When I pass by at work small groups of ladies would get
together and whisper while looking in my direction hardly making an effort to
pretend otherwise, they would burst out with laughter and then with fake smiles
turn to me and shout hallo “you look good Ida” blah blah blah but the real
truth was they were just busy discussing how big I have become since I begun
working here. You see the truth is, I have become big but it seems to be more
their business than it is mine. My body is wired that way whenever things are
going well, when I am too blessed to be stressed, my body resolves to replacing
life where it had lost in those dark days when I was lucky if I could afford at
least one meal or even electricity in my house.
The thing about life is “people talk” that is what they do
whether you do right or wrong; they will always talk, whether you are big or
small, tall or short, slim or stout they will talk. You have to grow a thick
layer of skin, you have to mute their voices and listen to your heart. The sad
and ironic thing is that the same people who seem to have an opinion will grin
and smile at you while deep down they are looking down on you.
The other day, when I had already begun my 21 days No-Wheat
Challenge some guests happened to have a cake where I work and as I always did before,
i was ready to go get my piece when I remembered “wait! Isn’t that wheat!! But
before I could come to my senses one of my colleagues vomited a comment “really
Ida with your size do you really want to add on some cake to that”. As much as she was being honest it opened my
inner ear to the truth about what she really thought about me but never really
said to my face.
Anyway, I dint go for the cake, I have stayed off wheat for
5 days now & counting and I am not about to break that cycle for a piece of
cake. You see people will always have an opinion of you but it is for you to
decide who has the last word. Nobody told me I was getting heavier, I felt it,
nobody told me I was not breathing normal after mopping my house it was
obvious, no one had to tell me that my clothes had become to snug and most
pants could not even find their way to my hips; I experienced it! So I made the
decision to change my diet; I made the decision to drink more water, eat more
fruit and greens I made the decision to change my eating habits and take my hot
drinks without sugar. Not to look like a magazine cover girl or to fit into
size 4 clothes No! I did this for me.
In five years time I would like to be able to play soccer
with my son; maybe go for swimming; take walks. In 10 years I would rather
spend my money on going on a getaway than spending it in a hospital because of
my greed and bad eating habits today. My Body is the temple of the Holy spirit
“for the bible tells me so” but I was so obsessed with focusing more on keeping
it clean by staying off sex before marriage that I dint realize I was hurting
it by binge eating.
A journey of a thousand miles begins with one step; you do
not have to be great to start but, you have to start to be great. My journey
has just begun it is not going to be easy especially as I am doing it alone and
I live and work in a hotel setting where the aroma of french-fries and the
sight of them calls out my name so loud I can barely hear myself think but where there is a will there is a way. I
am not denying myself the pleasure of life I am simply saving myself so that I
may enjoy life pleasurably.
I hope this will encourage you to open a new page, start a
new chapter wake up to a new beginning, you may have not honored your word from
the first of the month, you may have not resolved as promised to the year 2015
but take heart as long as God has given you breath this day, as long as He has
enabled you to sleep and wake up it means He is not done with you yet; so who
are you to be done with You!!! If the Manufacturer still has hope in His
product, refer to His warranty and believe that there is hope still!!!!!!
Changing your diet is the best favor you can ever do for
your body...
Keep reading I will keep you posted on my Thousand Mile
Journey……I Implore you to join me…………………………….
