Time For a U-Turn

Well, I must admit that I fell off of the "weight-loss wagon."  Did I mean to?  NO!  Did I want to? NO! Did I, though? YES!  My frustrations are high!  It started because I slipped in one area (ate desert at my brother's rehearsal dinner) then I slipped in another area (ate wedding cake at my brother's wedding).  Next, I stopped writing things down in my food journal.  We went to Youth Camp at Look-up Lodge and I didn't write down what I ate everyday.  Next, I snacked at night with my girls in the cabin, AND NEEDLESS TO SAY, I have gained my weight back, all but two pounds.  So, originally, the six pounds that I worked so hard to lose, I have gained right back.  Now, I will have to fight the same battle to gain the same ground that was once mine.  My frustrations set in, and Satan has had a grand time at beating me up with this.  However, it was not without my permission.  I have allowed him to make me feel defeated and I refuse to any longer.  I am so thankful that U-turns are permitted in life.  Just because I was headed the direction of not sticking with it, doesn't mean that I can't change directions and start back towards the goal that pleases God. 
So, this morning, I weighed, even though it was not a typical weigh-in Thursday, and I weigh 300 pounds even! So, I am getting back on track and here I go again. 
I am so thankful that my weight-loss journey is an example of the way God loves us in spite of our failures.  Just because one may be headed in a deadly direction, does not mean that they have to stay on that same path.  God is there to offer you grace and forgiveness - hope and strength.  So, that is what I am taking hold of.  He is there to help me get back on track.  It's time for me to get back on the path that God set me on originally.  So, here  I go again, and HOPEFULLY my failures have been a lesson to someone.  Let me ask you, friend, what path are you on?  Do you need to make a U-turn?  What a joy to know that they are permitted!