Finally!

So here it is, two weeks later and I am finally starting this weight loss program! It is so easy to forget about these kinds of things! Especially when it is a difficult thing to do! Below I will have posted my currant weight, my goal and my days worth of food, exercise and of course, my scripture for the day.
I have been doing well in regards to the food problem...I am slowly taking the steps to get away from my dependence on it and work on my dependence on the Lord. During the last 2 weeks, I have been praying when the "need" to snack has struck. That and drinking water while craving has been a huge help! I am also on a new diet that I started on Sunday. It is a neat little plan that for me is very doable! I drink a meal shake for breakfast and lunch and then eat a normal dinner with the family at night. Since we eat dinner so late here, I do have a snack around 4pm while I drink my caffinated Diet Pepsi! But the snacks have been healthy...fruit, veggies and 90 calorie granola bars to help curb that sweet tooth of mine! There has been no weight loss yet, but I am now exercising (which for me is the secret to success!) and plan to do so 3 times a week plus walking with the kids on days that I do not exercise. We shall see how long this lasts! :)

I wish I could report that my spiritual walk was on such an optimistic bent of mind. Sadly, it is not. Again, it is so easy to say what the plans are! I have the desire and craving to be closer and more real with Jesus so why am I not doing it? Maybe I fear that I will be thrown out of my comfort zone and told to look at myself in a way that I will not like.

And for you out there reading, if there is anyone, how are you being challenged and how are you responding?



Revelation 4:1
"Come up hither, and I will show you things!"

"An elevated mood can only come out of an elevated habit of personal charecter."
~Oswald Chambers


Currant Weight: 201.4 pounds
Goal Weight: 175 pounds by September 16th

Todays diet: Meal Shake for breakfast
Meal shake for lunch
2 vanilla sandwhich cookies
1 oz of sharp cheese
2 pita chips
one granola bar
lots and lots of water!
Dinner will consist if one bowl of chili, a slice of homemade foccacia bread and a fresh salad. Dessert, if the craving hits will be a fruit crisp bar and a glass of water.