15 MONTHS AND ANOTHER WALL - THAT I GOT PAST

 Good evening sweet friends. I am so sorry that it has been so long since I have posted. Life has been very busy, especially with it being gardening season. But I am checking in for a bit of an update. It has been 15 months since God set me free from a food addiction. And I am still so very grateful. As I look back over the years, I can see how He orchestrated things in such a way to give me all the information and help to get me to where I am today. It is not a mistake or a coincidence. 

So the last time I did an update was for month 13 - and at that point I had lost 71 pounds. And now we pretty close to month 16, but not quite there yet. Before I disclose numbers let me just say that I have made it past another wall. Not in a huge, dramatic way, but in a subtle, I am not giving up kind of way. 

I have been what has seemed like on a plateau of sorts the last 2 - 3 months. My weight loses slowed down and came to a stop. And as I recorded my numbers weekly, I am reminded that the number isn't change much at all. And when you get to a plateau - the best thing you can do is to be happy that at least your weight isn't going up. 

In the past when I would be on my weight lost journey and hit a plateau - I would just eventually give up. When you are only doing things in order to lose weight - and you are not losing weight anymore - it comes to a place of why even bother. And that is the conclusion I would come to over and over UNTIL I decided to go on a journey towards better health. My main goal is to be healthier and so whether the scales is moving or not - I am not giving up. I am not going to fall back into old patterns because "When the Son sets you free, you are free indeed!" and since I am free - I am choosing never to turn back. So the last week or so I have finally seen a bit more weight loss. It is not a huge lose but it is such a blessing for me to be able to say - I made it through a plateau, and it did not beat me. It did not cause me to leave the path to better health, and the reward is that up to this point on this journey I have lost a total of 74 pounds!! I am not losing the weight fast at this point, it is slow, very slow, but movement in the right direction. 

I would love to lose 20- 36 more pounds. I am just continuing on my journey to better health and doing my best to leave the results with the One who set me free. It is only through Him that I have had success. 

It is only 5 days away from the 22nd - which will be the official weigh in date for the 16th month. I doubt it will be a huge difference, so I think the plan is to wait till Mays weigh in to post another update. 

I hope you all are doing well. I am not sure if i had shared here or not but we got rid of our chickens several months ago. So over the several months I have been working to reclaim my back yard. And moving forward with several big projects in the yard and the garden. I have expanded my garden a bit with building 2 cinderblock garden beds, which of course, I love! 

I have been pulled out of my comfort zone by saying "yes" when asked to be on the nominating Committee at my church. It really is an honor with the people of your church think enough of you to select you to be on the committee. I have gone to one meeting so far and have on coming up Sunday evening. 

I have also been going to prayer meeting, where we are studying Proverbs - we are on Proverbs 10 right now. 

Well I am very tired after waking up pretty early and taking care of our 4 year old grandson today. So i am going close this up and get on with getting ready for bed. 

I will do my best to check on around the 17th month check in date, 

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13 Months and Going

 Today marks the 13th month since I began the WFPB diet/lifestyle and of course I did a weigh in. And the verdict is in - I have lost 2 pounds over the last month. I am thrilled with this. It has been a challenging month for me and any loss at all was wonderful to see. It seems as though I have been on a bit of a plateau - you know when you are doing everything you know you need to be doing and just not seeing the results on the scales. But I have just decided to keep doing what I have been doing and I am happy to be down 2 pounds since last month. 

So this makes it 71 pounds altogether over the last 13 months! 

I will try to get back on here and write up a post about what my word is for this new year. It's another word that just presented itself as a very important word to focus on over the next year. Hopefully I can do that soon. :O)  

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Started This Over Ten Years Ago and Still Going Strong

 This is my "hope and dreams" journal. (Sorry I had hoped to have a photo posted - but just won't be able to get it done. So just imagine a pretty journal please)  I began writing in it 8-11-2015 and I have been writing in it off and on ever since. To be honest the very first dream I wrote about has not come true and I am totally OK with that because it is something that was totally out of my wheelhouse. But I am thankful that I wrote about it because it opened up my thinking to set up hopes and dreams and goals. 

There is something about writing your goals down. For one thing you aren't likely to forget about them when you write them down. It also helps you stay focused on those goals. When you write them down you are more likely to also write a plan as to how to go about reaching the goal. When it's written down you are able to refer to it every now and then and that helps refresh the desire to reach that goal.  

I have found that it is also very helpful to break the goal into smaller sections. That way each time you reach a goal it helps propel you on to the next one. If I have started my weight loss goal by stating I wanted to lose 88 pounds or 100 pounds - I would have been overwhelmed. But because I broke up my goal into bite sized pieces, it has seemed like an easier task to tackle. 

