The reason for this blog comes from the title "Temple Reconstruction" I Corinthians6:19, 20

Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your body. God put this title and this verse on my heart at least six years ago. I thought about writing a book along with my husband on this topic but life got in the way and we dropped the idea. I would like to say that our weight stayed dropped as well but it didn't. I have been up and down the scale faster than the "William Tell Overture". Our daughter Susan started a blog a few months ago www.thewhatsfordinnermom.blogspot.com She has some great thoughts and some great recipes as well. Keep in mind Susan is a runner and does not have a weight problem. Susan is the is the one who inspired me to start a blog to help overweight, older women like myself to set some new habits and lose weight. It is my prayer that together with the help of God we can reconstruct our temple to be pleasing in His sight. After all how can we serve him well with a run down vessel. The only way to start reconstruction is with a plan and a goal in mind. First we have to ask God's forgiveness for abusing his creation and ask for his help to make it into what he intended it to be healthy, functional and useful.

I started my reconstruction on Monday, January 11th. I missed my first start date of January 1st. Then I went for the first Monday in January and missed that mark as well. I think it may be Biblical to start a new way of eating on a Monday. It has got to be in the Bible somewhere I am sure. I committed to losing one pound a week for one year. I did very well for the first 9 weeks but since then I have met with some obstacles. I have lost a total of 10 pounds now and I need to get back on track.

I am hoping to log in once a week or so and give you tips as to what is working for me. I am also hoping to get some feedback from others as to what works for them.

My first tip is to change some bad habits one or two at a time. I have heard it said that it takes 21 days to change a habit. I started making a list of all my bad eating habits and how they could be replaced. Such as drinking 6 glasses of water a day instead of drinking one or two glasses of Coke. Having the sweet tooth that I do. I allowed myself just one thing sweet a day.

Won't you please join me. I know your out there ladies, I have SEEN you.