Starbuck's Thinking

Oh, how I shouldn't be surprised when something comes up that I've been talking about or really thinking about. Well, I'm sitting at Starbucks once again reading my latest book. The Sassy Girls Checklist for Living, Loving, and Overcoming. By: Michelle McKinney Hammond. It was dirt cheap at the bookstore and I have loved the other books of hers that I have read. Well, yesterday I had a wonderful conversation with a close friend about the last post and how what we could do to not let petty work things get us down. She reminded me of what our other new friend had been talking to us about. That we need to prepare for a storm. B/c if we aren't in the middle of one, than one is coming. Now at 11:00 AM Friday of Spring Break, I read this: Persevering Proverbs 31:21 When it snows, she has no fear for her household; for all of them are clothed in scarlet. Your faith should be well anchored even before you need it. That's exactly where I am at. Being ready to run to Christ when the storm tries to engulf over me. That's why I need to be having quiet time in the mornings before the kids come into the room. At lunch I need to be in quietness and not give way to gossip. Lunch can be a time of diving in scripture or meditating on one thing from God. It's me taking the couple of minutes before I take on after school kids to be quiet and get myself ready for the afternoon. It's constantly reminding myself that the Lord knows exactly what I am doing throughout the day. That's just like working out and eating right. I have always been of mind, "Tomorrow I will eat right. Tomorrow I will go to workout and skip things now." What I have learned is that it has taken years for this weight to come on. In another way, many relationships. What it comes down to is that what you drink, eat, how you treat your body each day has everything to do with being healthy. The scale doesn't change instantly. What I have learned especially through my monthly measurements i that you may now see yourself losing it. Your clothes will fit looser and your inches will come off before the weight does. CeCe was talking about this not long ago. She was saying how other Weight Loss programs just focus on, "How many pounds have you lost?'' They don't take in account of your BMI, (mine has gone down), Body Fat % (gone down), and inches. (Hello! I so have lost them) CeCe also said that women will lose in their abs/stomach and then it will move down to your hips, butt, thighs, and then go out. This goes SO ALONG with when I put my hands on my hips, I can tell huge difference. My hands aren't so out and my hips are smaller. Back to my book, it says about change, God knows that change is necessary because change equals growth. God sometimes has to shake us up to get us moving.