I have already reached and bypassed several of the goals I set out to achieve. And because I set my goals into smaller steps to reach - and since I have reached several of my goals- It has helped me to have the courage to set a goal of possibly shooting to lose 111 pounds. But had I set that goal at the beginning, it would have been SO overwhelming. 

But this goal of losing 111 pounds was actually inspired by a dream I have in which I stood on a scale and the number on the scales - complete with a point 5 - as in .5 is exactly 111 pounds from where I started this weight loss journey. 

When you write down your goals you cement them into your brain. You are more likely to work on a plan in order to reach your goal.  

Ten years later I still refer to things I have written about in my hopes and dreams journal. And it is fun to see how m any things have been achieved. Some things still haven't been achieved but that is OK. It just hasn't been the time or space for them. 

I hope this post will encourage you to find a pretty journal and start writing what your hopes and dreams are. Pray about them and ask God to guide and direct If the things are within His will- trust me HE will provide what is needed and He will give the wisdom needed.

Every so often when I need some inspiration - I pull my hopes and dreams journal out and I read through different entries. I write little nots beside the ones that have been achieved. Alot of times I even write down the date that it was achieved. This is a treasured journal, and I am so glad that I started this journal years ago. 

Only God Can!!

Over the last year, I have learned that instead of being in bondage to food that I had to sit with the pain a bit. As I dealt with the pain instead of running to food to numb my feelings, I allowed God to do the work that only He can do - bandage the wounds. 

Far too many years I have ran to food. I thought that it could help me. But it just held me in bondage wanting more and more of the unhealthy foods. I ran to food instead of God. But I have learned that food can NOT fix any problem. Only God can! 

God can give us the freedom, but we have to be willing to surrender our lives to Him. And we have to allow Him to work on us. This past year has had so many trials and temptations. I have honestly felt like every time I turned around there was some new issue I have having to deal with. But each time God has been faithful to help me through. He will give wisdom when that is needed and especially when we ask for the wisdom needed. He helps with temptations. Many times, I have found that at the instant that the temptation comes that God has already been right there to provide a way out. I just have to continue to choose freedom. It means saying no to the fleshly desires sometimes, but freedom is worth it. 

In this life we will have temptations and trials, but we can always choose to run to God for help, and He will be faithful. He is the only one who can truly bandage the wounds in order to heal them. And when He sets you free- You are free indeed!! 

So if the Son sets you free, 

you will be free indeed. 

John 8:36

"Those in Christ are no longer slaves; Jesus extends the freedom of 'sonship' to all who believe in Him. We become members of God's family." quote from Andrew's Study Bible for John 8:36 

"And you will know the truth, 

and the truth shall set you free." 

John 8:32

"The truth brings freedom from the addictive power of sin, enabling people to reach their full potential in Christ." 

"The thief comes only to steal and to kill and destroy.

 I came that they may have life and have it abundantly."

John 10:10

"More Abundantly~ The life Jesus brings is not just eternal- it is of higher quality and it begins in this life." Andrew's Study Bible notes 

*above and beyond our required needs. 

"being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ. 

Philippians 1:6

"Oh give thank to the LORD, for He is good; 

for His steadfast love endures forever!" 

Psalm 118:29 

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Happy Sabbath Sweet Friends! :O) 

I Busted Through Another Wall

 Hello Sweet Friends - I am only several weeks late at posting this important update. December 22nd marked the one-year anniversary of beginning the WFPB lifestyle. So, for the 12th month I lost a total of 3 pounds which takes the total weight lost for the year to 69 pounds!! I have never stuck with a diet for a whole year - so that is a great accomplishment for me. And I have never lost this much weight before. I am so very thankful that over a year ago I surrendered all of this to God. He has helped me every step of the way. 

I am also happy to report that I now have my computer set up in my sewing room on a nice desk and it is much easier for me to come in here and type of a post so I should be able to get more posts put up. I know I have written several on paper and just need to locate them and then get them typed up. 

The last week or two have found me in the middle of a huge job of organizing and rearranging and purging my sewing room. Which has led to several other large jobs around here to help with the organizing of our home and property. My sewing room had become too full of stuff, and it was not a relaxing place to be because there was so much stuff in this room. I have pulled quite a bit out. I have organized some into totes and put into our new coop shed - named that because it used to be our chicken coop and after we built some great shelves on each side it is a great shed. I have thrown a lot of stuff away. I have donated bags of things and found new homes for some things as well. I am not totally done with this job yet - but a majority has been done and it feels good.  

Well, that is it for today. I hope to have some time soon to get some more posts typed up and shared. :o) 

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