50 pounds... WOW! I knew I had lost weight... clothes that no longer fit... clothes that didn't use to fit do.... new clothes getting too big... but I had no CLUE it was that much. Because of our remodel my scale was packed away until this week. I am SO not someone who would jump on a scale at Publix or something like that... so I had no clue until the scale came out of the box. I set it on the floor... no one was home.... just me and the scale... I stepped on it and stood there in awe... 50 pounds... GONE! Now in order to appreciate this... you gotta know... I am just NOT one of those people that looses weight without really REALLY trying... in fact.. to the contrary I am someone that gains weight just hearing the word... cheesecake... as someone that also attends Flamingo Road Church... this should have made me GAIN at least 50 pounds in the last few months. Pastor Troy often mentions CHEESECAKE in his teachings.
This weight loss occurred over a few months.... I can't really explain why it has been fairly easy for me this time around. I did start a new medication that can make you have less of an appetite. But I am truly thinking there is just no way that is all of it. The rest is God... I'm sure of it. My life has grown increasingly more fulfilling since totally turning to God. I think that has done something in the way my body processes food. I am less stressed as a whole.. I know they say stress causes your body to retain fat... In short... I don't really know exactly why but I am so thankful the weight has finally started to come off. I gotta tell you... I had pretty much given up trying to loose weight. It was just too slow of a process and truly too hard to tackle. But now that I have gotten this jump start... I feel continued success within my reach!
I know you are probably wondering... 50 pounds... hmmmm wonder what she weighs now. I know my family is... but I'm not telling them and I'm not telling you. The deal is... when I have reached the weight I feel comfortable at... I'll tell what I was and what I am.....Until then just celebrate the loss with me!
I've told some people (ahem... bestest friend in the whole wide world... I'm talking about YOU) in my life that I've lost weight and they've been like REALLY?????? Which is sorta shocking to me... but then again in another way it is kind of nice. I guess they weren't really looking at the weight... they were seeing me. But in case you are one of those people and you can't see a 50 pound loss when you look at me I have included a few pics for you. The first one shows me on Easter Sunday of this year when I was baptized. A great day! and the second was taken just recently while on vacation in Memphis visiting my brother and nephew David. That, too cute for words, little angel I am holding is my nephew.
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