This is not an excuse people. There is never an excuse to be
fat, and when I say fat I don’t mean the feeling you get when you’ve eaten too
much or cheated a little around the holidays. I mean unhealthily obese. When it
is causing medical problems and contributing to your slow and unhealthy decline
on this earth, it is an issue and we need to address it.
For some reason, the world thinks that at certain times,
fatness is okay. For example, “Don’t worry about your weight Erica, you’re
married and don’t have to try anymore. You have nothing to worry about.” Are
you serious? So because I am married means I don’t have to worry about my
health? I won the prize and now I have nothing to worry about? In our minds, if
marriage makes you happy, you eat, you get unhealthy, you die earlier. However,
I see this completely opposite. Marriage is one of the most intimate and
personal seasons of my life and I owe it to my husband to be the best,
healthiest me that I can be. Jesus’ love is selfless, meaning I need to put him
first, which means being better for him above me sitting on the couch eating
and being lazy. He deserves a better life with me and through me. Yes, there
are days like that, but they are few and precious. They aren’t the norm. We
need to strive to be better for our significant other because we did win the
prize, them, and they deserve the best us. If we both gave our best, what a
force we would be reckon with… and Satan sure would be mad!
Another one that is great is, “Well, you’re pregnant and
going to get fat anyway, so you can eat whatever you want! How lucky!” This
couldn’t be farther from the truth. Why not be healthier for your baby? The
better you eat, the better your baby will feel. Cravings can be transferred to
healthy satisfactions very easily and still give the baby what it needs. You
don’t have to gain 50+ pounds due to a sedentary 9 months and an unhealthy
diet. You can be better than that. Again, it is about Jesus’ selfless love and
being better for someone else.
Lastly,
the freshman 15 or freshman 50. It is expected. We know it’s coming, so why not
fight harder to prevent it from happening? I did for a couple months. Then,
like everyone else, I succumbed. No matter what the excuse is, there is never a
good excuse to be fat or unhealthy or obese or whatever label you want to put
on it. We are living in God’s temple and he is living in us. He said that he
came so that we could live and live life to the fullest. That doesn’t mean
happy and fat, no matter how you spin it. We are a vessel and need to treat our
bodies with more respect. If you can’t motivate yourself, let your child or
spouse or family be your motivation. And if those still don’t help, do it for
the one who gave everything for you on the cross.
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