Sherry: WAY TO GO! What a great feeling of accomplishment!

Gary: Great to hear from you and that all is well with you. It's nice to hear that Ron is learning from his mistakes. He'll think twice before doing something again. Did you notice my signature? I was a little surprised when I weighed in at Curves this a.m. Great feeling. Your invitation to our lasagna dinner must have got lost in cyberspace. We had a great visit with friends from back home. You don't realize how much you miss someone until you see them again.

Sami: Build a bear sounds like fun. I am also thrilled to hear the positiveness coming from you. YOU WILL DO THIS!!! I think that this week I'm going to join you with drinking more water. It something I really have to work on especially at work.

Hello to everyone else. Have a super day!

April 5


Philippians 4:7
And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.


Leah was still terribly overweight. She had tried dozens of diets, none of which had made an impact. She attended church regularly, and she prayed continually for God to help her with her problem. She realized that she wasn't ready deep down inside, so she often ignored the voice of her conscience and the comfort of her prayers. Leah lived from day to day asking God's forgiveness and resolving to try harder in the future. She told her friends, 'When I'm ready, I know God will be there, and I know He will help me lose all the weight I need to.'
Today's thought: Lord, make me ready to lose weight!

Hello CEers!!!!

I've run all day here and there and still have SOOOOOO far to go. I got dd to the counselor and had I think a good session and now will have to go every Wednesday. But whatever helps her.

I then saw four patients and had to send one to the ER with CHF. Poor baby! Anyway, now I'm resting a little before we have softball practice. It's clouding up and looks like it could rain and I almost wish it would, I'm so tired and feel bad. We need the practice though, we have our first game next Monday. DH is really sick today and I finally made him an appointment and MADE him go to the DR. One of us HAS to get better, I can't take much more. But God willing, I'm OFF tomorrow with NOTHING scheduled except maybe the DR for me.

I'm sorry I sound down. Please forgive me. On a positive note, I have eaten very well today except getting the water in. It's almost impossible with all the running I've done, cause what goes in has to come out . . . . sometime.
Gotta go, gotta go, gotta go right now.

Spout~ Thanks so much for the devotional. I think I'm ready to lose weight.

Gary~ So good to hear from you. Rylee is a cutey, but you already knew that. We have a new puppy (PUG) and she is in the chewing stage too and oh my!!! She even attached my newly planted strawberry plants and ate ALL the new unripe strawberries off them!!! She's into everything and
I miss the "old days" too Gary.

Wilma~ Thanks so much for the congratulations! I'm glad to see you around. Maybe we all need to start a H2o campaign to get more in.

Michele, Sami, Sunny, Sue, Angel, Everyone, LOOK forward to hearing from you soon. Have a good evening!!!!

Anyway, going to put my feet up for a few minutes before time to go to the field.

Hi Christian Encouragers,
I am fairly new to 3FC's, I was glad to find the site. I heard about CE's in the new Faith based support group. This sounds like a great group, is there room for one more. more about me later.

Hello! I did do better Monday with the water and hope I will do even better today. I am really stuffy today and so I took someting and got to bed early monday so I feel a lot better today.
Ez-How cute! My puppy will be a year old this month. And she is still bad about getting into trouble. She is real greedy and if I give each dog a treat she will steal the others right from there mouth!
Sprout-have you heard how your tests went?
Wilma-Wow you are so close to goal I bet you can taste it!!!!! Great Job.
SunnyD-How are doing? I hoping by the end of the month to be at my first goal! When everyone was talking about hair color I had to laugh because I just got mine cut short and lighten it to light red! I will try to get a picture over easter.
Angie-Big welcome. Looking forward to getting to know you.
Sherry-You are so right about what goes in must come out and I do notice that when I drink water I do a lot of running but the plus side is less swelling! I can tell a huge diffrence in my rings.

Well got to run Angel,Sue.Mitchy,and others I am thinking of you too!

April 6


Psalm 40:1
I waited patiently for the Lord; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.


