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Don't do anything stupid like atkins or starve yourself. Certain "diets" lack certain things you need, and especially if you're workign out, your body will eventually decide it's starvign, even though it's just deprived of a certain thing or two, and so youll eat and eat and won't be satisfied, but will gain weight.
Exercise and workout is best too. IT's hard to start out, but gets much easier and fun. You could easily start out say your pushups, you can do 10 and its hard, but after doing them for a while and pushign yourself you'll be doing 30 easy and feeling good about it. And you'll start feeling and looking better quicker than you might think.
I've been losing weight lately and working out, but I see now that it's going to be much easier while walking close with God. You don't have to concentrate on it you concentrate on what God says and it comes naturally.
This reminds me I need to weigh myself but we don't have a scale. I have no idea what I weigh now
Are those stretchmark scars permanent?
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Thank you, VERY much for your kind-words, and NO stretch-marks (ESPECIALLY since I DO have some muscle and I work-out) are NOT permanent. They go when you lose weight.
It's not a problem of 'knowing or 'not knowing' how to lose weight---I think it has to do more with the spiritual 'attitude' that I take to it. I do not see myself (or ANYONE else) through God's-eyes, like I should. You see, I have been VERY fit ALL MY LIFE up until a few months ago, so when I just put even a little effort into it, I go down. I do not know exactly what this struggle (in my case) is all about---I feel very confused and lost and ashamed over how dumb my struggle is! I feel stupid praying over it. I mean, I want to be fit, active, eat moderately, and be as balanced as Christ is for HIS Glory and not for mine. I just wish I could figure out why I AM so self-destructive. I idolize body-image; I do not wake-up for Christ, I wake-up for myself, my happiness, and the hope that someday I will have a super-fit, toned-body to be happy about.
OFCOURSE, I look at these things SOOOOOO badly, but it's where I am, presently. Will you please pray for me?? Me and my mom have prayed soooooooo many times together over this issue alone, but I don't think it helped much.
You know, I think THAT is what it is---it's not my body that's in error, it's the way I see myself and food, and body-image. I think it's a problem of not putting Christ on throne of my life, and then not seeing weight-loss, muscle, food, ect. clearly.