Fast sunday

I love Fast Sunday. Not the least because of the freedom of the food in the evening. Oh dear. I think the day is supposed to be about something a bit more uplifting. In my defense, I did watch a beautiful video on lds.org and watched a conference talk too. Fast and testimony meeting was a blessing too. Dear little Emily Sohler (just 16 or 17 years old) said exactly what I badly needed to hear. The Lord is truly helping me in every way and I can trust that he"ll help those I love too.

I continue to be grateful that mine is "only" a 50 pound problem. This blog shows a net loss of about zero over the last three years. But on the other hand, I could have easily gained 50 instead. I feel hopeful about my new plan. But even if the things I learn only keep pace with the increased difficulty in weight loss as I get older, that's something. And perhaps in the resurrection the improved habits will rise with me and I'll have a better body than I was able to achieve in this lifetime.

I'm just a little worried about this weekend. I took my birthday off. But yesterday I had a large piece of cake and ice-cream, and that cake was made with extra butter. However, I did walk for two hours to off-set those calories. Tonight, I had a big dinner and more cake and ice-cream. Hopefully, the calorie count wasn't too outrageous. Tomorrow, I will cash in 1000 calories that I've earned.  I guess I'm just not sure that exercise really will offset food problems. But since I'm not yet willing to exercise too much self-control on "exception" days, I'll just do the best I can and see what happens.