Where I am now...

I know that in a previous post I said I wouldn't say anything about weight anymore but, I have now cleared the 300 pound marker. As of my weigh date, Tuesday, I have now lost 106 pounds. I am now within striking distance of many goals the most of which is to find myself in a position of weighing what I weighed when I began college. But yet, another milestone, I had to have my wedding ring resized and I went from an 11 1/2 to a ten. Even now, I'm making plans to resize in the near future.

A salient moment washes over me and I realize that despite my heart problem, which has remained dormant, I feel better now than I've ever felt in my life. It's as if each new day dawns on the possibility of what better living can provide. God gives us the gift of these days not to squander but to steward. Everything I have severely cut back on - the sweets, the sodas, etc., though I must admit I occasionally indulge but not the rule, - I really don't miss. Healthy living has become my new form of emotional eating. My sincerest prayer is that I stay on this path and not look back. I remember what I felt like when I began writing this blog. I can state today that what I felt like back then is something I don't want to ever feel again.  This self-accountability is what will keep me on this journey. For the record, I am now within 80 pounds of my personal weight loss target. I now weigh 298 pounds. I started at 404. Still, no surgery, no prepared food diet, no plan, no pills, no shakes, no nothing, just simple, direct discipline. Trust me, if I can do this, so can you.

Man time flies

I managed to miss last week's entry. It was a busy day. Here I am. 104 pounds down and many more to go. I have made a decision. I will no longer be posting weight loss. Not that weight loss is not important, it's just that I know that my clothes are melting off me and that is more of what I would like to focus on for right now. I know that as the clothes sizes disappear, so does the weight. I know that any day now I will fully cross the three hundred threshhold and continue with a divine purpose to a place of maintenance. Still, my body is responding to the weight loss. I'm not as a tired as I once was and I am feeling more healthy as well.

There is much more to go but through God's help, it is not impossible. Next week, Lord willing, I hope to post the latest picture since I will have broken through a new plateau.