I thought I’d take a few minutes and introduce myself. I am 40 years old and live with my sweetie pie husband and two wonderful teenage daughters. They are really good kids but every now and then they prove that the really are teenagers!
All and all, no complaints with my life except for my weight. My purpose for this blog is to hold myself accountable; to have a public place to record my failures and successes and maybe encourage someone else along the way.
I have been a yo-yo-er for ever. A couple years ago, I did Weight Watchers and lost 42 pounds; gained them all back. Last year I did a First Place Bible study and lost 10 pounds; gained them all back. You can name just about any diet program there is and I have tried it at one time or another. I have all the head knowledge; eat less; exercise more and every other piece of knowledge coming down the pike. I just can’t get the head knowledge to my heart.
I will say up front that I am a Christian. Sometimes I think this makes it harder on me with my diet stuff. My faith gets attacked; well, if you just believed enough it would happen. But I would not have lost the weight I did previously without the strength the Lord gave me. I just have to figure out how to get it off and KEEP it off.
There’s a big part of me that is glad Christmas is gone. This is a notorious diet blowing time of year for me! I have eaten so much fudge and candy that when I cut my finger the other day, I bled sugar! But I have to remind myself that Christmas is about the birth of a savior; not the giving of chocolate.
My plan for the new year is to get healthy. My daughter, Shellie, is going to the Y with me and she’s a good partner. I can’t talk her out of things like I could her sister! So, we’re committing to yoga twice a week and some kind of cardio the other days of the week with Sunday as our day off. I love yoga and I can tell a difference quickly, even if others cannot see it yet. Plus, they do aromatherapy at the end. I love it. You just lay there and relax for about 5-10 minutes. Ahhhhh.
That’s it for today. Any comments and helpful hints would be greatly appreciated. I’d really like to have someone who’s truly committed to being healthy as an accountability partner. I already have some but the more the merrier. Just contact me if your interested.
Happy New Year to all. May your health be much improved over the next year. God bless.
Lillie
Phil. 4:13 I can do all things through Christ who give me strength!
I just joined the 3FC diet blogs today, and I came across your entry and had to say hello because your story sounds so familiar — I was on Weight Watchers for years and had great results up until I recently gained it all back. As a Christian, I have to admit that I find it difficult to remember sometimes the REAL reason of the season and forget all about the sweets and treats. . . in fact, there’s still a batch of cookies in my kitchen that are calling my name! Still, I wish you best of luck in your journey — I’ll be reading what you have to say!
December 31, 2007 @ 4:39 pmHi Lillie…and welcome! I’m 43 years old and a former yo-yo dieter. I’m also a Christian. I do think that we Christian’s can be extremely hard on ourselves. We tend to think that our faith in God is just not strong enough….or that we aren’t praying hard enough or walking in the spirit like we should. In my opinion, the reality is that we have the same struggles that non-christian’s have and we have to learn a new lifestyle like everyone else. We are not overweight because we aren’t good christians or because we are weak people. We are overweight because this is the lifestyle we have learned. This is how we learned to cope with stress, feelings,life, etc. Everyone has coping mechanisms to deal with life, but not everyone’s mechanism leaves an unhealthy apparent result for all the world to see! Its not easy to change….especially at our age. But, its NOT impossible. Have you taken some time to read the Goal threads on 3FC? There are some amazing stories there of women just like us who have succeeded in learning a new lifestyle…and lost tons of weight! We can do this, too. I look forward to reading your blogs and would love to be one of your accountability partners.
Rhonda
December 31, 2007 @ 4:43 pm