Fight the Scale Friday 8/13/10

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Hi everyone! :) This has been a really good week. I started focusing on getting more activity, and I ate really well. I tried hummus again this past week and I really like it (just not the garlic flavor with carrots, yuck.) I also found out that a nearby gym is giving away free memberships that last through the end of this year! I am SO getting one! The facility is very nice, they have a cardio theatre, a women's fitness room, a coed room, a dry heat sauna, tanning, and massages! Best of all, the owner is a Christian!

On to the weigh in...

Last week's weight

269.2

This week's weight...

267.2
(-2.0 lbs)
And that is a total of 20 lbs lost since the end of May!!

Make sure to visit Krystal, over at The Clever Mommy Chronicles, and cheer her on as she loses weight!

Mamavation Monday - My very first!

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I heard of Mamavation a few weeks ago when the application was open for Mamavation Campaign 5. I read about, was interested in it, but was too ashamed to put myself that far out there. I don't mind posting my weight, or a picture here and there when I am blogging about my weight, but to post a video, where you could see my double chin swinging in the breeze, hear my southern twang, and possibly see my face turn 5 shades of red... I couldn't do it. But then, on Tuesday last week, I watched a video, Roxy's video. She has the same fears as me! But here she was, "being true to herself" and her video application was so inspiring! Inspiring enough that I want to join the Mamavation Sistahood, and WILL be applying for Mamavation Campaign 6.

So, here is my very first Mamavation Monday Post! Many of you who read my blog probably already know my past struggles. Just for a quick recap: I have been overweight or obese for all of my late teen/early adult life. In 2007, I lost 50 lbs with a popular weight loss plan, then got pregnant in 2008 and gained it all back. I am was an emotional, stress eater. I have been working through a program called The Lord's Table which has taught me to run to God instead of the refrigerator when I am stressed. I began that program on May 27th and lost 11.4 lbs in the first month. I veered off track around the 4th of July, but quickly got back to work. My most recent weight was 275.8 and I am 5'7'', so that puts my BMI at 43.2 or Morbidly Obese.

I want to be in the Mamavation Sistahood, because while I am reaching and when I reach my goal, I feel like my story can help someone. I had a conversation with my husband on how there are so many people going around telling of how they used to be an alcoholic, or a drug addict, but you don't hear as many stories of someone who used to be a glutton. I want to share my story one day. I want to be healthy, that is my main goal, but my little sister is getting married in March of next year, so that leaves me little time to get into a cute bridesmaid dress!

So far the past week of following the Mamavation moms on Twitter and on the Mamavation website has really helped me get motivated! This is the kind of motivation, the partnership, that drives me. 

Please accept this post as my pledge to the Mamavation Sistahood!

Fight the Scale Friday 7/9/10

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It's been an okay week. I struggled a little bit after the last weigh in, and then I have had severe headaches everyday since last Thursday. But today, the scale was oh, so kind! I'm not going to write as much today, I had a visit to Urgent Care this afternoon and was diagnosed with a severe sinus infection, so I am headed to bed after writing this post!

PLEASE join Krystal and I as we journey to fight the scale and lose weight. We'd love your company!

Last week's weight

  

277.8

This week's weight...

 

275.8 (-2.0 lbs)

Running weight loss total -  12.2 lbs since May 27th

Yipee! :) A new low! That was very inspiring this morning!

Once again! Don't forget to link up with us! If there is not a linky here, check on Krystal's blog, The Clever Mommy Chronicles

Fight the Scale Friday 7/2/10

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I am joining Krystal from The Clever Mommy Chronicles in her fight against the scale (and the fat!!) I normally weigh-in and post my progress on Thursdays, but I will now be co-hosting along side Krystal on Fridays! A big Thanks to Krystal for including me on this journey! Please join us as we fight the scale to become healthier!

For more information on my weight loss journey, click here.

To view my weight loss "plan" click here.

