It's on and Poppin

A Few years ago, I invited the women of my church to join me for the FAT SMASH journey. I managed to lose nearly 35lbs and for the most part I kept the majority of it off (although I teeter-totter 5 to 7 lbs.)  For me, that was the beginning of my journey.  I use the word journey because that what it is.  THIS IS NOT ABOUT A DIET! This is not just about being cute in those jeans, (although it’s exciting that that is going to happen)!  This is about my health.  This is about using knowledge to create a LIFESTYLE that is completely pleasing to God.  Most of you may not know how much that AMPS me, but it does. That’s why I’m so amped.  Caring for my temple is my God-given responsibility.  This journey is about becoming healthier—inside and out!! The journey is about adapting a lifestyle that will afford me the opportunity to maximize my amazing life!

When I took on the fat smash challenge about three years ago, “ life” put me in a position where I could continue to make the poor choices I was making, or I could make some changes.  I say “life” put me in a position, but the reality is, through laziness and ignorance I put myself in the position…a very bad position! Like most, I had horrible eating and exercising habits.  I was border line diabetic and had begun pricking my finger & taking my blood sugar levels 3 times daily. (That was for the birds!) I was on 3 different blood pressure medications.  I was tired often and felt, more times than not…not well!  I couldn’t understand why someone who ate so infrequently—and not “so unhealthy” continued to get fatter and fatter!  I was never a gorger, or a big junk-food junkie. I never had a huge appetite!  But clearly something wasn’t right! This was so frustrating! I looked at my husband and my babies I realized, I simply cannot go down this road!  It would be so unfair to them if I got sick…too sick to care for myself simply due to ignorance and poor choices.   My babies were 3 and 6.  At the rate I was going, would I be able to go to their high school graduation?  Would they have to stay near home during their college years to help take care of their mom?  What about my life?  I am a mentor, a life-coach and pastor! How could I effectively continue to travel & help to bless and change lives --sick?  To me, the worst thing about being sick and having a disease is not the end result of what it might lead to, which is death.  If it were just immediate death, I could handle that because of what I believe the afterlife holds for me. But it’s not death that scares me. It’s all the pain and suffering—mentally, physically, emotionally, and financially that happens before you die! It’s all the things you miss on in life, although you still have life.  It’s all the pain and adjustments my family and I would have to encounter that scares me the most about disease.  All of these reasons became my BIG WHY to change my life forever!  “My Big WHY” simply means the reasons why I do what I do! It was time to make some resolves…..