My Story

It's always difficult to summarize yourself or explain how you've gotten to be where you are in life; at least for me. In brief, I have struggled with my weight and food issues most of my life. I have lost weight, gained weight, and (occasionally) maintained my weight my whole life. I first joined Weight Watchers when I was 11. I was overweight and I lost a lot of weight and was very healthy for awhile. But gradually, over the years, it kept creeping back on. From 1996 to 2006 I gained approximately 170 lbs. During that time I had graduated from high school, gone to college, moved away from home, gotten married, and had a baby. Since then I have had 2 more children. Life keeps moving regardless of what you do. And for me, the more things felt out of control, the more I ate. I am definately an emotional eater.

In 2009 I lost 60 lbs on Weight Watchers. Between the time I "fell off the wagon" and September of 2011, I gained it all back. So here I am, back at Weight Watchers AGAIN, trying to make a change for the better.

I know that I will not have lasting success if I do not keep my weight loss grounded in the Lord. I know my strength, peace, joy, and determination all come from Him. And I know that I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. I also know that I must DAILY be transformed by the renewing of my mind and, should I not do this, I will fail.

This is a lifetime comittment for me. There is no "once I lose 'x' amount of weight, I'll be ok" for me. I will have to work at this and be diligent about this for the remainder of my life. And I'm ok with that (at least most days I am.) I understand that God wants me to succeed just as much as I do and that He has provided every tool I need to do it. I will surely experience set-backs and days that feel like failures. But in those moments I will have to remind myself, "I may have lost this battle, but I will win this war."

I hope that my putting my journey "on paper" (or at least virtual paper, as it were) is helpful to someone else out there. I hope that God can use my struggles and triumphs to help inspire someone else to know that they have everything they need to succeed within them already also. Lean on God and He will provide all your needs.

Now, let's get going...