A Howdy and a Thank You from Donna

Hi Everyone!  I'm sorry I haven't been commenting as much as I'd like. Between maintaining my own blog and having to cook a lot more...and my children's requests to 'have mother-daughter tea every morning, talk about the latest speech, or just cuddle with an almost not a kid anymore, 15 yr.old...there doesn't seem to be much spare time!

But I think of you ladies all the time and hope that you are hanging in there and not getting discouraged.  This is a MARATHON not a SPRINT as I'm sure you all know very well.  Because my new eating habits have given me such 'visual' encouragement and because it helps me feel so good, it's been so much easier to be on a diet this time.  As you can tell from my last post, it's starting to filter over into my family's life too.  What a gift it would be to spare our children the same battle we've faced for so long.  I feel badly that I've not been careful about guiding my children in this area the way I should. But I honestly didn't believe it was that serious of a problem.

I was such a skeptic!!  What's wrong with sweet and low?  I've had people fuss at me for years about that and I just told them..with a smile...to leave it alone.  I thought it was all hocus-pocus to tell you the truth. Who can see chemicals any way? I have to say though, that I'm a firm believer now!

But really, I just wanted to encourage everyone to keep on keepin' on regardless of where you are on this journey or what you eat!  We just need to be faithful to listen to our dear Lord's faithful guidance and correction. He's such a good father! He cares for every detail, including this weightloss journey.

We are not in this alone!! We have each other and we have the Lord's grace if we look to him for help. "For my strength is made perfect in weakness' 2 Corinthians 12:9. I've only been losing a pound a week for the last two weeks, but now that I know I'm on the right track, I know I need never worry. I'm heading in the right direction...and so are you!!  You guys are amazing! You've done a wonderful job sticking to this regardless of the results each week. And I have you all to thank for the fact that since we started this blog I've lost 13 pounds. I  don't even know exactly what day that was...but it was almost the best day of my life!

I just can't thank you enough for suggesting we do this together. I had given up hope about ever losing weight and just figured I'd have to be unattractive to myself and hubby for the rest of my life. (I know hubby loves me as I am...but I wanted to give him better!) But worse, I knew I'd never be in shape enough to do things with the kids and grandbabies the way I wanted to. I just didn't have the stamina that I needed. I had lost all hope when all the diets quit working...and then you all came along and the momentum of this blog got me going on a diet that I never intended to try. I had no plans to lose weight or even try. I thought it would never work for me again--that I was too old or something. (47).

Now I have hope and so much of that is due to you my dear friends.  You've given me a new lease on life and it means the world to me.

Thank you...thank you...thank you!!
Donna from Comin' Home