NO FEAR!

Week 3
2 Timothy 1:7 ~ For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power, love, and self control.

I have lived through another week of hard core training (for me 1 hour a day) and eating perfect. Except for one little bitty exception that I allowed myself when a friend from church made beans and cornbread.

Now this wasn't some beans and cornbread made at Ada's Health Food Store. This was deep south Kentucky pig parts and bones floating in the pot that almost look like a bucket of sewage. This was cornbread made with the most fattening ingredients possible I am sure. It was like heaven on earth!!! I didn't realize how cranky and hungry I had been until I finished my SECOND bowl of the heavenly mixture of the cornbread crumbled over the beans. After I ate was the first time I have been happy and full in 3 weeks.

Also found at church this week during the Vapor Youth Ministries Fear Factor night, I discovered an awesome weight dropping, self control having, diet sticking avenue to take to keep me on the straight and narrow. All I have to do for the rest of my time here on earth is to recall this night and my stomach will shrink at the thought of eating anything. Ready for the secret???

Watch 15-20 teenagers eat the most vile, horrific, and frankly disgusting things one could dream up to compete for the final prize to be named the winner with an iron stomach and a $50 gift card. I watched people gag, hurl, and drop to the ground. The stench in the room from sardines with sunday toppings, squid guts, mayonnaise mixed with M&Ms, live worms...(yes I said live), vinegar/lemon/lime juice, and blended McDonald's Happy Meals were so strong that I could still smell it on my skin and clothes until I took a shower this morning. There were many more disgusting things as well, but I am gagging at the thought of them right now. By the time I was done in that room my own stomach was rolling so hard that I relived the time I almost flipped on a Fast Cat boat in 20 foot seas in the Florida Straights about 70 miles offshore Key West.

The point was to not allow the natural fear that I believe that we have and need to have to survive get in the way of what you are supposed to be doing. I love the saying EAT THE FROG that was coined by Mark Twain. Just do it, eat the frog, get it over with and the rest of your day is simple as pie. Know that God is your power and strength and the mighty force behind whatever you are trying to accomplish. How could you be afraid when the almighty of creation has laid your path?

So at the end of week 3 I have lost a total of 4 whole pounds. Woooo hoooo! I want it to be 20, but I believe that my faith in myself and God will lead me the rest of the way. NO FEAR. EAT THE FROG....or

some LIVE worms!