My father didn’t eat to live……HE LIVED TO EAT! He became diabetic at age 58 at a weight of 300 lbs. Unfortunately, compulsive eating was passed on to me.

       As the thinnest of 3 girls, I could consume anything and not put on a pound ……until… I gave birth….and turned 40.

       I’ve let it go since all of my blood work has been good/fair for years. However, at 68 …I need to get serious about getting healthy. I NEED TO LOSE 50 LBS! The reason I’m putting it out there : I need to be accountable, and you are going to help me.

       I have a part time consulting job where I go into schools as a PAX Partner. I go into 2 schools in Madison/Union Counties. However, because I am not in great physical shape, this fall has been horrid for me. Since mid-August, as I became very busy in the schools, my body began screaming at me! 

I’ve had 2 lengthy viruses that always attack my bronchial tubes. Thus, I wind up on prednisone Which,by the way, gives you a voracious appetite! NO GOOD!

       I am bound and determined to not become diabetic!

       OK Ladies, I am all belly fat. If you look at me from the back, I don’t look so badly. However, reality hits hard, as I look in the mirror.

       Twelve years ago, I lost 15 lbs. through Metabolic Profile Systems. It was expensive, and the plan worked great. However, one night as I went to weigh in, they had closed, left town, and notified no one. Nice way of doing good business! Just Sayn!!!

       I know how to do the program, AND IT’S TIME FOR A LIFESTYLE CHANGE! I’m not going to tell you how much I weigh. However, I’ll tell you the weekly weight loss.

The belly fat profile goes like this: No pop, nothing with food coloring, no sugar. Trust me, after I eat pasta/brownies etc., I blow up like a balloon. Also, you cannot consume white/refined carbs.

       I love clothes/fashion. I buy from catalogs, since they have cool stuff in my size. I’m going to be very blunt/honest. I’m really done with having only 2 pairs of dress pants that fit well. Last year, I bought about 6 pairs of multi-colored genres. Thinking a 16W would fit, was truly thinking out of the box. I need to lose 10 lbs. now!

       My fall clothing catalogs are coming in the mail daily, and I want to look good. SO THE TIME IS NOW!

The following scriptures are excerpts from Isaiah Ch. 58.  God spoke very loudly to me years ago….so bear with me, please.

“You cannot fast as you do today, and expect your voice to be heard on high…..     Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen: to loose the chains of injustice and untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and break every yoke? Is it not to share your food with the hungry and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter-when you see the naked, to clothe him, and not to turn away from your own fresh and blood?…Then your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will quickly appear; then your righteousness will go before you, and the glory of the Lord will be your rear guard. Then you will call and the Lord will answer.”

The following scripture was spoken over me at a Weigh Down Workshop Blessing Night/Columbus Vineyardin’99: Isaiah Ch.58:11/12  The Lord will guide you always .He will satisfy your needs in a sun-scorched land and will strengthen your frame. You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail. Your people will build up the ancient ruins and will raise up the age old foundations.  You will be called a Repairer of Broken Walls, Restorer of Streets with Dwellings.”

       I ask for all of your prayers in this endeavor.

Love,

Granny