "you look great" and we can say "I couldn't have done this without God."

God wants us to have better lives, he'll give us the heart and means we've just got to step up and grab it.