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My Weight Loss Journery
by
Kay Montgomery

Week six through twelve



Week Six  June 21

I promised I would be honest with you, and, I have to tell you, it is hard. I didn't post on this last week-please forgive me-because I was ashamed. I still am. My resolve to loose the weight this time once and for all evaporated about two and a half weeks ago while on vacation and with family in town.

I don't know why it is hard to get back on the program after a slip. Perhaps because it was so soon after I had begun. To put a more positive spin in it, maybe I needed to see just how hopeless and pitiful I am about this so I can take it all as seriously as I need to in order to succeed.

Some of you out there might be thinking, just get on with it, it's not rocket science. Just don't eat so much, eat the right foods, and exercise. See? I know what to do, it's the doing that I'm missing.
Have some pity and think about yourself, isn't there some area you have a hard time with, even though you know what to do? Maybe you are perfect, but most people I know are still a work in progress.

Back to the subject of my weight. As I write this on Sunday evening, I have exercised and eaten properly for 24 hours, one day. I will attempt to make that two days, and then, three. Pray for me.

A couple of weeks ago, I spoke about a strong man, in the spiritual sense, being involved with all this weight. After thinking and praying, I don't know if a strong man is quite right, but I think there is fear involved and when an individual is operating in fear, there is no room for faith-one cancels out the other.

I have lost the weight before, but didn't stay in that place of victory, even though I really wanted to. I am happier watching people from just outside the circle. It's easier to hide there, where no one is really watching. I never developed good people skills and when I loose a great deal of weight and approach a normal level, people begin to expect me to relate as an adult. I am uncomfortable and find myself wanting to run and hide.

What to do? I am open to suggestions, but here is what I did this week.
  • I watched a Zig Ziglar video about setting goals. I almost forked over the one hundred plus dollars for the rest of the series but decided to wait. He gave me some food for thought in that short clip.
  • I am actively looking for more socila interaction. This is hard for me since I am a loner by nature.
  • I am spending more time in prayer.
  • I pulled out my copy of Dale Carnegie's Public Speaking

Until next week
Kay

This week's scripture:

Matthew 11:28-30 ( NIV ) Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.  Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.  For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.

Week seven  June 28
The tortoise and the hare-one goes fast but soon runs out of steam-the other goes slow but doesn't stop.
We all know the story and we all know which one makes it to the finish line.

The problem is:
It's more fun to be the hare, to go fast, to hear the crowd's applause.
It's more fun to be the rising star, the one everyone talks about, point to with pride, and to                      whom the accolades are thrown.

No one notices the one who gets to the goal step by step, layer by layer.

While the world is throwing confettii on the hare, the tortoise is making her way past the crowd in the background where no one notices.

Haven't you seen this in the business world?
The one who makes the deal is seldom the one who receives the credit.

News reporters who live and work every day in certain areas of the world, call the anchor who flies in to do a broadcast "parachuting in" because they come in, do the big broadcast, then, fly out again.

It happens to missionaries, as well. Missionaries who live and work every day with the people have others fly in with a bunch of gifts and supplies, talk lots of pictures, then, go home to show their slides and tell of all their wonderful adventures, while the missionary is still there, toiling every day among the people.

Join me today as we move toward our individual goals. Let us learn to be content with being the hare, the one who plods on day after day until the goal is finially reached. Let us resist the temptation to be the hare, to grab the spotlight, to try to get to the goal too quickly.

Here's to achieving our goals. If it seems to take a long time, so be it, so long as we stay the course and do no allow ourselves to become distracted or give up on our dreams.

Ubtil next time;
Kay
Proverbs 6:6 (NIV) Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise!


Week nine-July 12

Every day begins with new resolve, and every evening it seems I've missed my goal in some way. It is a lesson in humility. I pray this verse every morning before my eyes even open.
Psalms 25:1-2 ( KJV )    Unto thee, O LORD, do I lift up my soul.  O my God, I trust in thee: let me not be ashamed, let not mine enemies triumph over me.

Still, I've seen some progress. When I weighed this morning, I had lost another pound, that makes twelve pounds in nine weeks. It is not bad, it is something, it is not what I had hoped for. Nevertheless, I will keep going.

I hate the treadmill. I have worked up to one mile but my legs complain and I get bored. Yes, I have my Ipod for music and I even loaded some of my favorite Psalms on it. That helps, but I still get bored. I have a Wii Fit I want to use more but the little coach dude cheerfully tells me to keep going and I want to murder him. Would that really be murder? After all, he is not real, is he?



I have seen some progress here in that my jeans are fitting looser. I should be happier about that. It will seem more real to me, that I am truly losing weight, when I can fit into the next size down. I have a couple of pair of jeans in my closet from when I was on my way up. It really is kind of exciting to think about having a new wardrobe waiting as I change sizes going down. I gained weight so quickly that some of these clothes are almost new. A new frugality tip-lose weight so you can wear those smaller clothes you already own.

I got outside this week-end and took a short hike in a state park. I had never been to this park before and was pleasantly surprised to find a well-maintained boardwalk leading to a beautiful body of water. One person was leaving as I arrived and one group of three arriving as I was leaving. Other than that, I had the place to myself. I walked along with racing lizards skittering across the walk in front of me and butterflies frittering around me. I looked at endangered plant life, took some photographs, and generally relaxed as I meandered along. As I came to the end of the walk, I noticed I had not thought about how far I had walked, I felt a slight tingle in my legs that let me know I had walked enough to do some good, and there was one other thing I never get from a treadmill-I was smiling.

The very next day, I got my husband to explore with me a nature walk just around the corner from our place. I had to drag him away since his boy scout days came flooding back as we hiked along. I was concerned he would overdo it, which he did, but we will be back to hike again.

It's summer out there, a great chance to enjoy the great outdoors and get in touch with nature. This week-end, I saw a heron wading a pond, a turtle sticking his head up in the water, and lizards racing along the path with me. Today, I am ready to begin the week, ready again today, with God's help, to walk the treadmill, eat what I should, and take one step toward my goal. It is enough.