This is just a little personal post about me and a 'journey' I've been on for a little over a year, and my thoughts about it... something I can look back on in times to come.
In September 2009, this was me...
I had been struggling with my weight for a while... I had developed a wrong attitude to food... and I knew I needed to tackle it... 60lb heavier than a healthy weight for my height!
I embarked on trying to lose weight. Why? Well, I really was not happy the way I was. Thank you if you're looking at the above photo and saying "but you looked lovely as you were!", BUT it doesn't really matter what other people think as it's ME in that skin! I mostly felt that I was not honouring the Lord in my eating, but I was also very unhealthy and unfit and that's not good when you've 2 young kids to look after.
This is me 9 months later... already looking better, and feeling so much happier and healthier.
It's been a long and slow 'journey' for me, but with perseverance and the Lord's help, I finally reached my goal just before Christmas 2010. What a wonderful feeling!
This is me (and the kids!) at Christmas. Wow, I feel like a different person! I'm proud of my achievement, but really I should never have been that overweight in the first place. I have no plans to 'find' the pounds I have 'lost'.
Please don't say "you're fading away" or "you're looking awful skinny"! I can assure you that I am NOT fading away - there is still plenty of me to go around and I have NO plans to fade away! And I am FAR from skinny - I am a typical English Pear-shape! I am a sensible weight, and toward the top-end of the healthy BMI range for my height. Most of the people I know are far thinner than me, and no one ever tells them they are fading away or too skinny, so why the need to make these comments to me?! I am happy at the weight I am at now. My Wii Fit tells me I should be another 14lb lighter in order to be a healthy weight - I think it's having a laugh! Please try and be happy for me! Compliments are so much nicer than criticism! But, I did this for the Lord, myself and indirectly my kids, so it generally doesn't matter what others think!
