Starting weight: 238 pounds (the heaviest I have ever been in my life! I wasn't even that heavy during my pregnancy)
Current weight: 226 pounds (started a new cleansing diet that the hubby out me on at the beginning of September and have already lost 12 pounds!)
Goal weight: 170-175 pounds (I will leave it at that for now, not sure how I will look at that weight but hopefully I won't need to be any slimmer than that)
So for the last couple of days, I have been feeling so differently... I've been dressing differently, doing my make-up again, and taking pictures of myself to show myself how far I have come in less than 2 months.
Even though I have been on this weight loss journey for so many years, it wasn't until this year and more importantly, last month, that I have finally since the change in my body.
And since I am taking pictures of myself to document my journey... here is one to show that I am actually making strides in my journey.
You can see the difference in my face in how much just 12 pounds have made... I don't look puffy, I don't look like I'm a chipmunk (as much) and I'm seeing a change in both my skin & my attitude in general. My smile is even different in each picture!
I am drinking no less than a gallon a day of water, and my skin is showing me that it's liking it.
Things in the last few days have changed for me... I'm thinking clearer now.
I am letting the universe and God lead me into the right direction with some things.
I've been contemplating some things in my life and praying hard for the right paths to come my way, but I have decided to let go and let God take over.
I did that one other time in my life, many a years ago, and I was blessed with the man that I call my husband and best friend.
So I know the power of the Lord in my life... I just needed to let it go again and let HIM take over for me.
I've been stressing a lot... I have let it go.
I've been not sleeping well... I have let it go.
I've been thinking too much... I have let it go.
Now to continue onto the path that has been laid down for me and know that when the time is right, things will be lined up and put into the right perspective for me. I can't allow stress or negative thoughts come into my mind and heart.
I have too much going for myself (and for my family) to let things like negativity, whether from a person or a situation, weigh me down.
My family needs me...
My friends need me...
I need me...
I am doing this for myself... and especially to show my little girl that this is a healthy lifestyle to live. She loves going to the gym and I love that about her. She gives me the boost of energy that I need in order to get myself to the gym.
And since the gym isn't that far from the house, we've walked there when it's been nice out, but lately the weather hasn't been all that great to walk but she still asks if we can walk there. LOL! This little one of mine is too much.
I hope and pray that this healthy lifestyle that we are showing her is something that she will carry with her for the rest of her life. And something that she will pass along to her own family.
I saw something that I had posted a year ago... and it actually still pertains to me today:
"Hope is not the absence of pain. Hope believes in the possibility that joy and laughter can dance with sorrow. Hope is the promise that no matter how heavy the burden, we can still find happiness."
And that, my friends, is what I hold onto... HOPE.
HOPE that my weight loss journey continues into a lifestyle that is finally accomplished.
HOPE for my little girl... that all that she wishes to do and accomplish in her life is done.
HOPE for my husband... for all that he sets his mind to do, is done.
HOPE for my friends... that the burdens and trials that they are currently facing be less as the days come and go.
HOPE for my family and friends... that the sense the love that I have for them, each and every day.
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