How Have I Been Doing?

The Beginning, but not Really
the Beginning!

    The Beginning, but it isn't really the beginning. This has been a part of my life, forever and ever and ever and ever.........

Other blogs about my weight loss struggle.

What Have I Been Doing? Part One

What Have I Been Doing? Part Two

     
     Hello, my name is Ordinary Girl and I am a binge eater. Sunday is my worst day. 

My progress so far. Not where I
want to be.

     Week Four? Interesting.

    What week is it? 
    Haven't kept up with this blog. Not like I should. Lost all track of tracking. Life has gotten in the way.

    Life has been really trying and stormy lately. I am once again being sifted like wheat. Recovering from binge eating is hard. The struggle is real.  The stress and pressure to fall back into old patterns of using food as comfort, is real. I must turn to God as my source of comfort. Food doesn't satisfy. Maybe for a moment, but not in the long term. 

    It seems like. There is always a rainbow after the storm. No matter the storm. God always brings me and my family through it. I am human and every new trial is a hard one, but I need to remember that God will bring me through it! 

     

Well a small victory
To spite me habit of sabotage.

       So not much progress, but it is progress. Working on my triggers. 

Let's see where I am at in say, three to six months! Or More, Maybe at the start of 2020!

**Please Note**
I am not a doctor, dietitian or health professional.(I think that would be a big duh!) (a real health professional that actually went to school for years and took a bunch of tests) 
My experiences are all mine and unique to me. You may require something different. Please consult with your health care specialists.

A few of my other blogs for your reading pleasure.....
Spring Flowers!
One of My Favorite Easy Dinners!
Later Spring Flowers!

The Process

All of Life is a Process

     
     I have come to the realization, life is a process.  Sometimes the process is the consequence of our bad choices. That is not really what we are talking about today. That is for another blog. I have made mistakes. I am not perfect. I have had to suffer the consequences of my actions. That is for another blog. Even though it is wonderful and freeing. When we own our poor life choices. Instead of blaming others and blaming peer pressure. That is for another blog. I could write explicitly about that. Let me stop right here.

Air Plant, just because

    What about when life hands you lemons? When you are going through times and trials that are not of your own making. When real life is happening. My thoughts are that life usually mirrors seasons. People are free to disagree. For me the season of trial is winter. No this isn't going to be a winter hate blog. No matter how disagreeable and nasty the season is.

Daffodils poking through the cold hard ground
In February

    Keep in mind that everything that is costly and beautiful, goes through a process and sometimes it is painful. Diamonds require high temperatures and pressure.(1) Gold needs a fire (2) to be refined and remove the imperfections. Gold and diamonds have no feeling. If gold and diamonds had feeling, the pressure would be painful.
This is just the creation. It doesn't take into account the cutting and molding from human hands.  

   When a pearl is created. A parasite or some type of irritant, takes up residence in a Oyster shell. (3) It can take six months on wards up to four years. Interesting thought that the pearl that took four years to form would be the most expensive(4) Even the odd pearls that are flawed are still beautiful.

    A caterpillar has to die, to become a butterfly. (5) It spins itself into a cocoon. Then it digests itself, but some cells remain. Having once watched the metamorphosis. From caterpillar to butterfly. It looks awful and painful. 

     This is the verse that has brought me comfort, during the winters of my life. Even if it has taken me a while to come to this point. The reason I am writing this blog. Is because of my current trip through winter, both spiritually and meteorological. (link below)

Progress Report, Part Two

2 Corinthians 12:9

I use the NIV and it isn't up for discussion.

     

Another verse that has brought me comfort. 

1 Peter 5:7 NIV

      Daffodils among other Spring flowers need a hard and cold winter. This is from my own personal experience. Once when we had a very warm winter. We had no daffodils or tulips. I personally loved it, the bulbs? Not so much.

    In February when the Daffodils start sprouting. They often have to endure terrible circumstances. Snow, ice and freezing cold temperatures. Yet they survive. They persevere and bloom in due time. They are all the more beautiful for their suffering.

Before

After

A few of my other blogs
What I have been doing? Progress Report, Part One
What have I been doing? Progress Report, Part Two

Bibliography
1.  https://geology.com/articles/diamonds-from-coal/
2.  https://www.britannica.com/technology/gold-processing
3. https://www.livescience.com/32289-how-do-oysters-make-pearls.html
4. https://www.americanpearl.com/historyoyster.html
5. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/caterpillar-butterfly-metamorphosis-explainer/