The same old topics...

I am thinking about fasting. That sounds less holy once you realize I am trying to loose weight. But I never try to loose weight by Not Eating. What fun would that be? My theory is that if only I move around more, I can actually burn as many calories as I want. Yesterday I was doing great with the moving and eating healthfully and stuff, when a girlfriend stopped by with a Blizzard from Dairy Queen. I couldn't be rude.
But I was thinking about fasting, because of this next bit in our little bible study about prayer. I like when my religion is specific. You know, laws and rules, and telling me when I have behaved. I like to have a plumb line to measure myself against you, to see if I win. Only, Jesus isn't so tidy. He likes this whole relationship thing. And when it comes to fasting, there are no rules. Jesus did it. Others in the bible did it, too. Do you know that we are never commanded to fast? It is assumed that we will, but it's never a command. There's a whole bunch to think about fasting.
It would probably help a lot with my weight loss goals.
So would abstaining from Blizzards.
Now that I've talked about weight loss again, I am going to get the usual emails about how I should be happy with my body.That's very annoying.
I am not all about getting super model skinny. There are other reasons to lose weight...
*It's really all about saving money. If I don't drop 10 pounds, I will be forced to shop for an entirely new winter wardrobe. That would be a shame. Who needs to buy all the retro '80's fashions when I have a bunch of the real thing from high school? You can borrow my leg warmers.
*And there's that whole black belt test. It's very satisfying to contemplate announcing that I am a black belt. If I am not in great shape, then I won't pass the test, then I will have to tell you that I failed, and then I won't win.
^ And that's the other thing...I want to win. Every woman on the planet talks about losing weight. If I really do it, then I will win.
My raging desire to win is not overly godly, is it? Maybe I should work on that! One goal at a time.