Feelin' Fabulous in February!

Figured I better update for the month. I'm still stuck in the 200s.. BUT I notice the inches are coming off! That is something!! And the scale is beginning to move again. Perseverence pays off. I'm using some really fantastic nutritional supplements and I think that is making a huge difference for me too! Not too much to write about this month.... Having fun with my business, buying smaller clothes.. OH YES!!! I went to buy a pair of jeans recently... grabbed the standard 2X like I always do... and usually they are snug. But had to go back and get a 1X instead!!! THAT made me feel good!!! Totally!! I have 3.5 inches off my waist, 3 inches off my chest, 2 inches off my thigh... I don't care what the scale says at this point.. I am DOING IT!!! So I say, don't give up, don't give up, don't give up!!!
Believe in yourself. It's not impossible. Have a fabulous February!!! (^_^)

Still Moving Forward... 22 lbs down

Okay. I just typed a whole message and had it disappear... so I'm gonna make this quick and try again. Still fighting forward with my New Year GOAL of getting under 200........... There are definitely days that are harder than others, and there are also days when I give in to temptation, if I'm gonna be honest. But I keep pushing forward... I am NOT gonna give up. EVER. Because I don't want to be that fat lady anymore!!! I want to be healthy! Hopefully, my back will get better... but even if it doesn't, I will feel better in general. I already do! :)
So.... here are two pictures. One is from October, when I went on the cruise. I did not feel good in my skin AT ALL.... I was mortified when I looked at pictures.. I just felt fat. Honestly. The other is a picture of today. I think I'm getting there... slowly but surely... my chins are starting to go away. I like that. :)
It is taking time, but that's okay. It's better than doing nothing, and getting fatter. yeah...





There are days that are harder than others. There are days, if I'm honest, that I give in to temptation... But I will never stop trying. never. and just maybe, that's what it's gonna take.
Have a great week!!! :)

Believing......

So I went on the Richard Simmons 30th Cruise to Lose, and it was fabulous!!! I sooo needed that... the motivation and love and energy... I needed to believe in myself again. And you know what? I really think I'm starting to again!
When I left on the cruise, I had weighed in at 229. I have to admit, when I started seeing the pictures the ships photographer took, I was devastated. The first Monday formal picture with Richard broke my heart. I know what I see in the mirror, but it wasn't even what I saw in that picture. I guess it really hit me how much weight I've really gained. I was going to throw the picture away, and my new dear friend, Mary Faith, wouldn't let me. I'm glad of that. I did go back and buy it. It will be my starting reference. If I find myself faltering, I will take out that picture and look at it!!
I worked very hard on the cruise. Went to every seminar and put my all into every exercise class, and it paid off! I came home 10 pounds lighter. That made me feel good.
But today.......... a week later.... I stepped on the scale and saw another 5 pound loss!!!! Wow!!! Guess what... when you eat healthy, and exercise, you lose weight!!! WHAT A CONCEPT!!! ;-)
I'm thanking God for the opportunity to go on that cruise. It was so nice to see Richard again, and it was nice to see old friends and meet new ones! But it is VERY nice to actually feel this hopeful again!! To BELIEVE in myself again!!!
Life is good. I feel so blessed!!!
Well, that's my update. See ya next time! :)

Summer's Gone

Well. Only this and two more months to the year, and I am fatter than ever. It's not a fun place. But I am beginning to admit some things to myself. Like how I got here.
No more blaming it on anything else. It was me. It was my laziness and my gluttony.
So now... once again... I am starting over.
I came accross a website that intrigued me. It is called www.settingthecaptivesfree.com It deals with addictions and hangups. (who, me?) And it is a website full of these Biblical studies for how to be free of whatever, and how to get your focus off of yourself, and onto God, who created you.
Maybe, just maybe, when we are feeling like we crave food (or, fill in the blank) what we are really craving is more of God.
So I have begun this study. It's a 60 day study called The Lord's Table. I'm praying that it will be effective to help me change and I can lose weight once and for all, finally, not for myself or to make anyone proud of me, but for the Glory of God who helps me do all things. With God's help.... because this is not what he meant for His temple (my body).
In ten days I will leave for LA and a cruise with Richard S and friends... I'm looking forward to that time to just concentrate on eating well, exercising, and the beginning of making good habits... Lord, help me make it so, because I can do nothing without you...
Okay.. That's about all for now....
Till next time...

August Already

Where has the summer gone? and my weight is not changing. I've come to the conclusion that I have to #1. Set goals and #2. Make a plan!! If what you're doing isn't working, then you need to try something else! Summer is a breath away from gone! I need to get busy. I know what I want, I have the tools I need to get the job done. I need to just cowboy up and DO IT!! I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength. He gives me the strength I need to withstand temptation... the strength I need to go the distance. But I think He requires something of me as well. All the people Jesus healed, he required something of them. Stand up and walk. Go wash in the river. Stretch out your hand. I need to be willing to do the things it takes to lose this weight, and He will give me strength to do them.
So what am I waiting for!! My plan for the rest of the week is to exercise. Every day. No matter what. It's a place to start.
And this is my place to be accountable. I will post every day for the next six days and report what I have done for my health that day.
Even if I'm just being accountable to myself here, that's okay. I will do it, because I must do SOMEthing different.
Have a wonderful night cyberland.... See ya tomorrow!

Life Goes On...

Well, I got over being sick, and so much more has happened....
We have been mourning the passing of my nephew, Alan. Gone way too soon. He's only a year older than my daughter. Sometimes life just doesn't make much sense. But we must go on.
My sister had a cancer scare. Then, this week, her son had minor brain surgery! Life is never boring in this family!!

My weightloss has suffered... I need to learn how to deal with things in a better way then heading for the kitchen!!! Not just heading for the kitchen, but heading for the salty, the sweet, the forbidden foods....

I will not give up on this. I won't! I WILL lose this weight if it's the last thing I do!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Almost half the year gone....

Here we are at the end of June already! Lots of things have happened.. I got very sick for awhile. Started out as sinus infection, progressed into bronchitis, then with all the coughing, I ended up with (at last diagnosis) costochondritis. An inflammation in the cartilege in the ribs. VERY very painful. I pretty much lived on vicodin for two weeks. Got really really sick of being sick.
One upside of being so sick, I had NO sense of smell and not much taste. So food was totally not appealing to me at all. I lost weight.
So there ya go... if you could eliminate the sense of smell and taste, then food would not be pleasurable anymore, and losing weigh would be a snap! :)
Nah................ I really like food. ;-)
I'm happy to be still losing weight tho, even though I am feeling much much better!
Onward and forward I go...................
God bless and have a happy 4th!!!
(^_^)

M