~Oops~

Well, I thought I was getting better...turns out I have a urinary tract infection that travelled to my kidneys, & I'm now on antibiotics. They're giving me a constant, rock-in-my-belly tummy-ache that's not as intense as the pain I spent the last 3 days in...but only by a few degrees!
Lesson learned. As I've been transitioning to raw, I haven't been as thirsty, (due to the high water content of produce, I suppose) & many days the past month & a half, I've realized, as the day ended, that I'd barely drank any water that day...& didn't want to at night, so I wouldn't have to get up all night, like I had been the last 3 or 4 weeks...(& didn't clue in that it was a symptom of the bladder infection, having never had one before...)
It's been a wake-up call, & a turning point. When your health is in jeopardy, you get a clear eye-opening wake-up call revealing how foolish it is to take your health for granted, & to do things that tear it down, rather than build it up.
I've learned this to different degrees throughout my life, yet have struggled with consistency in common sense things, like our need for daily exercise, healthy foods, moderation, enough sleep, pure water...why?
I think part of it is, I wasn't taught these things as a child, & had few examples of a healthy lifestyle lived out before me....& didn't understand the way it catches up to you to live in an unhealthy way! But of course, many years ago, knew this, yet have struggled to break free of old habits...
But of course, there's the other aspect of it that the Bible clearly explains...which of course, applies to many areas of our lives...."The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak!", which is why we're told to "Make no provision for the flesh...but walk after the spirit, & you will not fulfill the lusts of the flesh!"
I'm committing, right now, to live out the changes I need to continue making, not in the power of my flesh any longer, but seek daily to be led & strengthened by the Holy Spirit in this area of my life...Prayer, every step of the way, no longer relying mainly on my own understanding...(hard, when you know enough about health to write a book!)
...seeking the fruit of the Spirit of self-control......walking in obedience to what He's shown me to do to have my health restored, & to be free of this obesity that has hindered me from doing what He put me here on this earth to do...time is short, & passing, & I'm done with going back & forth!!! I surrender ALL!