{"id":118,"date":"2009-02-23T08:34:00","date_gmt":"2009-02-23T08:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/drnorrischumleysatisfiedlife\/2009\/02\/comment-of-the-week-thanks-d.html"},"modified":"2009-02-23T08:34:00","modified_gmt":"2009-02-23T08:34:00","slug":"comment-of-the-week-thanks-d","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/drnorrischumleysatisfiedlife\/2009\/02\/comment-of-the-week-thanks-d.html","title":{"rendered":"Comment of the Week &#8211; Thanks Dino"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This comment from Dino just reached out and grabbed my attention:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>For me, the big change in my thinking came one day. I realized I was a<br \/>\ncreation of God; made in God&#8217;s image. What I had been doing was<br \/>\ntrashing my body&#8211;disrespecting my own body! Because I am loved by the<br \/>\ncreator and because God cares about my daily struggles, I too<br \/>\nsurrendered all my meager efforts to God. Part of respecting God&#8217;s<br \/>\ncreation is pursuing strength, health and moderation. I saw (a) couple I<br \/>\ndidn&#8217;t know in a restaurant so focused on their food that they were not<br \/>\ninteracting with each other. I was moved to pity because I had been<br \/>\ndoing the same thing. I was relating to food more than to the people in<br \/>\nmy life. My priorities were so messed up. Now my second job is 4 hours<br \/>\nof stretching, reaching, lifting, squatting, all while using the smile<br \/>\nmuscles and helping people. This is very satisfying. Sometimes I wear<br \/>\nankle weights at my full-time job. I now see housework as an<br \/>\nopportunity to exercise, laundry as upper-body movement, and I don&#8217;t<br \/>\ndeprive myself of restful periods (once seen as non-productive and<br \/>\ntherefore useless). This site and all you people have been such an<br \/>\ninspiration to me not to lose sight of my goal! I have lose 20 lbs. and<br \/>\nam working toward another 30 or so. A digestive disorder affecting<br \/>\nabsorption may be thwarting my efforts, so I must follow my physicians<br \/>\ninstructions and see the specialists until diagnosis is confirmed and a<br \/>\nhealthy plan is prescribed. I&#8217;m worth loving myself enough to follow<br \/>\nthrough&#8211;God said so.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Dino hit a lot of important points:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>We are God&#8217;s creations.<\/li>\n<li>We need to respect God, ourselves, and and take good care of ourselves.<\/li>\n<li>Surrender everything to God, for the strength to be healthy and make right choices.<\/li>\n<li>Relationships are more important than food.<\/li>\n<li>You can exercise anywhere &#8211; especially at work &#8211; and work becomes a work-out.<\/li>\n<li>This site, and all of us are important and helpful (you are, too, Dino).<\/li>\n<li>There&#8217;s no giving up, even though Dino is halfway there.<\/li>\n<li>Even though you may have some health challenges, work with your doctor and with God, and you will be OK.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We have lots of great, insightful comments here.&nbsp; Please visit often (don&#8217;t just come from clicking in my email-newsletter!) bookmark this page and subscribe to the RSS, please.<\/p>\n<p>I love hearing from you, so please post a comment.&nbsp; Thank you so much, Dino, and all of our readers and commenters.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This comment from Dino just reached out and grabbed my attention: For me, the big change in my thinking came one day. 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