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Life stresses are getting in my way this morning so I am dedicating this journal entry to a statement of faith. If you are bothered by talk about faith in God, please stop here and move on.
For years (decades, actually), I used to pray that I would be blessed with a miraculous weight loss, that I would just wake up "normal" one day. Of course, what I had in mind was an instantaneous transformation, but then again, God and I don't always have the same plans in mind for me. I continued in this vein for years, believing that if I could just start over with a thinner body, I could keep it that way. Of course, I had no nutritional plan or history to prove that was the case, but that was my thinking anyway. I continued to pray.
Well, guess what. Today was that day that I "instantaneously" woke up normal. Yes, I weigh exactly the same as I did yesterday, and very little about today will differentiate it from the days surrounding it, except for this: Today, I woke up with the UNDERSTANDING that I am about the size I am supposed to be (plus a few xtra lbs). God answered my prayer AND He did it in such a way that I now KNOW that I am capable of maintaining this new smaller body because I went through the learning process to get it here.
In summary, today I praise God for answering my prayer and then some. He helped me find the path to health, led me down it and supported me all the way, and brought me to where I need to be, with the knowledge of how I got here (this was the bonus I didn't know to ask for). Why did He wait decades? Because that's how long it took for me to be willing to do my part to bring about my miracle.
Have a blessed day! I know I will :-)
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156.4 lb
Lost so far: 78.6 lb.
Still to go: 11.4 lb.
Diet followed 100%.
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Diet Calendar Entries for 04 February 2019:
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1593 kcal
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Fat: 127.20g | Prot: 90.06g | Carb: 30.20g.
Breakfast: MCT Oil, Stevia Sweetener, Land O'Lakes Heavy Whipping Cream, Green Mountain Coffee Breakfast Blend K-Cup, Land O'Lakes Salted Butter. Lunch: Wild Oats Buffalo Wing Sauce, Chicken Wing (Skin Eaten). Dinner: So Delicious Coconut Milk Unsweetened, Utz Pork Rinds, Whole Foods Market Stevia, Cinnamon, Thinslim Foods Love-the-Taste Probiotic Bread, Cream Cheese. Snacks/Other: Almond Crackers, Peter Pan Creamy Peanut Butter. more...
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losing 0.6 lb a week
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Great perspective, @Nidoqueen! Yes, God works in mysterious ways! His ways are always the BEST ways, even though we may not see it at the time. Glad you recognize His wisdom and love for you!
04 Feb 19 by member: Debbie Cousins
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I loved reading your post, Nidoqueen. I'm reading "Why God Hides -- And Where to Find Him" -- an enlightening discussion of our lack of awareness of the invisible God's presence and all the ways that He shows Himself to His beloved children. One of my favorite Bible passages is Deuteronomy 8:2-3, 14b-16a [NAB], which occurs every three years in the cycle of Old Testament readings. One day, I heard it in a completely new way. It explained so much, answering my deepest questions about the "Why's" of some of my greatest losses. "Forty years" has great meaning for me...
04 Feb 19 by member: Miraculum
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"Moses said to the people: 'Remember how for forty years now the Lord, your God, has directed all your journeying in the desert, so as to test you by affliction and find out whether or not it was your intention to keep His commandments. He therefore let you be afflicted with hunger, and then fed you with manna ... in order to show you that not by bread alone does one live, but by every word that comes forth from the mouth of the Lord. ... Do not forget the Lord, your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, that place of slavery; who guided you through the vast and terrible desert with its seraph serpents and scorpions, its parched and waterless ground; who brought forth water for you from the flinty rock and fed you in the desert with manna...'."
04 Feb 19 by member: Miraculum
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Ah ... And how interesting that it talks about God "feeding" His people!
04 Feb 19 by member: Miraculum
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