my diet and a green pepper..........

hello all!! well, i am sure you are wondering how the new "me" is doing with the new way of living! i am pleased to say that apart from two bumps in the road, very well!! the first bump was last Wednesday evening through Thursday morning. we had a scrap-a-thon at the shop - 15 hours of non-stop scrapping! from 5pm until 8am! Leeanne brought cupcakes and cheesecake, and although she promised us they were fat-free and sugarfree, i am not sure if i believed her completely!! then, today, my family in law converged upon us to celebrate my birthday ( tomorrow) and father's day. my SIL made lasagne ( sigh) and her MIL made a chicken pie. she had to twist the knife in my side, and also brought malva pudding. i was frugal - but still, not the most ideal position to be in the first week or so of your "new" you!! but, tomorrow we will start from afresh! i have lost just over 1kg - it is a HUGE struggle for me to lose weight - my metabolism is sllloooowowowwowowow because of the diabetes, the thyroid has been underactive for 21 years also, ( poor eltroxin, just can't get it going as it should) and as i hate sweat, my aversion to hard exercise also does not help. i do walk diligently, though. and yes, from tomorrow it will be 3 blocks, or twice a day. that is my favourite part. as for the green pepper - i coloured it last week, ( stunning stampset from Cornish Heritage Farms - it only has vegetables in the set and cooking words) purely because i wanted to see if i could and what it would look like. now it is sitting on my desk. i have taken it to work to show it off ( and to the scrap-a-thon - i don't think they were impressed) but now i am at a dead end as to what to do with it. any suggestions will be welcomed!! remember for this week that it is more important to keep starting over, than to just continue in the wrong manner. Jesus died for all of us who choose to accept Him - NO EXCEPTIONS. His Grace is enough. forget about people. they are just that - human. God will not fail you. He is faithful and true. He knows what He has in store for you. Just surrender..............it really is not that hard. just let go of all the worries, sin, stress, irritations - literally GIVE it to Him. He wants you to. He loves you and is knocking at the door of your heart. open it. don't say you'll do it later - later might never come, and then it will be too late. may your week be blessed and filled with His Grace!!!!