Leah was not the kind of woman to just make excuses. When she said that God would help her when she was ready to let Him, she wasn't just copping out. A day came when Leah really needed and wanted to lose weight, and she did it. Though it was hard, Leah stuck to her diet, and she gave most of the credit to God. She had lived for years wishing that she could be thin. Only after trying and failing many times was she able to succeed. Waiting on the Lord can be tiring and defeating. However, no one knows us like God does, and if we can wait, He will always do what is best for us.
Today's thought: Our best effort will always include God.

I am so glad to be here, I really need support. I have a lot of weight to lose. I am using a somewhat unconventional method, but I really feel led to do it this way, It would take a while to explain it, but this is right for me at this time. I am not totally doing liquids, I am eating a healthy meal at lunch. It is stormy here today in my part of Texas, and so I am not on long, the thunder and lightning are rumbling now, so I goot get off the puter. Hope to talk more later. May God Bless all of you today. aggie

Yeah! I crashed my PC and had to get a system restore done. Now $140. later I am back. I lost all my software, all my pictures everything. But its o.k. I didn't have to buy a new computer. Thanks to those that missed me.
Aggie,connie -Welcome! this is a great support site!
Mitchy- glad to hear things are going better with charlie!
E.Z.- Pray BIL is doing better- He is a good bowler 200-300, I did much better last week, I had a 168 which isn't bad for me. I am also sorry to hear about your friend from church passing, my prayers are with you and their family.
Sherry- Its about time you came back, missed you and your support- You are doing awesome ! Keep it up.
Sami- glad to hear dr. has hopefully figured out how to help you feel better- the make a bear thing sounds neat.
Wilma- Hope your back anfd toe are better- your doing great to congrats.
Sunny- summer is coming- we are starting to get some nice weather, won't be long now.
Sprout- hope your feeling better- your such a sweet supportive person with your encouraging posts.
Hope I got everybody. I skimmed the posts couldn't read them all. so just happy to be connected again. take care.try to check in tom.

Hellooooo I just wanted to stop in and tell you what happen to me today. I had two people stop me and ask how much weight I have lost!!!! I love it!!!! I feel like my chest is tight. (I think from breathing so hard while working out) Last night I was coughing so hard so I took some meds and it knocked me out cold I woke up around 5 soaking wet and I lifted my arm up and had my glass still in my hand LOL I think I was coughing in my sleep and went to take a drink and dumped all over me..........

Sunny I hope you are feeling well. It is not like you to be MIA
Sue-are we ready for our trip? I think my computer has been hit also it keeps doing pop ups and freezing up.
Angie-We all are doing our own diet. If you want our advice we are willing to give it other wise we are just here to support you. We all know how hard it is to lose weight and we feel your pain.
Sprout-boy your story touched me deep. I think about that all the time. I always want to lose weight but can't and then one of these times bam it works. In GODS time.
Wilma-How is your night eating going? You are so close. I would love to see a picture of you.
Sherry-I hope you are feeling better. How is your DD doing? Is this the one who worked far away? Do you still have the goats? (I hope my mine isn't mixing you up with others)
Angel lover-How is your son doing? My prayers are with you and your family.
Ez-How are things going with Ron. He is so blessed to have you as an example.

Have to be very fast 2 night-- son and I got home from DD tennis match, a win! Ate dinner and caught Rylee digging a hole to China in the back yard- now I am off to school for a Washington DC meeting for Ron's class. Congrats SAMI, good to see you SUE, welcome AGGIE, hope you feel better SHERRY, how are YOU doing SPROUT-- MICHELE, WILMA, SUNNY, ANGEL prayers for all.

Lost a bunch more in Iraq today--sad sad sad world. Thank God for Christ.

Hello I have a quick min. I may not get to post tonight because I am working out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! after work. And if it is anything like last week I will be dead afterward. I just wanted to say hi and I am praying for an OP day. Sunny I am really starting to worry it isn't like you to not be around so long. We miss you.

Prayers for all.

Good Morning All,
I am new to this posting thing - but I wanted to post here because you guys sound so nice and I have been looking for some Christian support. I have quite a lot of weight to lose but I just really got back serious about it as of Jan. 2004 and since then I have lost 19 pounds. I am really glad to find this thread and hope that you guys have room for one more. I look forward to meeting you all and getting to know you better and offering support where I can and celebrating your victories with you! Have a great day as a big loser!!!

DeenieM