My Usual Time Of Month

Well....I gained this week...but I usually do at this time of the month. I didn't gain as much as I sometimes do though...so that is good. I expected to see the numbers up. But you know what that means....it means next week should be a loss!! Yippee!! I hope that will be the case.

I have had my new goal picture taken but Kristina still needs to get it loaded onto the computer. Once she does that I will post it. You may not notice much of a change from the last one. I don't...but then again...maybe you will.

I pray you all have had a great week with positive results. I'm not too disappointed about my results since I expected the ones I got. In fact....I'm very pleased since it could have been much worse. I know you all know what I'm talking about. Have a great rest of the week and drink that water!!! In fact....I need to go fill my jug!! I've not done that yet today. Love you all and praying for you too!!

Philippians 4:13 "I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me."

I Finally Made It!!!

I am sitting here not believing it. I got on the scales this morning and I saw the results and had to do a double-take. But when I did the double-take I saw the same thing. I saw 190.3 and wanted to shout but everyone else was still in bed. I finally made it to my 30 lb. goal. Do you know what that means? It means there is an update picture coming!!! So check back...I'll be trying to get Kristina to take that today (providing her batteries for her camera are charged up).

I have to say I was shocked to see what I saw on the scale. I feel so bloated this morning and I ate much this week like I have the past couple of weeks....not really caring or paying attention to what I ate and how much I ate. But I still drank my water as I always do although I thought that I was slipping a bit this past week for some reason. Maybe being in the nursery at church yesterday helped me out some....who knows!!! I am just thankful to finally have made it. "Thank you Lord!!"

You all may get discouraged with your results or lack there of...but I'm here to tell you it pays to keep going with our journey. One day we will make it to the end of our journey. I can say one thing....I'm learning how to maintain my weight if nothing else. The past several weeks has been a roller coaster ride with gaining a little then losing it again and sometimes the loss was enough to take me ahead of where I was the previous week...but I have not given up. Don't give up!! Keep going and keep trusting God with your weight-loss. We can do this with our Lord's help.

So how did you do this week? Don't lose help and keep drinking that water!! I love you all!!!

Philippians 4:13 "I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me."

Sorry For The Lack Of Posting

Good morning everyone!! I am sorry for the lack of posting in the past week. Last Monday I was down on the couch with the heating pad so I wasn't exactly feeling like sitting at the computer and posting anyway. I did weigh-in and I gained so I figured it wasn't imperative that I post such negative news anyway.

But I have lost that and a little more this week....and for that I am happy. Still not to my 30 lb. goal yet....how long has it been now....almost 9 months since I started this journey and I'm still not to the 30 lb. goal. Man this is taking forever. I know...I know...I need to get started on my exercise routine. If I would just do that I'd get 'er done I know. I hope to get to that point every day and then something happens that gets me side-tracked and I don't get it done. Does anyone else have that problem?

I hope and pray y'all are having much better success than I am. I just know that as I get older it is getting harder....in all areas...whether it be weight-loss or exercise. I am drinking my water though!!

Well...stay focused on the goal and stay committed to the task at hand. And let the Lord help you to do what you have committed to do...whatever that is today. Oh yeah....and DRINK THAT WATER!!! That is the one thing I have to say I have not lacked on except when I am not home to be able to drink it. Sometimes it is just hard to get the water I need when I'm not at home with my big jug to drink out of and refill three times.

Love y'all and praying for you too!!

Philippians 4:13 "I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me."

Oh Well...What Can I Say?

Well....I weighed yesterday morning to see how I was doing...yes I cheated. Weigh-in was today and I just needed to see if I was doing badly. Anyway....as of yesterday I had lost...even though it was a very small amount. This morning though I had gained 0.1 lbs. Not bad...especially concerning tomorrow is the day for my monthly visitor. But still...it isn't a loss. I seem to do worse after Sundays only because I can't devote the time to drinking my water like I need to. I truly believe that makes the difference. The only reason I had changed my weigh-in day was because I was forgetting to do it on Sunday mornings lately so I figured it would be best to move the day back a day. I know...it doesn't really matter which day I weigh on....and I know I'm placing too much emphasis on the numbers. But don't we all?

