I was laying in bed the other night, thinking about the fantastic start to my journey and it dawned on me - I'll never see those pounds again! Can you just imagine how amazing that feels! After 40+ years of dieting (and failing), to finally have the confidence, hope, and assurance to know that I will never again be as heavy as I was 3 weeks ago nor will I ever be heavy as I am right now! It's an amazing gift!
Those of you who are accomplished dieters like me know that for every pound you lose on a diet, you gain more back. There was one time in my life that I lost 146 lbs. in 6 months. That was wonderful! I felt good, looked good, could do so much, but 6 months later I had gained it all back and more! You talk about spirit crushing! I don't think I ever felt I would be successful again! I think that's when I first began to lose hope that my life would ever be what I wanted it to be. Hope is a terrible thing to lose.
How wonderful is our God! How thankful I am that He never gave up on me. Sometimes, I feel like that one lost sheep that was missing. No one gave up hope that the sheep would be found. That sheep was far too important to his master. I'm sure everyone prayed for that sheep, searched for that sheep, used all the resources God provided to find that sheep until it was returned to the herd. I'm so very grateful that we are God's sheep, and that we are so important to Him that He will never give us up for lost. It's a pretty powerful gift. And I am blessed!
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I, too, am a yo yo dieter. It is exactly as you stated. Lose, then bigger gain, lose, then another gain. Eventually you just get so discouraged that you give up.
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