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"We have three choices in life; give up, give in, or you give it all you got.~ Unknown." 

 Battle wounds are the hardest to hide when they show on the outside. Somewhere between losing my father, trying to re-connect with my family, being a young mother and in a relationship that was destined to fail, I hid from the world and found comfort in food. There’s a memory from 2007, that is etched in my mind that would ultimately change me for the rest of my life!  ((You  can read more on my life here: http://mywingandaprayer.blogspot.com/))

I was 23 a mother of two and 215 pounds. This was not how I picture my life, this was not the person I knew or wanted to look like. In my eyes I was far from being that princess I was supposed to be as a young child.


 A normal trip to the park and that memory that’s etched in my mind would change me forever. It was a beautiful warm day, the sun was shining and the birds were singing. I was enjoying the morning cup of java that all mothers sip and pray the kids remain sleeping long enough for you to get to enjoy at least half a cup! But, before I knew it…there was the all too familiar sound when the kids were awake. 


I followed our normal routine, changed the diapers, fed and clothed the kids! But,  today I would skip the naps and head to the park instead.  And this would be the day I realized I wanted to lose weight! In my mind I wanted it bad enough and I was going to succeed. So you are probably wondering on any normal day what changed?


Take your child to a park filled with kids running everywhere. Try to weasel your way through the wood obstacle course and up to the slide. Then try to slide down the slide with your child without your hips stopping you, then get to the bottom and have a little kid standing at the bottom say “your too fat to go down the slide.”  Then watch that little boy run up to his mother and tell her how your too fat and could barely get down the slide. Then as your child ask you to go down the slide one more time, you out of breathe say “not now son” mom needs a break. Then sit there and watch your child run up and down the park with no one to play with because his mom is to fat, her hips stop her from going down the slide and she’s out of breath…That’s what changed and that’s when I learned for every time I failed, I was the only one that could pick myself back up.


It has to be a life change. It’s not a change you change for a few months or years but, forever! You have to have determination & dedication right from the start or hang it up now! & my advice is deal with it now before it takes over your life.  Otherwise like myself, it’s a constant battle for me.  I see food and I hate food, I eat food and I feel fat and hate myself.  My marriage and the divorce did not help me. I told myself if I lost weight maybe I would be good enough to be loved... I was wrong…and that’s when I failed and learned my first lesson in dieting.


You’re going to get bumped off the wagon every now and then (that’s when most people fail) it’s getting back on the wagon the next day and saying “I can do this” (that’s when people succeed). You will go through trial and error, but you will learn from those mistakes. It took me 3 years! YES, 3 years to lose 50 lbs and another year to lose a total of 80 pounds. My journey isn't over.  I am not where I want to be... just yet! But, I have came this far and will continue to travel until I get there! (Only 15 more lbs to go to hit my ultimate goal of a total of 95lbs lost!)