As most of you know, I have been losing weight this year. At the last update I had lost 40 pounds by my 40th birthday. I have still been counting points and going to my Weight Watchers meetings but I have also been trying to just hold steady. I still have another 16 pounds to lose to reach my goal. I am also getting on a plane to Hawaii in about 10 days. When I get back from Hawaii I am going to tackle the 16 pounds.
I go to weigh-ins on Wednesday afternoons and a new week starts Thursday mornings. So I usually claim Wednesday night dinner as a free be. So can you guess what I had for dinner….Yep I had a BIG MAC!!! It was AMAZING!! I haven’t had one for over 6 months. It was worth every single one of the 13 points.
I know that some of you have seen the email earlier in the week but it has been awhile since I update the rest of you. So here I am total weight-loss of 44 pounds and I had my hair cut off. I am also 4 pant sizes smaller but I refuse to buy clothes until I need winter clothes. 
Happy Mother’s Day to all of You Amazing Women!
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This weeks Friday Outings is a little far from home but still in California. We are traveling to Santa Clara (About 4 hours South) this weekend to ride roller coasters and attend Spring Celebration at Great America.
Spring Celebration this year is featuring Switchfoot, Kutless, Barlow Girl, Red and Family Force Five. I can’t imagine a better way to spend Mother’s Day weekend then Awesome Worship and Roller Coasters!!!
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As far as my health…..I had a follow-up with the neurologist today and my brain is good. I even got to see the side by side comparison of the new MRI and the 2005 MRI. My other doctor did a battery of neck x-rays. The x-rays show disc degeneration as well as some bone spurring in my neck. I believe that we may do and MRI on my neck but I just need a break. I am on a few meds that seem to keep me pretty even and help with the headaches and aside from a small patch all feeling has returned to my head. My personal belief is that the Lord healed me. I walk out of that neurologist’s office the first time being told that I had an auto immune disease, just not sure which one. I walk out of there today and was informed that my brain and everything in it is all normal and actually quite healthy. All of my prayer warriors and my faith have banished that from me. I will take a little bone spurring and loss of disc over MS, Lupus, Graves Disease, ALS, Fiber-myalgia any day!
Faith and Encouragment are my Spiritual Gifts. I’m claiming them!
I figure since I am blessd enough to have a group of people that tell me how beautiful I am and that “I do have ridiculously skinny friends.” (Thank you Deleise, I have a special place in my heart for you!!!) I figured I owed you all an update. As of today I have lost……..7 whole pounds and 2 ounces!!!
Thanks for all your prayers and encouragement! I really do love you all!!
At the beginning of the month I went to see Bon Jovi in concert. Daughtry opened for them. Chris Daughtry came out and sang a song with Bon Jovi. It was a super great show. It was the first Non-Christian concert I have seen in 3 years. 
There were seven of us and we stayed in a hotel that was built in the 20’s and was totally art deco. One of the nicest places I have ever stayed. We went to a wonderful Italian restaurant for dinner. Where someone took our picture. It was when I saw this picture that it was all confirmed I am a big fat cow. No really I am. I come from a family of big women on both sides. My fraternal grandmother weighed about 300 lbs when she passed away. Her sisters where just as big. My mother is overweight also. So it is genetic and emotional eating that has gotten me to this point. Here are all us girls at dinner….Yeah I am the fat one.
Look Cindy I am the one that looks pregnant!
Last week I joined Weight Watchers. I have never done anything like this before. So far it has been pretty good. It is strange what foods you miss. I thought it would be hard to not eat french fries but I have found that my craving is for cheese. So hopefully the next time I post a picture of me I will be a little lighter. I actually have had fun this week and my husband has been super supportive. I need prayer to stay smart and strong!
It has been awhile since I have updated on my health. Mainly because there hasn’t been anything new. I have had good days and bad days. I have been seeing the doctors and I have finally had an MRI on my head. Yesterday I got the results.
I am so excited to say that I don’t have MS! Still don’t know what I do have but I am not focusing on that. I am so glad that all the speculation was wrong. I believe that the Lord is healing me. I have full faith that it is his will for me to be whole.
My friend Pam introduced me to the Healing Room at Bethel. I have been a few times. It is really an awesome experience, but hard to explain. The last time I went the intercessors that were praying over me had visions that they shared with me. The first one was that she could see me in a family room welcoming people and I had a huge bouquet of flowers in my hand. She interputed this as me being a welcomer. That I have an open heart to welcome people. The second vision was that I was in a huge meadow by myself. The meadow was full of flowers and there was a stream running through it. She said that she saw me sitting by the stream dangling my feet in the water. That I was at peace and not in a hurry to go anywhere. The water washing over my feet was God’s love for me washing me clean. I love this image. I have clung to this image and prayed about it.
I truly believe in the Supernatural Gifts of God. I accept them with an open heart and open mind.
God has given each of you a gift from his great variety of spiritual gifts. Use them well to serve one another. – 1st Peter 4:10
A spiritual gift is given to each of us so we can help each other. To one person the Spirit gives the ability to give wise advice; to another the same Spirit gives a message of special knowledge. The same Spirit gives great faith to another, and to someone else the one Spirit gives the gift of healing. He gives one person the power to perform miracles, and another the ability to prophesy. He gives someone else the ability to discern whether a message is from the Spirit of God or from another spirit. Still another person is given the ability to speak in unknown languages, while another is given the ability to interpret what is being said. It is the one and only Spirit who distributes all these gifts. He alone decides which gift each person should have. – 1 Cor. 7-11
Thank you all for praying for me. Thank you all for your comforting words. I will gratefully accept your continued prayers. I will also continue to pray for all of you. If you have a special prayer need, Please just let me know.
