Health
35 off for 35 on
When I set out to lose weight 10 months ago, my dream was to lose 35kgs. I also turned 35 this year so why not lose a kilo for every year I have been on the earth? I didn’t expect to lose 3.5kgs so 35kgs was really in the ‘never never’ land. As of the [...]
Fat War Diaries- Finale
To everyone’s relief this is the last installment of THE Diaries. Enough introspection and online self-discovery has been shared by me these last few entries. I want to just tie a few things together on this final post and then start blogging about other things. When I began my journey my expectations were very low. [...]
The Ministry of the Penguin
John Bingham is to running what John Piper is to theology. They are both into the joy and pleasure of it all. Bingham turned to running in his early forties. He was a self-confessed couch potato. Inactive and overweight, Bingham found his physical salvation (and satisfaction) in running. He has written columns for running magazines [...]
Fat War Diaries Part 5
It is 6 months now. Matt (whose formal retainer has come to an end) is still as thin as ever but I am getting there, slowly. If I could sum things up this way it would be: little but much has changed. Sometimes I think little has changed. Despite the victories and kilos shed, deep [...]
The Fat War Diaries Part 4
There is no final victory in the weight loss war. As long as I have a mouth and stomach, the battle will rage. For anyone with long-term weight issues, an important truth needs to be remembered: The fight to control your weight is much like the war against Terror. There is no conclusive point in [...]
Fat War Diaries Part 3
Things continue to progress in a positive way though it is getting harder to shed the kilo’s. It is impossible to go on a ‘crash diet’ for 5 months. I am learning how lasting change takes place and how to put in place strategies not to go backwards. For anyone who has struggled to lose [...]
Fat War Diaries Part 2
It has been 4 months since going down the sawdust trail and committing myself to weight loss. Over 19kgs have been shed from my mortal frame. I pray they will never return. Matt, my PT told me that the first month or so would be the worst. Never have truer words been spoken. Commencing the [...]
The Fat War Diaries Part 1
This post is a little presumptuous since I have only recently begun losing weight. I am scared of going backwards, so hey, this blog may serve to keep me accountable. But essentially, after about 8 years of resisting advice from family, friends, church leaders (and those who had no business giving their opinion) I enlisted the [...]
The “Acceptable” Addiction
You’ve probably heard sermons on the sins of drunkenness, drug abuse and greed. The Bible also commands us to flee from sexual immorality. So Christians often hear warnings about the contents of TV programs or internet pornography, and rightly so! — because Christians should not be enslaved to immorality, just as we should not live [...]
The Spiritual Discipline of Rest
We’re all comfortable with spiritual disciplines like prayer, fellowship, and Scripture reading, but rest? This afternoon I faced a decision. Usually this only happens in hypothetical situations, but today it was real life. You see, I’m at a stage in my life where I am once again very busy. I have the care of managing [...]
Are We What We Eat?
There are a number of myths about health that are in circulation in many fundamental churches, including the idea that people are sicker today than they have been in the past
