Thankful on this Monday morning to be still ahead in the weight loss game. I post this picture so that I can once again be reminded of what I was like eight or nine years ago. Why can some people eat whatever they want whenever they want and never seem to gain a pound? I can look at food and gain pounds and inches.

I have laid aside the Atkins diet for the first time in years and now I am trying to just watch my portions. Funny, after all these years I still can't bring myself to eat dessert or anything sweet. I don't plan on changing this anytime soon. It must be true that old habits die hard. I think not eating sweets is a good habit but what about the habits we develop that are harmful to us. Are they just as hard to break? Of course they are.

In this week of remembering the passion of our Lord I want to press in closer to Him then I have ever been. I also want to lead others to do the same. The old song says,

I'm pressing on the upward way,
New heights I'm gaining every day.
Still praying as I onward bound,
Lord, plant my feet on higher ground.