OH HAPPY DAY!!!!!!
"I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me." Philippians 4:13
I do most of my blogging on my lunch hour at work. So I am sitting here eating Teriyaki Chicken with mixed steamed veggies and new red potatoes. A Living Lean Meal, of course. It is delicious!! It was weigh in day today!! When I weigh in it is not simply standing on the scales and reading the verdict. Gloria, my trainer at Body Dimensions Fitness, does not allow me to bend and peek. I stand perfectly straight and still. Today she solicited the help of a fellow gymster. I stood there and waited, what seemed like forever. You see I set a goal to lose 25 pounds by the 16th of June. This 25 pounds has been a more difficult journey than the first 30 pounds. I have had quite a few challenges. Anyway she finally asked for help in reading the scales exactly right. Now these are the "older" kind, not the digital, because of course the digital would not read up to 351 pounds, where I started. So Gloria reads off the numbers 92, 94, 95, then she announces 297. Well I was elated!! I am finally below 300 pounds. It is very hard to express the joy I feel in words. But believe me I am gloriously happy!!!!! Then it hit me I have lost 10 more pounds for a total of 54 pounds!!
Now as for my 25 pound goal, well I missed it by one pound. However today is the 13th and I am going to weigh again on Monday the 16th and be one pound less for a 25 pound goal. I had to make some phone calls and announce the news to my husband and my closest friends and supporters. I went to work, after a 30 minute cardio and 30 minute workout, and some of my co-workers were eagerly awaiting the news because they knew it was weigh in day!! My precious, most attentive and loving husband offered to take me out to eat to celebrate. However, celebrating weight loss with a big meal is a little ridiculous, wouldn't you agree!!!! So he is taking me shopping for a new outfit!! Much better!!
I would like to share with you a couple of incidents that happened to me this past week that makes all this hard work worthwhile. First I was in Wal-Mart early on Saturday morning waiting for my sister. I do some shopping at Wal-Mart in Hickory because it is on my way to work and I can do a little shopping before I get to the office. Well this Wal-Mart associate came up to me and said that she had seen me in the store quite often real early in the morning and that she almost did not recognize me. "You have lost so much weight and look so good" she said. I waited for the next question. "How are you doing it." So I begin to tell her about Gloria Trull and Body Dimensions Fitness and how great I feel and how good a trainer Gloria is. Then I tell her all about Lorin Gryder and Living Lean Meals and how delicious the food is and about how it is formulated with the right amounts of good carbs and protein, etc. She asked about the websites and I wrote them down for her. All of this explaining takes a while. It really is not simply exercise and watch what you eat!!!! It is a lifestyle change that means you are putting yourself first for that time of working out and planning your menu!! (This sounds like the subject of another blog) It is really nice to be complimented on the hard work you put into a healthier lifestyle!!
When I got home I got to thinking there must be a way to give the information on Body Dimensions Fitness and Living Lean Meals to others. So I came up with a business card which includes my name and the two websites. I just love handing them out to people who ask about my weight loss.
I also ran into the mother of someone I work with at the Farmer's market in Hickory on Wednesday. She almost walked right by me. When I spoke she was amazed and said that if I had not spoken she would have walked right by. She had some very kind words to say and expressed her pride in me for taking control of my life and trying to get healthy. She is the dearest person. She also, in the most honest and kind way, expressed how run down and ragged I look the last time she saw me which was before Christmas. I was appreciative of her honesty. I knew I was just about at the end of my rope at that time. I had just had the worse case of bronchitis and with the weight I could barely make it through a day at work. I was so exhausted when I got home that I sat down and feel asleep. I could not hardly walk down the hall of the office building, where I worked, and back to my office and still be able to breath. I dreaded going anywhere especially shopping. I had honestly considered asking the doctor about a handicap tag for my car. Oh yes, this is true!!! Thank the Lord for a dear and precious friend who encouraged me to join the gym!!! This sweet, precious lady continued to praise my achievements and told me how great I look.
Now I know being modest is very becoming and I was humbled by both these experiences but I would be lying to you if I told you that I was not effected by these encounters. I felt great and the compliments were wonderful and it made me want to try even harder to lose the next 50 pounds!!!