My before picture...
(Taken in June 2010)

Tip the Scales Thursday - 1 month weight loss total

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Well... This past week was pretty uneventful. I have done great with my eating, got in a little more exercise than usual, and drank a lot of water. But this past week was that certain monthly "hormonal " week, so, there is no telling what the scale is going to do this morning. I have had a big problem with my allergies this past week. I should have lost five pounds just in the liquid constantly draining out of my eyes and nose. (Yuck, sorry.) I am still doing my courses at The Lord's Table, and they are going well. Sometimes I get lazy and don't feel like answering every question, but I push through it anyway and usually end up learning something about myself that I wouldn't have realized had I not made myself be honest and answer those pesky questions!

I was a little bummed this past weekend. I had entered to be a contestant on a new weight loss competition at Win, Lose or Blog, and I was not chosen. There will be more seasons after this initial one, so hopefully I will be a future contestant. Take a minute to check out the blog, and cheer on the ladies who were picked as contestants for this first season. I am sure they will appreciate it!

Now, onward with the weigh-in...

As always, 

a reminder of last week's weight

 277.8

And this week's weight is...

(Ack, I don't wanna look!)

 276.5
(-1.3 lbs)
Making a total of 11.4 lbs lost in the past month!!!

Thanks for reading, and PLEASE leave a comment! :)

I need a Christian accountability partner!

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Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 (New King James Version) 

Two are better than one, Because they have a good reward for their labor. For if they fall, one will lift up his companion.  But woe to him who is alone when he falls, For he has no one to help him up. Again, if two lie down together, they will keep warm; But how can one be warm alone? Though one may be overpowered by another, two can withstand him. And a threefold cord is not quickly broken.

Some of you may know that I was recently delivered from an addiction to food. Food controlled my life. I was putting food before God and it was damaging my health and my relationship with Him. I recently started a course called The Lord's Table and it has really helped me realize my mistakes, and given me great advice and scripture to use against this bondage that I was being held by. My relationship with Christ has grown by leaps and bounds! (And I have lost 12 pounds!)

I am still doing The Lord's Table course to help me continue to overcome this addiction. Today's course suggested I find an accountability partner. The course suggests that this person be a Christian, who is not currently having the same issue. I know that many of you lead very busy lives, and may not have time to help me with this sort of thing, but you may know someone who can. There would not be much involved other than praying for me and being there when I need to talk, or seeking me out to help me stay accountable. All the correspondence could be through email. Or if my partner prefers, some days could be over the phone.

From the course:

Here are some guidelines to follow when you initiate accountability with your partner:

1. Agree to openness and honesty. Bondage to overeating brings deception with it, and some of us have been deceptive for years. If we want to escape from our slavery to sin, we must start with honesty, even if it is humbling. If your accountability partner asks how you are doing, and you have just fallen into sinful eating, you must honestly admit it.
2. Agree to prepare and share with your accountability partner your plan for overcoming sinful eating habits. (This means looking for areas of possible temptation and developing a plan to flee them.) Ask your accountability partner to help you by making suggestions to your plan and holding you accountable to it.
3. Agree to give your partner freedom to ask the hard questions, without taking offense.
4. Agree to initiate communication daily for the first 30 days, as far as is possible. One important thing to remember is that your partner will, at some point, fail you in some way (Jesus Christ is the only one who will never fail us). It's critical to take the initiative ourselves in providing our accountability reports. Simply get in touch with your partner and say something like, "I’m just letting you know I'm free from overeating today. I exercised and I'm seeking to enjoy the Lord." Don't wait for your partner to ask you questions; initiate the process by keeping him or her informed as to your condition.

As you can see, being my partner would mean having daily contact with me. I am asking that the person(s) who agree to do this be very serious about this. Again from the course:

"My friend, an accountability partner who loves Scripture and cares for your soul should be able to detect when you are about to fall asleep in the land of enchantment—that is, he or she can tell when you're struggling with sinful eating habits. An accountability is there to "wake us up" when we're at risk of falling back into our old ways. This is an indispensable part of finding freedom."

I am praying that God will send this person along my way. I hope that if this seems like it could be you, that you would pray about it first and be sure that this is what God would have you do. Please comment here if you feel like you could help me, or email me at kjrobinette{at}gmail{dot}com. Thanks so much for reading!

