61 lbs later…January to June 2009

This January, I decided to stop choosing to not face that I needed to deal with some past hurts and pains that were definately showing up in my eating patterns. Divorce has a way of doing that…for those of us who are Southern enough…we celebrate, grieve, surprize and entertain with food as the chosen method of delivery…in my case, the delivery truck was stopping too often and with too much sugar for fuel. I simply stopped eating anything that wouldn’t last more than 3 days on a counter or in the fridge. No calorie counting, no rules…simply choose good foods that are really worth eating, stop putting junk in my mouth that isn’t good for me, and choose when and if that cheesecake or chocolate kiss is worth the while (and they STILL are worth my while)…living in boundaries means if it hurts, you don’t feed the hurt…you heal the pain or you take it to the Healer…Jesus Christ….and I so appreciate many women who have helped me see that I am worth being the best me I can be….Karen Rabbitt (Trading Father’s author) Jennie P Martin (Another at the Pool’s Author)….Thelma Wells (Don’t Give In God Wants YOU to win! author) and my close friends at home too: Sherry, Trista, Bobbie, Stephanie, Brandon, Angela, Becky, Amy Jo, David, Phyllis, and many many others who have cheered me on…..especially my daughter Madison and my husband Les. While I don’t have all the answers….I know the first one is accepting that God is God and we are not!

Isn’t this fun?! 1/2 down 1/2 to go!

Joyfully!