I was singing this song to myself as I woke up this morning, I love it! This is my inspiration for the day, I wanted to share it with all of you. I also wanted to let everyone know that my Mother ( Linda Poet) arrived here safely last night………Although there is a tropical storm/ hurricane headed straight for us! ( my Mom’s first one). This will be quit an experience for her!!!!

Here are the lyrics to the song:

Artist: Hillsong
Album: Saviour King
Title: Saviour King

I hope you all have a wonderful day!

I say today “I want to be free!”……….

Free from insecurity!

Free from sorrow!

Free from financial difficulties!

Free from being over weight!

Free from stress!

Free from hurt!

Free from rejection!

Free from sin!

I just want to be Free!!!!!

Here it is God, I leave it up to you! Please take these shackles of my feet so I can dance!!  Thank you, Lord!

This is a great song……….. and it says it all! I hope that It touches you the way that it touches me!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7O2I9mXEQE

Mirror mirror on the wall
do you have to tell it all?
Where do you get the glaring light
to make my clothes look just too tight?

I think I’m fine but I can see
you won’t cooperate with me.
The way you let the shadows play
you’d think my hair was turning grey.

What’s that you say, a double chin?
No that’s the way the light comes in.
If you persist in peering so
you’ll confiscate my facial glow.

And then if you’re not hanging straight
you’ll tell me next I’m gaining weight.
I’m really quite upset with you
for giving this distorted view.

I hate you being so smug and wise.
Oh look what’s happened to my thighs!
I warn you now oh mirrored wall
since we’re not on speaking terms at all

If I look like this in my new jeans
you’ll find yourself in smitherines!

Copyright; Jaimee Jones

Just for laughs, thought it was funny! If only we could just blame it on the mirror!

I don’t like looking at these charts because they always seem unrealistic. I’m only 5ft tall so according to most charts I should weigh about 97-106lbs. That is realistically never going to happen. I weighed that in highschool and I really wasn’t that healthy. I have four children, my last two were twins. I was so huge!!! Mostly it was my hips that just would not stop spreading. I posted a picture with my other pics. It was taken about a week before I gave birth (embarassing). It’s been almost four years and my fear is that my hips will not go back……..can hips shrink? Hmmm……… I don’t think they can, but I hope I’m wrong! Anyway I was torturing myself today looking for an ideal body weight chart that I would be happy with and I found it. I think this chart is fair…….although I still would add another 10 lbs! Hehehe. Tell me what you think?!

Height Weight Table

Source: US Diet Guidelines

I was very touched and saddened by a 11 year old girl yesterday, she has been in my thoughts since. I met this girl and her 10 year old sister about 2 years ago, their mother is a friend of my neighbor. Their mother has been in a very abusive relationship for a while now and these two children have witnessed it all.

 The girls were at my neighbors house yesterday because of a horrible event that happened this past weekend. Their mother and father got into another fight, he was drunk and high and he beat her. This was not his usual beating, he would not stop and to hear the girls describe what they saw is just absolutley heart wrenching!! The 11 year old jumped on his back and told him to please stop and he threw her off, smacked her across the face and just kept beating her. The 10 year old little girl excaped outside and called the police. When they arrived, he still did not stop!!! He destroyed her eye socked, leaving her eyeball dangling on her cheek. She was very badly beaten up and is now blind in that eye. He is in jail, thank God, but these girls will never be the same! The girls are rotating shifts to take care of their mother, one stays with her for a night and the other will come to my neighbors. Anyway it was the 11 year olds turn to go to my neighbors house, her and my oldest daughter are friends. She came to our house and the first thing out of her mouth was the story of what had happened. We asked her if she wanted to spend the night and she did. My goal was to try and get her mind off of it, but I did not succeed to well. She talked about it all night, and boy did I feel for her. Like she had not been through enough, she tells my daughter and I that she has no friends, my daughter asked her why? She said “Because I ‘m fat and ugly” This just did it for me, I could not help the tears, I gave her a hug and told her to please not talk about herself that way. She is a beautiful girl and I told her this but she kept insisting that it was not true. She said that she gets made fon of at school all the time and has spent a lot of time in the bathroom crying. She even told us about a time that she missed a test, because she was in the bathroom balling her eyes out from some bully. I told her to pray next time that happens.

 She has been robbed of her childhood! There is no more innocence, she has seen way more than I have ever seen. We have embraced these girls with open arms. My daughter has been so good to her and this just warms my heart, but I wish we could give them so much more! I  wanted to get this story out there and ask all of you to please pray for this family, expecially these children who have been through so much. This is what they need right now, Thank you! God bless all of you, and I hope you have a wonderful day!

