Sharing the struggle with a faith community
sarahtrust
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How does your faith ( whatever sort) help your struggle for health and fitness, improve your motivation, underlie your effective living and loving. provoke questioning of life and events, help you set goals, be accountable,inspire??
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I pray to God and ask for help in following my food plan and try to take it one day at a time. Talk with God when I go running or walking.7
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Plenty. Keeps me lighthearted and at ease enough mentally to go at my workouts harrd. Additionally, I'd not been to Church proper for some years, for I couldn't stand the political dominant sermons from the (Episcopal) pulpit where I was, for I'm Anglican, where I'd kept my spiritual health at maintenance through Judaic observances for a time, periodically attending Church for Christmas, Easter and observed holy days of the year at the local Catholic Parish(es), depending on my availability. Fast forward, I've only recently been a regular attendee, only this time - with a Praise & Worship-toned Biblically-based Methodist "Mega-Church." Suits me for the organised group events correlate with some of my hobbyist interests (outdoor activities).
Fortunately, my sister discovered a trail we now run which leads to a summit with a grove, where we can simply do our prayers in silence. Our Gethsemane - our Prayer Garden.
I'd committed 2018 as the year to let go and let G_d; To unload, cast down all detractors and what ifs, breaking out of the binds we oftentimes don't even realise we've noosed around ourselves.
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I picked up the "Daniel Plan" book at a garage sale. It has some good guidance about how Faith, Focus, Friends and Food all work together toward a healthy lifestyle. I've never really asked God to help me lose weight. It seemed kind of trivial given all my other problems. But I realize since reading that book that there is nothing too small for God. I have to acknowledge that I really can't do this on my own. I need God's help because honestly it feels like this is not a mountain I can climb by myself.5
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I have asked our Pastors to build a gym on church campus with free weights and CyBex equipment, so that working out can be done in a danger free environment. We live in a little town that has experienced a boom in population. Our lead Pastor was just mentioning that he and his fellow Pastor wife need to sync workouts, so she isn't in the parking lot of the Gym on her own at night. The other Pastors doubt he will be against such a novel idea.
The gym we go to allows us to enter 24 hours with pin code access. Convenient, yes. Safe, no. You're working out alone. Entering and leaving the establishment alone. Huge Shopping Mall Complex. Sometimes it feels safer braving the wild creatures for a run, than hitting the gym. ☺️
We're in a series study of "Stopping the self from emotionally burdening ourselves, trapped by the fear of comparison." This has solidified my zeal to proceed, letting go of the entrapments of mass media touted and societal norms for my continuing fitness journey to be the me I was destined and designed to be - achieving my implanted blueprint, not a photocopy/photoscan.
I wake up daily with joy, praise and thanksgiving, declaring that I refuse to be a zombie in a paralytic state over my fitness ... My health ... My life ... My choices ... My legacy ... My right to be me.
https://youtu.be/fmpshXiCVis
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... 15 days to go until your pending surgery ... Thought of you during our Worship service today, which expanded on the subject of revelationary thinking, with the ability to see the path to optimal outcome.2
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Reading through sharings of pain, loss and the weariness which comes with the extols of life's difficulties ... Then seeing the headline news features whilst contributing to preparing tonight's dinner ... The sharings from our darling of a Pastor resonated:
- Handle it. "Whatever the crisis, however the situation presents itself - Handle it. Apply discretion and wisdom. Do not fly off the handle. Call on what can restrain you."
- Listen to understand.
- Engage calmly and directly with (the person) or the problem.
- Get support from confidants.
- Trust fully.
- Receive your Gift. Take your Gift.
https://youtu.be/ce6PT-3sQGg
If not for a sense of Community (including myfitnesspal for my physical well-being and the daily humour bytes), I'd not have managed. When we deny ourselves what is freeing and what living is, however we each define it, we are susceptible to being lost in the maze or abyss of complications, confusion and restraints.2 -
https://youtu.be/Rr8-n3vYcd4
Thinking of you Sarah - sending you our positive wishes, with the hopes your surgery went well ... Just wanted you to know that we're praying for your speedy recovery.
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Thinking of a friend and his family tonight ... Immediately brought to mind what I'd heard from one of our Pastors this last Sunday:
- Be thankful no matter what the circumstances, no matter the situation, no matter the unknown
- Shift your perspective, to shift your life towards positivity
- Don't allow the varying pursuasions of your problems to incarcerate your Praise
- Faith. Responsibility. Trust. Endurance.
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My faith is earth based, and the way I eat and exercise has been chosen to work with and enhance my spiritual practice. Yoga helps me to ground and balance my energy. Any cardio I do nurtures my creativity and brings on an ecstatic experience, which is an important part of my faith.
My food also grounds me, and helps me to keep my energy where I want it, which is important to my spiritual practice.
I also have rituals/spells for my weight loss around the moon. So, when it’s a full moon, I’ll do a release ritual for my body fat, and for a new moon, a ritual for building muscle and general good health. I also use psalms to add oomph to my health plan.
Edited to add that I also use the tarot before exercise, as it keeps me centred in my faith, providing an excellent mindset for me to exercise with.6 -
tensquaredlives wrote: »I picked up the "Daniel Plan" book at a garage sale. It has some good guidance about how Faith, Focus, Friends and Food all work together toward a healthy lifestyle. I've never really asked God to help me lose weight. It seemed kind of trivial given all my other problems. But I realize since reading that book that there is nothing too small for God. I have to acknowledge that I really can't do this on my own. I need God's help because honestly it feels like this is not a mountain I can climb by myself.
Thanks I got the book from the library, very inspiring! I have had major. op. so have been off MFP since June Please friend me Sarah Trust2 -
thanks for your comment1
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I have faith in myself, my friends and my family. I don't believe in a higher power of any kind.4
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I don't think jdubois said anything worthy of flagging?1
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Jkowals123 wrote: »I pray to God and ask for help in following my food plan and try to take it one day at a time. Talk with God when I go running or walking.
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I don't think jdubois said anything worthy of flagging?
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sarahtrust wrote: »I don't think jdubois said anything worthy of flagging?
Flagging is for an infraction of the rules, not because you thought about what she said and now you decided to judge her. And how judgmental are you?? It's not for you to say what she will do when the chips are down. Some people manage just fine.
Quick story...I injured myself and was told I would be paralyzed for the rest of my life at the age of 25. At the age of 30 I got cancer and the possibility of death was very real. I faced BOTH problems without faith and I'm both walking and alive (obviously). Both those events made me a stronger person. So don't judge those without faith. It's not your business.3 -
Hey folks,
This thread has been locked and will remain locked. I thought this thread was lovely and very inclusive, but for some reason, faith-based threads in this community eventually turn into an argument. I'd like you to please read the community guidelines: https://www.myfitnesspal.com/welcome/guidelines
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Please stay on-topic in an existing thread, and post new threads in the appropriate forum. Taking a thread off-topic is considered hi-jacking. Please either contribute politely and constructively to a topic, or move on without posting. This includes posts that encourage the drama in a topic to escalate, or posts intended to incite an uproar from the community.15. Divisive Topics Are Better Suited For Groups, Not the Main Forums
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^Faith is not a prohibited subject in the MFP community. However, since there are such a wide array of very strong opinions about it, it's often better to create or find a group of interest rather than open a thread on the main forums.
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Happy Sunday, y'all,
Em
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