I pray you all are making progress and doing well. I guess in the grand scheme of things I'm still doing okay since I'm not gaining in large amounts. And when I gain I lose it right back...so I'm maintaining more than anything. And with all that I've had to deal with in our family lately....it has been very difficult.

Please pray for me as I pray for you!! We can do this!! Just drink that water!!

Philippians 4:13 "I can do all things through Christ which strentheneth me."

Sometimes It Gets So Frustrating!

Well....here we are in another week. I always dread stepping on those scales lately. Why....I don't know. Maybe because in my heart I know the numbers aren't going to be good. But sometimes I am pleasantly surprised. It is just taking so long to meet my next goal. I pray each week before stepping on the scales that the numbers will be good. I do know one thing....if the numbers don't show a loss...I have no one to blame but myself. It gets hard to eat the right way though when the food supply is running low and there isn't any money to get the right things to eat. But I have to say "Praise the Lord I have anything to eat at all". It just means I need to eat less of those things that aren't healthy or good for me to eat. That is the problem though. Do any of you face this problem? I'm sure you missionary wives have faced it at one time or another. And with prices going higher and higher at the pump and at the grocery store...it is getting harder and harder to fit the same amount of groceries within the same budget of money.

Please don't think I'm complaining. I am not meaning to come across that way. I am very thankful to have anything at all to eat. It just means an adjustment needs to be made. One thing I am thankful for though....water out of the tap is virtually free. Unless you drink as much as I do...but it is a drop in the bucket compared to having to buy bottled water. I'm thankful that I don't have to do that!!

My results this week were that I gained 0.7 lbs. which I know could be much worse...but I sure do like to see those losses. I really want to celebrate that 30 pound mark with an update picture. I'm oh so close!! I'm praying for each of you that visit my site and are on this weight-loss journey with me. Keep up the good work!! We really have done great in the grand scheme of things!!

Philippians 4:13 "I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me."

Just A Little More

I couldn't believe it when I stepped on the scale this morning and found I had lost. I really thought after eating what I ate yesterday and not drinking my water that I like to and usually drink that I would have gained. We were out of town going to two different churches in Chickamauga, Georgia. That is 2 1/2 hours from home. We ate at Pizza Hut for lunch and then had ice cream for supper (I was still so full from lunch that all I wanted was an ice cream cone). I only had (maybe) 24 ounces of water instead of my usual 68 ounces. But I stepped on the scale this morning and had lost another 0.5 lbs. I'm only 0.1 lbs. away from my 30 lb. goal. I'm so close now!! And when I hit that 30 lb. goal I'm going to have another update picture taken to share with you.

I hope y'all had a good week with positive results. If you didn't don't give up!! I've sure had my share of roller-coaster rides with my weight-loss lately. Thanks be to God I haven't given up. It really does help to have that original picture taken when I first started my journey. I have it on the side of my refrigerator where I see it each time I approach the fridge. And that picture is so hideous that I can't help but keep going. If you don't have an original picture of what you looked like at the start to remind you of what you need to be doing in your weight-loss and encouraging you to keep going...then take one now and put it on your fridge!! It really is a great incentive.

Don't forget to drink that water!!

Philippians 4:13 "I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me."

I'm Almost There

I know I didn't post last week due to going to Faith Baptist Camp. There just wasn't time to do so. I had nothing good to report anyway. The only thing I did that week was gain. I had gained 2.6 pounds. This week I managed to lose that and then some. With help of the Lord I lost 3.0 pounds this week. I thank the Lord for helping me to control my eating. I was determined to listen to the Lord and my body when I was satisfied and not to continue eating. I also have hit the water hard since coming back from the campmeeting. I even did better with my water while I was there. It is hard to drink water like I should when I'm away from home but thankfully I made a point to do better this time. I know that it paid off doing so.

I have 26.2 pounds to go and I'm thinking it is going to be more of a challenge to lose this last bit of weight than it has been the amount I've already lost. But I know all things are possible with God. God promises us that it is!! And "all" means ALL!! So He can help us lose what we are trying to lose. We just have to stop letting our flesh and self get in the way.

Philippians 4:13 "I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me."