Thanks for joining me on my journey to a healthy lifestyle. Faith
I do most of my blogging on my lunch hour at work. So I am sitting here eating Teriyaki Chicken with mixed steamed veggies and new red potatoes. A Living Lean Meal, of course. It is delicious!! It was weigh in day today!! When I weigh in it is not simply standing on the scales and reading the verdict. Gloria, my trainer at Body Dimensions Fitness, does not allow me to bend and peek. I stand perfectly straight and still. Today she solicited the help of a fellow gymster. I stood there and waited, what seemed like forever. You see I set a goal to lose 25 pounds by the 16th of June. This 25 pounds has been a more difficult journey than the first 30 pounds. I have had quite a few challenges. Anyway she finally asked for help in reading the scales exactly right. Now these are the "older" kind, not the digital, because of course the digital would not read up to 351 pounds, where I started. So Gloria reads off the numbers 92, 94, 95, then she announces 297. Well I was elated!! I am finally below 300 pounds. It is very hard to express the joy I feel in words. But believe me I am gloriously happy!!!!! Then it hit me I have lost 10 more pounds for a total of 54 pounds!!
Now as for my 25 pound goal, well I missed it by one pound. However today is the 13th and I am going to weigh again on Monday the 16th and be one pound less for a 25 pound goal. I had to make some phone calls and announce the news to my husband and my closest friends and supporters. I went to work, after a 30 minute cardio and 30 minute workout, and some of my co-workers were eagerly awaiting the news because they knew it was weigh in day!! My precious, most attentive and loving husband offered to take me out to eat to celebrate. However, celebrating weight loss with a big meal is a little ridiculous, wouldn't you agree!!!! So he is taking me shopping for a new outfit!! Much better!!
I would like to share with you a couple of incidents that happened to me this past week that makes all this hard work worthwhile. First I was in Wal-Mart early on Saturday morning waiting for my sister. I do some shopping at Wal-Mart in Hickory because it is on my way to work and I can do a little shopping before I get to the office. Well this Wal-Mart associate came up to me and said that she had seen me in the store quite often real early in the morning and that she almost did not recognize me. "You have lost so much weight and look so good" she said. I waited for the next question. "How are you doing it." So I begin to tell her about Gloria Trull and Body Dimensions Fitness and how great I feel and how good a trainer Gloria is. Then I tell her all about Lorin Gryder and Living Lean Meals and how delicious the food is and about how it is formulated with the right amounts of good carbs and protein, etc. She asked about the websites and I wrote them down for her. All of this explaining takes a while. It really is not simply exercise and watch what you eat!!!! It is a lifestyle change that means you are putting yourself first for that time of working out and planning your menu!! (This sounds like the subject of another blog) It is really nice to be complimented on the hard work you put into a healthier lifestyle!!
When I got home I got to thinking there must be a way to give the information on Body Dimensions Fitness and Living Lean Meals to others. So I came up with a business card which includes my name and the two websites. I just love handing them out to people who ask about my weight loss.
I also ran into the mother of someone I work with at the Farmer's market in Hickory on Wednesday. She almost walked right by me. When I spoke she was amazed and said that if I had not spoken she would have walked right by. She had some very kind words to say and expressed her pride in me for taking control of my life and trying to get healthy. She is the dearest person. She also, in the most honest and kind way, expressed how run down and ragged I look the last time she saw me which was before Christmas. I was appreciative of her honesty. I knew I was just about at the end of my rope at that time. I had just had the worse case of bronchitis and with the weight I could barely make it through a day at work. I was so exhausted when I got home that I sat down and feel asleep. I could not hardly walk down the hall of the office building, where I worked, and back to my office and still be able to breath. I dreaded going anywhere especially shopping. I had honestly considered asking the doctor about a handicap tag for my car. Oh yes, this is true!!! Thank the Lord for a dear and precious friend who encouraged me to join the gym!!! This sweet, precious lady continued to praise my achievements and told me how great I look.
Now I know being modest is very becoming and I was humbled by both these experiences but I would be lying to you if I told you that I was not effected by these encounters. I felt great and the compliments were wonderful and it made me want to try even harder to lose the next 50 pounds!!!
Thanks for joining me on my journey to a healthy lifestyle. Faith
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6/13/2008 11:56:00 AM
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