Two tens make twenty!

     Wow! This is how much fat I have lost in 10 weeks! I feel so much better already. My first goal was to lose ten pounds. Then twenty. And now my next goal is twenty five. I set the next goal for only five more pounds because after the first twenty most people lose weight at a slower pace. I am not on a particular diet plan now, but I am making healthier choices in food and portions. Plus I am more active. Even when I don't feel like walking or exercising, I try to suck it up and just do it! One of my favorite things to do now is hula hooping! A few years ago, I would never have imagined I would be hula hooping at 52 yrs old. I felt older a year ago than I do now.

    In the picture below you will see the new addition to our family. We welcomed our granddaughter Kinsley in to the world on May 17th. She is so precious!!! I also have two grandsons which are Kinsley's older brothers. Kole is 13 and Kaiden is 9. My grandbabies mean the world to me. That should be enough reason to stay healthy. They need Nana to stay around as long as possible to spoil them or sometimes set them straight when they wont listen to Mama or Daddy. But hey, that's how the cycle goes. Same thing happened with my kids and their grandparents. I just hope that I can help guide my kids and grandkids in a way that pleases God. My prayer is for them to become better people, better Christians. My mama and my Grandma Gladys helped guide me and that guidance made me who I am today. Not perfect, but a child of God who thanks Him with every fiber of my being for His Blessings in my life! 

   

Wellness Goes Hand In Hand With Weight Watching!

  Here I am again and it's still me and God but I am not currently enrolled in Weight Watchers. It is 2019 and I am coming up on my 53rd birthday. My body has been through a lot since my last post but I have managed to get answers to many of the problems that have been wearing me down. Two major diagnoses.. fibromyalgia and diverticulitis. Besides the fact that I have battled low thyroid for 25 yrs. I had major ankle reconstruction and a hysterectomy last year. And went through another bout of depression.
  BUT....I am not in that unhappy funk anymore! I changed Doctors and got back in church. Two of the best decisions I've made in a while. And thanks to my best friend Michelle, I am eating healthy and moving my body more. My dear husband has helped the process by putting a workout room in our basement. And my son James has encouraged me to walk at the local park with him several mornings in the past two weeks. We walk about a mile and a half and my little dog Daisy joins us.
   I had been told that staying active is the best thing for fibro but in the past I tended to overdo it and spend days afterwards hurting and just feeling drained. But now with God's help and the help of family and friends I am doing so much better. I had gained up to 231 lbs a couple of months ago. I am down to 212. I know that is a number that I don't need to dwell on, but it is a number that is too high to be healthy.
   I thank God that I am losing weight but mostly for what He is doing in my life. I have started participating in Revelation Wellness with my cousin Dena as the instructor. She is a blessing and a great encouragement for myself and others to be a better Christian, a better caretaker of our bodies and a better person as a whole.
    I know that God is working on me and leading me to a place where I can also be an inspiration to others. Hopefully this blog is a help and a Blessing to you, my readers. God Bless you and guide you in all your endeavors.