January 5, 2026
I couldn’t tie my shoelaces. I wasn’t able to clip my toenails. Worse yet, climbing a flight of stairs caused me to lose my breath. My body hurt; my joints ached; and my quality of sleep suffered. That was me one year ago today; and, because of all these problems, I needed a reset of mind and body.
I chose to no longer be complacent; and I elected to no longer be content in my unhealthiness. And while I’d become too comfortable in my own skin, my outer casing had been stretched to its limit. I never wanted to admit I appeared like a stuffed sausage in the mirror. Yet slowly, surely, I knew I needed change. “Enough was enough,” I’d say to myself. Enter the Ketovore way of eating.
For four months I was so good. My body began to heal. My clothes were loosening (quite a bit). My skin, sleep, and stamina all improved. And as a major bonus, the number on the scale fell by 45 pounds (for the first time being under 300 in I don’t know how many years). And then, when Spring was just breaking in, I became complacent once again as we travelled out east to celebrate our daughter’s collegiate graduation.
It was only a week, I said to myself. I reinforced the lie that I could ease back in, for the scale had increased by only 3lbs. One week tuned to two; two to three; and three to two months. “Well, why start now,” I said to myself. “Your baby’s getting married; you don’t want to ruin everything. You can start anew as soon as you return.”
That was the lie I kept telling myself. And well, that lie continued to play in my mind. Yet, in my heart, I knew I couldn’t keep being dishonest with myself, my Lord, or y’all. My conscious and past words were eating me alive; so, I choose, it’s time to reset my life again.
Today is Day 1 of my new reset. As I did one year ago, I’ve chosen the low-carb lifestyle because I’ve found it works for me. What I need is determinacy, accountability and community; and I know I have that, for as long as I don’t become complacent again. In Christ, victory over the scale is possible, for in Christ, we who believe in Him are already victorious in this life and the life to come.
For much of the day, I’ve been pondering Christ’s finishing work on the cross, and the eternal reset he’s given us all. While showing the Apostle John the new heavens and earth, Jesus said to him:
“Look, I am making everything new!” And then he said to me, “Write this down, for what I tell you is trustworthy and true.” And he also said, “It is finished! I am the Alpha and the Omega—the Beginning and the End. To all who are thirsty I will give freely from the springs of the water of life.”
I thank our Heavenly Father for making all things new in Christ. In a way, he resets our lives each and every day, for when we awake, the new day dawns and that day is a day to reset the regrets that sometimes dominate our lives. Today was reset day no.1; tomorrow, God willing, will be another, and another thereafter, until my body has healed again. For that healing, I have God to thank; for while I eat the food, he’s the one healing me from the inside out.
Thank you, God, for making all things new: spiritually, materially, in mind, body, soul. Heal all of us who need healing from the inside out, whether it be in mind, body, soul, or a combination of all the above. Amen.