This has been a question on my mind. This applies to so many areas in life and is pertinent to the success of our weight loss. I talk a good talk, but how do I walk? I eat good, I am always busy and I never stop, so why am I not losing any weight?  Hmmmm………….. well ok, here it is ( I confess)! I have not been eating all that great and exercise has not been in my schedule lately, so if I’am to be honest with myself why would I expect any results? Good question, but how do I change this? I want to walk the walk that I talk!!!! I know that I need to put my heart in it and give it my all……..but where do I find the strength?  I searched for the answer and it became clear!!

Trust in the Lord forever, for in God the Lord, we have an everlasting rock. Isaiah 26:4

He is our rock and I am going to put my trust in him. I want to walk the walk I talk with the Lord. I’m ready for the bumps and curves in the road, for He will give me the strength and encouragement that I will need along the way.  Thank you Lord! I invite anyone who wants to walk this walk with me, so this battle can finally be defeated! God is Good!  I hope that all of you have a wonderful day, filled with love and happiness :) 

First of all I ‘am so happy that I joined buddyslim! It is so great reading other blogs and being reminded that I’m not the only one! I have developed a much better attitude since being on this site. I have excepted that I am over weight and doing something about it. I am no longer letting my weight consume me!

I started a new diet (lifestyle change) and it seems to be working. I have decreased my sugar intake drastically, eating mostly whole wheat and whole grain foods. I did not realize how much sugar I actually had stored in my body! I read some where that everyone has different body types and you have to figure out what foods (food group) you need to cut down on. For me, I realize it’s sugar and carbs. I do not store them very well! I also have a slow metabolism, so I should exercise more, to burn  it off.

I am also excepting the fact that the highschool me is long gone and I need to concentrate on who I am today! I realized that our bodies are all different and we have to learn to love them.  I have always had Big Thighs and I was never able to except it, even when I was at my lowest weight (around 105) I had Big thighs! I played sports, exercised and still had Big thighs. I have never told any one this, but I actually use to pray to God and ask him why my thighs had to be like that, “Why can’t I just be normal?”  Wow,  now I look back and realize that I was actually insulting my maker! That is me, it’s who I am and I finally except it.  So my perception of myself has definately changed since being on this site………..thanks to the Lord and all my buddy slim friends!!!!! I am now able to concentrate on things that matter, like being healthy and happy!  I hope you all have a wonderful day today, I will say a prayer for all of us!!!!

First, plant 3 rows of peas;
Patience
Promptness
Politeness (to yourself)

Next, plant 3 rows of squash;
Squash self-doubt
Squash indifference
Squash criticizing yourself for making human mistakes
Then, plant 3 rows of lettuce;
Let us be caring to ourselves
Let us start making little steps toward our goals Let us be a person who tries

Finish, with 4 rows of turnip;
Turn up with positive thoughts
Turn up with a Smile
Turn up with a Vision
Turn up with Determination

I love this. I’m not to fond of peas, but these “P’s” are great! Looks like I have a garden to plant

There has been a lot of tears for me this week, happy and sad. Mostly happy though. I have been so amazed with the way that we are all coming together on this site. I believe that there is only one person to thank for this!! “Thank you God!” Our God is so amazing and works in such mysterious ways! Lately only one song comes to mind  and just keeps playing through my head!  Here are the lyrics. I am also going to try and post a link to the actual song. If you have not heard it, I hope you love it as much as I do!!!

Awesome God (Rich Mullins)

Oh when He rolls up his sleeves He ain’t just puttin’ on the ritz,
Our God is an awesome God
There is thunder in his footsteps and lightning in his fists
Our God is an awesome God

And the Lord wasn’t joking when He kicked ‘em out of Eden
It wasn’t for no reason that He shed his blood
His return is very soon and so you’d better be believin’ that
Our God is an awesome God

Our God is an awesome God
He reigns from heaven above
with wisdom, pow’r and love
Our God is an awesome God

And when the sky was starless in the void of the night
Our God is an awesome God
He spoke into the darkness and created the light
Our God is an awesome God

And judgment and wrath He poured out on Sodom
Mercy and grace He gave us at the cross
I hope that we have not too quickly forgotten that
Our God is an awesome God

 The definition of awesome is inspiring awe and “awe” means an overwhelming feeling of reverence, admiration, fear, etc., produced by that which is grand, sublime, extremely powerful (dictionary.com).  The word awesome is such a powerful word and I think it describes Our God perfectly!!!

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Hope this works!

 I woke up this morning feeling rejuvenated and at peace with myself.  I am truly grateful to have found this site!  I want to thank all of you for the encouragement and inspiration that you give me each day. I hope all of you have a wonderful week!!