LOL! … and here I thought I would be clever and come up with an inspirational post for everyone who attended the family barbecue today but ended up eating more than planned. In the process of coming up with content I just couldn’t come up with anything more than “it happens, get up and get back in the groove tomorrow.”

It just so happened, that at the time I decided to write this post, that I was doing a little keyword research when I ran across the key phrase “weight loss motivation tips.” It turns out that “weight loss motivation tips” are searched for on an average of 203 times per day over the three major search engines.

As someone who is working to drop the excessive weight I’ve been carrying around for years it took placing my life in Gods hands for five hours one October morning to motivate me after years of trying and failing.

I thought about running over to Google real quick to see what type of “weight loss motivation tips” are offered but I don’t know that there’s anything that anyone could say that would make a difference.

When it comes to making a decision to lose weight, if you don’t want it, it’s not going to happen no matter what anyone might have to say. While there are similarities we all share in why we’ve gained the weight, or why we want to take it off, every one of us is different and what motivated me to finally do it and stick with it is most likely completely different than what would motivate you.

This does bring to mind, however, a passage of scripture that should motivate all who believe… “know ye not that your body is the temple of the living God? Present your body holy, acceptable which is your reasonable service.”

Both our body and our mind are simply tools that the Spirit within us uses to accomplish the work needed to be of benefit to others. If our body and mind are not in the best possible condition then we are hindering this work.

Motivation or not, call it food for thought… keeping your body healthy and fit just makes good sense! Easier said than done for many, I know, and while I won’t be so naive as to sit here and say “if I can do it, you can…” I will say that, based on my experience, you’ll be glad that you made a decision to change.

Happy Labor Day!

Rex