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I won't lie y'all....I'm tired! It was really easy for me to eat whatever was available and whatever I liked before surgery.. but now, it's so tiring to sit down each week and figure out a menu and then make a grocery list according to that menu, then going to the grocery store to pick the best option for those ingredients is EXHAUSTING! Mentally, emotionally, and physically, I'm drained! Do you want to know why I keep doing it week after week??? I keep doing it because I have seen the results of my hard work. I keep doing it because my husband sees a difference in my confidence and my attitude toward myself. I keep doing it because when I catch a glimpse of myself in a full length mirror, even if just for a split second, I think "whoa, who is that"!!

I seriously didn't even know what to call this entry.. A lot of times in the past, I would start a diet and exercise regimen and stick to it until I wasn't seeing the results I thought I should be seeing and I would start to think it wasn't working and then eventually quit. I think that happens to too many people who don't have someone walking the path with them who can attest to the results you can't see on yourself. My sister hasn't seen me in person in almost a year and she can even tell a difference in me. When you hear someone who doesn't know the path you're on say "I don't know what you're doing but keep it up" or "you have lost so much weight" it really sticks with you just like all those past negative comments have stuck with you all your life! I have noticed, the positive comments I get now, are sticking a lot better than the negative ones from my past! Instead of weighing me down and making me feel like a looser, the positivity makes me want to keep doing more and more to keep feeling the way I do when someone compliments me.

I'm still working on 2 other entries with more helpful information and a little less babble but let me just say thank you to the ones who are still with me..the ones who read all my new posts and who actually get something out of my words. Thank y'all for being so very supportive and following along with me!

I have a lot of information to push out to y'all about eating healthy on a budget and also about choosing what to put in your body and how it affects you. Thank you all for being patient and I am hoping to have one or both pushed out by tomorrow night (I do have to work tomorrow so bare with me) and I will catch up on some more recipes over the weekend.

I have a prayer request to ask of y'all before I go.

I am thinking about starting a bible study group on post for a few families I met on vacation to Canada. The problem is, everyone is saying I would be a great study leader, however, I have never felt that way. I would like it if y'all would pray with me to help me figure out if this is what God wants me to do at this time. Thank y'all so very much!

Much love y'all, Until next time!!

Kay