Bad eating habits!

We have been working at home all day.  It's been nice.  Mike worked outside and I worked on tax preparation.  Yuck!  I don't like having this hanging over my head so I wanted to get it done and my sheet of expenditures and earnings all typed up.  Our appointment isn't until next month, but hey, I want to be ready well in advance.  I mean we're into March already and I have to get those months all totaled for 2016 taxes.  It's a never ending cycle. 

Right now, we're inside where it's cozy and it's so quiet.  Nice.  I even cooked our dinner today.  We had a pasta dish with asparagus and peas and chicken all mixed in.  It was good and not too filling.  We now have enough left overs from this weekend and today that I shouldn't have to cook at all for a while.  Nice.  I'm trying to keep from eating out so much.  We eat out way too much according to our expenditures for 2015.  Of course, we were on the road for a few months and I hardly cooked at all then.  But with this new motorhome, I found myself cooking more.  I enjoyed it.  Since we've been home, however, we've been eating out too much.  Of course, again, in my defense, I've been really busy with my mother and no time for cooking.  Last week, we were able to buy groceries for the first time since we've been home and I'm trying to cook more.  I do enjoy it when I have the time. 

We put too much emphasis on food.  What a waste of money!  Mike and I don't need all that food.  We need to cut back and lose some major pounds.  Most times, it's not how much we eat, but what we eat. Sometimes where we are, it's hard to find veggies so we wind up eating burgers, Mexican, bar food and all that good tasting stuff that's really, really bad for your body. 

Needless to say, we didn't lose weight while in Florida this winter even though we walked a lot.  So, for 2016, we need to concentrate on our eating habits.  What?  Yeah, that's right, no more ice cream at night with cookies.  No more burgers and fries or barbecue and fries, or fish and fries or shrimp and fries or oysters and fries.  Well, you know, fries are made from potatoes and potatoes are veggies.  Okay!  Okay!  No Fries!

So this week, we're eating healthier.  I can even make us a salad.  We love salads but usually with all the trimmings that maybe aren't so healthy for us.  I keep thinking about all the things I like to eat that taste so good but just aren't going to help us lose weight.  I have to change my way of thinking. If I just quit one thing for a few weeks, then maybe I wouldn't want that thing again.  Then I could cut out one more bad eating habit for a few weeks.  So on and so on.  Then, finally, we would be on the right track and surely to goodness, lose some weight.  Then the exercise would help us too.

As Philippians 1:6 says:  "And I am certain that God, who began the good work within you, will continue His work until it is finally finished on the day when Christ Jesus returns."

My confidence comes from the Lord.  All I need do, is look to the Lord Jesus who overcame way more than I'll ever have to. 

My thought for the day:  I am sure to lose weight because of Christ in me!