So this year i made more research about healthy food options, recipes and learned more about how our body processes food. I was gaining all these knowledge and i knew that knowledge is nothing if not applied in life. I started evaluating my lifestyle last year, and realized that even with all the exercise and hours spent working out at the gym, i still was not able to reach my fitness goal. Mainly because i procrastinated a lot , and thought that after all the hard work i deserved that cup of ice cream. This year, i wanna see results! I wanna feel lighter & healthier, and i wanted to join marathons and bike a little further. With pure motivation, and determination to reach our goals, my friend and i decided to plan about it and eventually act on it.

However it's easier said than done. Everyday, i wake up early to prepare my meals for school so i wouldn't be tempted to grab a fast food meal (it's also cheaper), i shop for my own groceries, and had to change my mindset about eating. It's difficult at home as well, my family eats like any other Filipino family, although my parents also are into some healthy food, but not as into it as i am. We eat meals as a family, and they have these all kinds of delicious food that i would naturally crave for, while i have a piece of wheat bread, a whole lot of veggies, chicken or tuna, and fruit on my plate. But surprisingly, i do not feel deprived, nor do i feel hungry. I feel satisfied, a healthy kind of satisfaction!

But it doesn't end there, the temptation is outside! Yesterday, me and my friends went out to just spend time with each other, and we ended up in Mcdonald's. But i wasn't even tempted to order food there, while two of my friends ate burgers and ordered sundaes, me & Katrina chose to grab food outside Mcdonalds. Before, i would feel so deprived in that kind of situation, but yesterday i did not. While i was looking at their food , the facts about how unhealthy they are keep coming on my head. But don't get me wrong, i'm not shutting off burger & sundaes for the rest of my lifetime, it would be nice to eat them sometime. Maybe i just might try to create my own healthy version. So where was i again? ....I did not feel hungry that moment, but i felt like an over-comer, there i was in a situation where i would normally give in, but there wasn't any wisdom in giving in, and i imagined how i would feel if i gave in.I'd feel terrible. But don't think i have mastered the art of eating healthy, i'm trying to learn to eat what my body needs as well as what i want.

Overall, it's a really good practice of discipline. I can relate this to our lives as Christians. I think if we would just spend time reading & meditating on God's word more and more, it would be easier for us to run away from temptation. Like when i spent time researching about food, it became easier for me to choose the healthy ones, because i knew how it can affect my body. As Christians we must know how sin can affect our relationship with God, and how it can lead us to danger.

Right in that moment while we're facing temptation, we would remember what the Bible says about it, we would remember that there is no wisdom in giving in, and we would remember that it would not please the Lord. I love how the Lord teaches me lessons while running, biking and now even while eating!

I haven't reached my goals yet, but i'm getting there one meal at a time ;)