Hello my name is Chris, and I'm addicted to ice cream. Rocky Road is my favorite, but let's face it if your an addict any flavor will do.
Several months ago I blogged about my sweet tooth, and my battle to lose weight. Here is my update: it's not gotten any better.... frustrating. I run 15-20 miles a week, but yet the weight not only is not coming off, but is gaining.... albeit only two pounds, but still.
Temptation is a battle. I face the battle everyday of the temptation of ice cream, chocolate, or anything sweet. If I could just say "no" I could be so much healthier and leaner than what I am.
That's the way temptation works, it's almost as if you cant say no...
13 No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it. (1 Co 10:13., NIV)
The problem is: I can say no, I just choose not to. I can go to the store and not buy any, I just choose to anyway. I can stay away from the ice cream parlor, I just choose not to. There is ALWAYS a way out of temptation. No one holds me down and forces Ice Cream in my mouth, No one forces me to pick up a container and purchase, and no one holds me hostage and makes me go to the parlor. I just choose to.
So it is with life. Temptation is always there, always present, and always pulling you and I in. It draws us in. Looks so good.
I have no will power when it comes to sweets. I keep saying to myself that I can stop, I know I can, I can feel deep within me that I can. Then there is this little voice that says "oh come on how can something that tastes this good really be bad for you". Doctors have told me back off sweets, my children tell me back off sugar, heck I even tell me to back off.... and yet I don't.
Temptation: the battle is real, I CAN say no, just wished I would......
Hello, my name is Chris and I'm addicted to Ice Cream and Rocky Road is my favorite
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