Velda B.
In Loving Memory of my Mother {December 16 1997}
Dec 13, 2007
Some of the most supportive people in my life
Nov 18, 2007
8 Months
Nov 18, 2007
My family
Nov 11, 2007
Weight loss update
Oct 18, 2007
6 Month Check-up
Oct 08, 2007
| Six Month Check-up | |||||
| Beginning Weight=328 | 6 Month Weight=243 | Loss=85 | |||
| BMI | 57.2 | 43 | -14.2 | ||
| Neck | 19.5 | 16 | -3.5 | ||
| Chest | 57 | 53.5 | -3.5 | ||
| Waist | 58 | 47.5 | -10.5 | ||
| Hips | 62 | 53 | -9 | ||
A good amount of a difference. But got to keep on moving!! Still a ways to go. I can not wait to meet the 100 loss mark.....
I am trying to get there though. I did two walks this last couple of weeks. One I did the Walk From Obesity, that was nice it was 2.5 miles and we had a blast. My nurses were there and were cheering me on and telling me how wonderful I looked.
And the other one was the Breast Cancer walk It was one mile but after you consider the distance we had to park and the walk around the park before and after the walk it was more like 1.5 miles. Which was nice as well. Hope to post some new pictures soon and hope you can see a change. It is a slower process but it is coming along.
Check out my slide show
Sep 23, 2007
Reflection and Revelation
Sep 23, 2007
Reflection:
I went yesterday to another meeting with two friends to find out about lap band and this seminar covered both RNY and Lap band. Anyway low and behold it was the same place I got my surgery and guess what???? My doctors and nurses were there. The nurses saw me first told me I looked good and to keep up the good work. Told them I was not feeling good about where I am, happy about the loss but of course I could have done better.
I of course did not tell them how much I have cheated how I eat more than I should by grazing during the day. I of course did not tell them how ashamed I am of the fact that I have reverted back to old habits that should have died!!
As I set in the meeting and listened to them and than the introduction of my doctor (of all the three they have it had to be mine) Once he saw me he smiled, pointed and waved. I felt so exposed. After the meeting I spoke to him he hugged me and told me how proud he was and this should have made me feel better but it did not.
During the meeting he talked about his patients and each time he referenced us he looked directly at me and smiled. I was dieing inside.
Revelation:
After this meeting I got the revelation of what I have been doing to myself. How I have been cheating myself out of weight loss and I will not go into all that has been done wrong but enough that I have sabotaged myself!! That is the sad reality!! But thank God for Revelation and with it I can and will get on track.
Do not be fooled this is only a tool and it will only be useful if you use it and do not abuse it. You can gain and you may not loose if you do either. That is a sad reality when you went through so much to get to this point.
Don't ever let anyone think or make you think this is a easy way out it is one of the hardest things in life that I have faced so far. When you get to the six month mark it becomes hard if you are not on course. At this point you can do much more (eating wise) Well at least my program you can.
You go from this baby to adulthood and you have to be mature enough to handle that transition. It is a mind thang and you got to have your mind right to make it in this game.
Here are my six month stats for my loss. Not much and it is all me. Hope next month is better. Two pounds is better than none. I will post my pictures soon.
New five month pictures
Sep 01, 2007
Ssshhh... dont tell nobody I am closer to six months!! But for real I am now starting to see the change and more and more people are making comments on the change.
I have on an outfit I have had oh about two three years that I could only get the skirt on to. So that made me happy!
I went to a wedding and said hello to the brides mother whom I have know for years. She looked at me and gave me a fake hi. I was like Ms Andy do you know who you are saying hello to? She said well no! I laughed and said its me Velda, you should have seen her face! She was like Terri Lynn said you lost weight, but gosh that much!! You know a sista was feeling good.
Her husband came up to me and said I need to know the secret to how you did it. I just laughed again. They sure know how to blow a sista's head up. Oh yeah I am down 83 pounds in my fifth month.
Calm Down
Aug 23, 2007
Psalm 46:10 "Be still and know that I am God."
So many times we make situations more than they are
due to our anxiety,
CALM DOWN ! God has your life under control; He knows
how to handle even the seemingly complex situation
with ease.
SHUT UP ! Stop having pity parties and talking about
your business all the time; don't you know that the
power of death and life is in the tongue! Stop
speaking negative things into existence in your life
and in others.
QUIT TRIPPIN' ! When you look at your situations
through your eyes, you often read more into the
situation than what is there. It's not as bad as you
think particularly if God is in your life; Stop over
analyzing your life.
Be courageous
2 Timothy 1:7 - "For God hath not given us the spirit
of fear; but of power, and of Love, and of a sound
mind.
Fear is not of God. Have the courage to step out on
faith and do the seemingly impossible. Start your own
business; go into the ministry; apply for that
promotion; anything that you've been afraid to do and
you know that God has called you to do - JUST DO IT!
Have confidence
Philippians 4:13 - "I can do all things through Christ
which strengthens me."
Remember, greater is He that's within you than he
that's in the world. You have the power of the most
High God working in you, and you have His Son steadily
making intercession for you. You have nothing to worry
about! Walk with your head up! You say you have low
self-esteem; somebody told you that you'd never amount
to anything; the devil is a liar! Know that you are
somebody not because Jesus said it, but because you
are a child of The King!
Walk in the VICTORY !
Romans 8:28 - "And we know that all things work
together for good to them that love God, to them that are the called according to His purpose."
Does anything else need to be said?
The jury has been out and the verdict is in - YOU WIN!
In your finances - YOU WIN!
On your job - YOU WIN!
In your relationships (married, single, divorced,
family, friends) -YOU WIN!!
In your health - YOU WIN!
God has already worked it out for you. It may not come
the way you think it should come (or when you think it
should), but remember - CALM DOWN, SHUT UP, AND QUIT
TRIPPIN '! He's working it out for "YOUR" good (in His
time).
Do not ask the Lord to guide your
footsteps, if you
are not willing to move your feet.
Be Blessed TODAY !!