Tip the Scales Thursday

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Wow, this week was really trying. I did not get in as much activity, but my eating was great. But I got back into one of my old bad habits: scale hopping. And by yesterday morning, it had me discouraged. I kept thinking, "What am I doing wrong?!" But I keep forgetting that every week is not going to be a 3 or 4 lb week. So, plan for this week: NO MORE SCALE HOPPING! (Somebody hide the Wii Fit Board!) And I also plan on getting in more activity. I am working a lot in the evenings, and there is a beautiful park very close to where I work, so I plan on taking my lunch there and getting in a quick mile! Sounds like a plan, don't you think?

 

The lessons at the Lord's Table have been really encouraging this week. One of the lessons was based on Ephesians Chapter 4:22-24.  

" that you put off, concerning your former conduct, the old man which grows corrupt according to the deceitful lusts, ²³ and be renewed in the spirit of your mind, ²⁴ and that you put on the new man which was created according to God, in true righteousness and holiness."  

So my prayer has been for God to give me strength to leave the old Kimberly, and all of her bad eating habits, behind and put on the NEW me, which God has created righteous and holy! 

Okay, so enough rambling, you wanna see a weigh-in, right?? Okay, let's do this!

Just to remind you of last week's weight...

279.3

And this week's weight is...

277.8

Not a huge loss, but hey, it's a loss!

(-1.5 lbs.)

Thanks for stopping by this week, and as always, please leave a comment, it really encourages me!

Tip the Scales Thursday Weekly Weigh-in

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This week has been trying. My birthday was Saturday and Christ-Like Daddy took me out for an awesome meal at Olive Garden. (Thanks again to my friend S. for the gift card!) Then on Sunday my parents took us out to a wonderful Italian Cuisine restaurant, where I played it safe with a veggie calzone, and I only ate half, but the waiter found out it was my birthday and brought out a big slab of cheesecake. Between Little Monkey taking a chunk out of it, bare handed, and splitting it with my mom I only ate a few bites. Tuesday my parents had a cookout at their house. We had everything from babyback ribs to kielbasa. It was delish, and I tried to cut down calories by not eating any buns, but there was a lot of grease and salt. I did, however, workout more this week. Monday night I attended a Zumba class with my sister, and worked out on my Wii Fit more than usual. But I wasn't looking for a huge loss this week, cause I can tell I have been retaining some water. But, the scale pleased me this morning. So here we go...

As usual I will start with last week's weight just as a reminder...

And this morning's weight is...

:-D *Insert huge smile here* :-D

I am out of the 280's today! 

That is a loss of 2.9 pounds Yippee!

Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to leave a comment!

My new weight loss weapon

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How many diets have you tried?? I have tried more than I care to list here. I figure I have spent at least $2500 in gimmicks, materials, videos, etc., to try to lose weight. All this time I was doing the WRONG things! A great twitter friend of mine, @AprilLooWho suggested an online resource at Setting Captives Free called The Lord's Table. (And the best thing is, it's completely FREE!)

"The Lord's Table is not behavior modification with prayer assistance. It is not a 60-day diet plan, pills that guarantee weight loss, programs that focus on food, or methods that require us to count calories, fat grams, carbohydrates or sugar. We are about setting forth Christ as our soul's satisfaction, about calling ourselves to repentance from habits of overeating, and about maintaining accountability. This results in our developing habits of eating in a disciplined manner which produces weight loss and long term lifestyle changes."

It wasn't until just recently that I realized the my overeating was an addiction, an actual eating disorder. I just thought that I was a person that really enjoyed food, but that was so wrong, I was addicted to food. When I got stressed out, I ate. When the kids were being particularly ornery, I ate. When I was bored, I ate.  Many of you read my post on Thursday the 27th about my struggles. Like I posted, I was not including God in my daily struggles. Instead of turning to him when I was overwhelmed or depressed, I turned to food. And that has gotten me nowhere but extremely overweight. This course at Setting Captives Free has helped me tremendously over the last week! I never realized how much "diet" advice was in the Bible. Now when I feel the urge to binge, I have been feasting at The Lord's Table instead of stuffing my face, crouched in front of the refrigerator door.

