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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