How do I? .. the new healthy lifestyle journey begins

So I've come to the realisation that my lifestyle aint exactly a healthy one. Here I am, determined to make things right to my poor, over-nourished body. So how do I do that? How do you manage to start something new when you've been doing something else almost your whole life?
Like chocolate.
And chippies.
And chocolate.
And ice-cream.
Chocolate... more chocolate... and everything in between!
My poor body has had such an internal bashing that I think it has had enough!

Anyway, the point of my blog is to tell my imaginary friends of my goal & plan!

I wont tell you how much I weigh, because we're not that close for me to share that information with you, but I will let you know my progress along the way.

My main motivation is this:

"Know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?

For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's."

- 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 

If I am determined to change my bad eating habits & lazy lifestyle, I've got to have a really good motivation tool to do so. And I've come to understand that it's not enough just to 'lose weight' because I want to look good, or because I want to impress someone, or because others tell me so - it has to come from a cause wayyy more worthy than myself! Don't get me wrong, those are valid reasons & if that helps you then awesome! But everyone is different :)

If I  remember that my body is a temple & that it's not mine but merely something 'bought with a price' then how better to show my Heavenly Father my love for the temple he has given me than to treat it with the respect it needs. Yes darlings! Putting in the healthy, nourishing petrol it needs. Giving it drives around the block the days I put the petrol in. A process of filling, driving, & re-filling and using only the best petrol in the most expensive car I own (yep, you better start thinking of your body as your dream car because 'you're worth it' hehe).

If we remember to 'glorify God in your body, and in your spirit' through a healthy lifestyle as one example, then I don't see the reason that Heavenly Father wouldn't withhold any blessings from any of us.

So.. lets begin! It may not be easy, but it'll be worth it (note: I'm saying this more to myself than to you lol)

Join me on this worthy & noble quest!

Sincerely Yours,

- E

xoxo