"Feasting at the Lord's table" is a bit difficult to wrap words around, but let's try! Feasting at the Lord's Table is more than just reading our Bibles, it is a term to express the fattening of our souls in Jesus Christ. It means that we are sitting at the feet of Jesus, hearing His Word and believing, for the purpose of implementing the truths into our lives. It means we are receiving spiritual nourishment and that we are delighting our souls in His grace and truth. This can be done reading our Bibles, hearing God's Word preached, interacting with others, studying through this course...etc. This definition is at least a start, more is explained in the course."

I have learned that I was trying to lose weight for all the wrong reasons. Sure, it is great to want to buy smaller clothes, or "look good," but those things really do not glorify God. The first day of this course helps us to realize what the right reasons are for losing weight.

Another thing about this program that I love is that you are assigned your own Christian mentor who emails you after each course to comment on your progress and provide extra personal support if needed. My mentor, Liz, has been a blessing to me. She constantly lifts me up in prayer, and encourages me daily. 

I encourage you to browse around the Setting Captives Free website. They have courses for many different addictions/struggles. They also have a simple Bible Study program if you feel you need a little more of His word in your life!

Tip the Scales Thursday Weekly Weigh-in

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It has been a good week for weight loss!! Thanks to all of the friends who stopped by last Thursday to offer your encouragement. I have gained a few weight loss buddies, and even joined Laura at Inspiration for Moms for a "lose 10 lbs by the 23rd" challenge! Great motivation!

So without further ado:

This week's weigh-in!

The weight I posted last week (283) was apparently way wrong, I have no idea where I got it from, because when I checked the weight chart on my Wii Fit yesterday I saw the following, so this number stands as last week's weight.

Can I get a drumroll please?

This week's weight is...

WOOT! A loss of 5.7 lbs! 

Now, I am sure a lot of that was water because when it comes to retaining water, I am a pro. But still, that is HUGE!

Thanks for stopping by, and if you did drop in just to check out my progress, please comment! Your kind words of encouragement really do help!

I'm struggling...

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Struggling with my weight.

In 2007 I lost a huge chunk of weight (50 pounds to be exact). I had so much determination and will power, but now I am just...blah. I keep asking my husband why I can't get motivated, why this is not working and he just shrugs. (Men don't talk much when it comes to a woman's weight, do they?) I know how to count calories, I know how to exercise, and I know it works. I am blessed that I am not one of those women who does everything they can think of and still can't lose weight. I can. When I do the right things, I lose weight, and it comes off fast. But I just can't get back into that "mode". I have tried everything from weight watchers, to the 6 week body makeover, to having an accountability buddy. None of it worked. Sure, it works for some people, but they stuck with it. 

For a long time I didn't really care that I was overweight. I just accepted that that was who I was, and went with it. But lately there is a lot of sickness around me and a lot of it is weight/lifestyle related. I am turning 26 in a little over a week, and it scares me to think that I could make myself sick or worse with my poor eating habits.

I cried on the way home from work today. I cried, and cried out to God. I finally realized today why I have not been successful in losing weight this time around. I was going at it alone. I have not once asked God to give me strength during this weight loss journey. In 2007, I prayed daily for God to guide me that day, and to help me make the best choices for my health. I have not asked that of Him once this year!

A couple weeks ago I started what I was calling "Tip the Scales Thursday" to keep myself accountable to the blogging world. I have not posted my weight in the past 3 weeks. I was ashamed, because that 6 pound loss that I had achieved, is gone, I gained it back and I added on 4 more pounds to that. I have gained 10 lbs in 3 weeks.

I know that this is not what most of you want to read when blog hopping, but I had to get this out. My reasons for starting this blog was to better myself, to become more like Christ. And if pouring my heart out to all of the people who read this is how I am going to do it, then so be it.

I ask that you say a special prayer for me. A comment or two of encouragement would be nice as well. I would like to know that I have a lot of readers watching what I am doing every week. And I hope that once this weight does start dropping off, they will see that it was all with the help of the Almighty God.

My weight today, (again) is:

287.9 pounds

BMI: 45.7 - Morbidly Obese