Hey Girls. I want to start by thanking you so much for all of the love to my latest post "Weight a Sec". I can't even believe how many women related to it. It made me realize just how truly taboo of a topic it really is to talk about weight. Just like myself, there are so many out there that just need that much more encouragement. Which segways me into another topic that I feel so women (myself) struggle with: waiting on your weight.
Girls, you know exactly what I am talking about. I am talking about those clothes you have, that haven't fit you in over two years. The stack of jeans that you are "are working to fit back into". Those tops that have taken up permanent residence in your closet because you used to look great in them, but they just don't fit the way they used to. I am talking about waiting until you lose weight to feel good about yourself. How may times have you put off updating your wardrobe because you wanted to wait to fit back in to something? Or how many times have you put off doing something until you lose the weight? How long has it been since you felt confident in your appearance?
I can not, for the life of me, figure out what has made fitting into old clothes such an obsession. It is torture, and unhealthy for you. If you are like me, every single time you see something in your closet that doesn't fit, it only brings you down. I have kept things for over ten years hoping to fit back in it one day and it only brought me pain. And guess what, I still don't fit into them. I have even cried about before. Like I am talking, acted like a little baby on the floor over holding on to those clothes. The truth is, seeing those clothes was only a constant reminder of failure at not being where I wanted to be. It is a hindrance to progress despite the common belief that it is motivation. It isn't. That's a lie.
After so long of putting myself through that same vicious cycle, I said no more. I bagged up EVERYTHING that did not fit and called people that I knew would love to have them. I donated the rest. When you think about it, it is a little selfish to hold on to them. Some one else could get great use out of them WHILE IT IS IS STYLE, if you would just part ways with it. I am sure that we have all held on to something way beyond the point of outdated. Even if you do fit back into it someday, it probably will not be in style. Besides, what is so wrong with the way you are now?
Like I said before, It just isn't healthy to hang on to them. It is the same when you become a believer in Christ, it is NOT healthy to hold on the past. 2 Corinthians 5:17 says, "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come." So join me in throwing out the old and prepare to embrace the new. (whether that be your old clothes, or your habits.) "Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, 14. I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus." (Philippians 3: 13a-14) I don't know about you, but forgetting what is behind sounds pretty good to me. Let's get rid of those old clothes.
I am sure that you have heard the saying "money is the root of all evil," but I would venture to say that for most women, weight is the root of all evil. The pressures woman face over weight are insane. But, my point is to not let this temporary thing become your idol and obsession. Stop beating yourself up over something that doesn't even matter to begin with. You don't have to wait on anything, least of all weight, to feel pretty. Now do not get me wrong. There is nothing wrong with striving to be the best version of yourself or improving yourself (physically and spiritually). I just strongly urge you to not hate yourself through the process.
I want to leave you with some more scripture to think about in terms of what we have been talking about. It is interesting to think about it in applied to this. Our bodies are "lowly" here on this earth, but one day we will be glorious if we don't set our minds on these things don't matter. Don't let your God be your stomach, and don't wait on your weight! You are good enough the way you are.
19 Their destiny is destruction, their god is their stomach, and their glory is in their shame. Their mind is set on earthly things.
20 But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ,
21 who, by the power that enables him to bring everything under his control, will transform our lowly bodies so that they will be like his glorious body.
