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Weighing In with Stacy at A Homemaker's Heart

I become so exasperated with    trying to watch  my  weight..  It has been my life struggle...  I recently lost 35 pounds after being  set on a  weight that seemed to never  fluctuate...  it was  a terribly unhealthy weight  and I hated myself...  Then  suddenly  it seemed rather easy to just say no to food...  although if I'm honest  it was an attitude  that  got me there  that wasn't  my best self either... How to  keep a positive attitude and  deeply desire to eat healthily...  That is where I am today.. I have been on a nasty  plateau for a couple of months..  oh, it is easy to  go off a couple of days  then weigh and see  Ive gained  3 pounds  then it is, as well, easy to lose those 3 pounds  but  then I  am stuck yet again... today I  am  ready to  set a goal  and lose  at least 20 pounds  before Christmas..Several years ago we did  the Weigh Down workshop at church.  It was putting  God first before food and teaching ourselves to only eat when we hear our stomach growl... God's mechanism  for  telling us it is time to eat...  Then eat only  as much  as  makes you feel satisfied..  not one bite more...  usually for me it was half  my regular plate full.. So I adopted this  slogan.. I can eat it all,, just not all at one time.. Otherwise when the urge to eat  comes up  read the bIble instead... Or write in  my journal!We would go to  Bellacino's with friends I would order a box  at the same time my food came  and  divide my plate  at once  eating only half the portion and eat the rest tomorrow...  this worked for me  and I lost  50 pounds over  about 3 months..then something happened and before I knew it  it was all back on me...  I am at a place now spiritually where  studying His Word and reading  the Bible   when the urge to eat comes on me  would  be  the best thing..  as I am now doing 2  deep Bible studies.. so I am truly determined to  get my act together and    try to really make  some headway on my  diet...  If I lose 25 pounds I would be  getting  much closer to my goal weight!!! 

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To return to Stacy at A Homemaker's Heart. 

This is my first  posting on this link  but I've struggled with my weight for 50 years.  I first of all  gained  my weight during the year I lived overseas in Germany after I married my husband and  we lived off base while he  finished his tour of duty.. Not much to do there except  keep house and read.. no phone, no tv ,and very few friends... so I  did gain  quite a few pounds.. Upon retuning home  and  beginning my first teaching position I was able to  lose    about half of that weight,  but   the last half just would not budge..  and over time  it crept back up on me.

Over the years I did exactly what  you a re absolutely not supposed to do.. I yo-yoed up and down...and finally joined the club with  the rest of my aunts resigned myself to be a  large woman!

My husband  declared  never again would I spend the money to join weight watchers or any other  paid  diet plan  because it  just always came back on me.. so  I was left  on my own devices. 

 I dont know if it was my surgery I had last fall  when I had to have a skin graft on my  nose  as a result of skin cancer and reconstructive surgery.. there were  several tweaking  surgeries and  return visits to UVA Medical center but over  a few months I lost 20 pounds.  It just seemed to easily  fall off of me... but then  I hit a plateau. In May of this year  I  was having  some therapy  and my therapist  offered me a plan that worked on the cellular level..  but  depended on 2 protein shakes a day...Protein shakes are not my  favorite thing  no offense to those who  enjoy them... I stood them for 2 months and lost another 20 pounds  but  suddenly  my IBS kicked in and I couldnt take one face one more shake...  so I quit that program. and  praise be to God I have   still  been level  on that weight  ever since mid July...  Ive learned to  watch the scales and if I  gain a pound I conscientiously lose  it  the next day...  but it does seem that Im at  that awful plateau yet again...so here I am today I weighed this morning and am up 2 pounds from my low mark in July... I long for cooler weather,  because I just do not get out  in  these hot humid days to  walk or hardly anything else. .. so  it  has to be  my eating patterns.

At age 67  I am thrilled to be 40 pounds down,  but  I have at  least 40 or 50 pounds to go to be  truly  healthy and happy.  My goal is to    get off of  Diabetes meds,  and  hopefully blood pressure medicine... Both  situations are very  happily  well maintained with  a pill,  I am thankful for the computer because  there  are such great  menus and meal plans  found  on here,,  and  prayer is my main stay... praying for  all who  have weight to lose to be strong and  content with just enough and  learn to be  satisfied and  hopeful for  great results.