Praise the good Lord!

Weeks of hard work have finally shown on the scale. I lost 3pds this week! Woo hoo! Thanks for all your prayers and encouragement. It was wonderful knowing that I am not alone in this endeavor and that there are people rooting for me. I have 4pd s left to lose to make my 5% loss mark.  I am hoping and praying it does not take a whole month to lose those 4pds but even so it's feels so good to know and to see Gods blessing.

I was telling a friend the other day that I think God is really trying to teach me perseverance of a whole new level through this. I've learned how to persevere through other trials but most of those trials have been short lasting while this trial is something that I will have to persevere through for the rest of my life. Yes, eventually, the loss will be there, it will come...but after the loss comes an equally important task of maintaining, of a continual learning process.

Today, I am praising God for giving me strength, and encouragement. Please pray for me this week, that I will make good food choices. I have 4 engagments that will all have food at them. 1 Small group meeting, 1 Rehesal Dinner, 1 Wedding Dinner, 1 Date Out to Red Lobster with my hubby. It is still possible to stay within pts at all the events but the temptation for me will to think it as a special occassion and therefore I don't need to hold back, when thats really not true. I don't want to deprive myself but I also don't want over indulge and give myself weeks more worth of work to do.