Deprivation

Bible Verse:
Happier were those pierced by the sword than those pierced by hunger, whose life drains away, deprived of th produce of the field.
-Lamentations 4:9

Devotional:
I was scarfing down a pizza as fast as i could. I'd been on three planes that day, without any lunch or dinner, and now, at almost ten o'clock, I was famished. My grandson watched me for a few minutes and said, chuckling, "Grandmother, you eat like a velociraptor."
"Hey, I'm hungry. I was deprived all day," I answered, pushing the last bite into my mouth. Of course, my idea of deprivation wouldn't stand up where people are really desperate for food. I'd eaten breakfast that morning, and each of the airlines had bestowed on me a package of pretzels.
I say I'm starving when i mean I want lunch, famished when dinner is an hour late, and deprived when I've had to skip a meal. Am i just being dramatic, or am I unconsciously scaring myself into overeating? Obviously, I need to revise my eating vocabulary. Otherwise I might turn into velociraptor.

For Further Reflection:
1. What words do you use to talk about being hungry?
I think I fall into the same trap as the author and so many other people. When I have skipped a meal, I am deprived or famished or starving. That is not true. I am nowhere near to starving, but I have trained my mind to think I am, that i HAVE to eat, and I have to eat now no matter what it is. Which leads me to make terrible food choices.
2. How can you change the way you talk about food?
First off, I need to elimate the word starving from my vocabulary. There is no need to use the word, since I am nowhere near starving. I eat everyday, usually two to three meals plus snacks. If i skip a meal, it will not hurt me in the least.
3. Besides food, what do you feel deprived of in your life?
Time with my husband, time with my kids, time for myself. Time, more than anything i feel deprived of time. There is never enough time to do all the things that I want to do, and when I really think about them all, I get depressed that so many things that i have wanted to do have been left undone. But if i would just step back, not expcet to do it all at once, and make a doable plan (like with my weightloss) i think I could accomplish alot of what i feel deprived about missing.

Prayer:
Jesus, when You were on the cross, You said simply, "I thirst". Help me to be less dramatic and more like You. Amen.

It's been awhile since I was able to make a post from my devotional, so much going on with gettign ready for Vacation Bible School and then the actual week of VBS.
On the upside, I did not gain any of the weight I have lost while I have been offline, but I haven't lost anything eihter, but still, i didn't gain it all back.

I joined Jazzercise today. They opened a new one not far from my house, and I actually enjoyed the women that were in the class this morning. I did my first class at 9am this morning. I started my summer hours at work, which means that I am off work on Tuesday now, which allows me to do the Tuesday morning class. They also have a number of classes in the eveings, and now that baseball and t-ball are over, I don;t think I will have trouble making the classes. Plus, my husband is pretty much behind me in the weight loss, so I am sure that he will help make it possible for me to attend.

I have been doing good on my water and my goals. I think I will update the goals again over the weekend, after adjusting them to show what I have accomplished, like drinking my water. I am getting alot better about that one each day, so I may need to up that one a little bit.

Thank you for reading and coming on this journey with me. I hope that we will begin to see more movement in that ticker on the top now that I have committed to the Jazzercise program!