Cara's Weightloss Journal

I got the coolest idea from a friend at work today. I can’t believe I never thought of this before.

I am going to start praying for you…     Each of you.

I know–really know–how hard trying to lose weight and get healthy is. I’ve been trying for the past 4 1/2 years to reach my goal weight and still haven’t been able to do it. I’ve been through SO many ups and downs and have put myself through the wringer many a times. So I know what we’re all up against.

So what better way to get through this, than to get through this together. And for my part, I’ll start by praying for each one of you each week. I’ll pray that you are able to resist temptations, stay under control, keep committed, never give up (which, by the way, is my personal motto), and to make it to your goal of success–whatever that might be.

I’ll start by praying for each one of you who are in my Google Friends Connect in the right hand column of this blog. As of today, there are 330 of you. So I’ll be specifically praying for all 330 of you by name. Then I’ll finish my prayer by praying for whoever else is reading my blog, that you will too achieve the goals you seek.

Losing weight and getting is so hard, I hope this helps.

Do you notice anything different??

Something looks different, but you can’t tell what it is?

Nah?

No, you’re right, you’re too smart for me. I can’t pull the wool over your eyes. You figured me out. I changed (finally) the design of my site and finally (FINALLY) switched to WordPress.

I did this for a couple of reasons. One, it’s MUCH easier to use and customize than Blogger (no offense Blogger, you’ve been a great friend to me for the past 3.5 years). But more importantly, I’m hoping that with this new change, it’ll motivate me to blog more often.

It’s kinda like buying a new house or car. You get all excited to drive the new car all over the place. Or you get inspired to decorate the new house and spend much more time in it.

That’s what I’m hoping will happen here on my new blog. Because if I’ve learned one thing since I first started blogging about my weight loss journey in December of 2008, it’s that blogging about my journey helps me stay on the right path.

And boy do I need a lot of help staying on the right path. More on that later…

For now, what do you think? Be brutal. I can take it. Ya hate it? Ya love it? Too much? Too froufrou? Tell me, tell me…

I have really been so reluctant to post anything new on my weight loss blog lately.

Mostly I keep thinking that I’ve got nothing to post. But at the same time, I’m wrestling with so many things and then I can’t figure out why I wouldn’t want to blog, to get it all out there and get help through all of this.

So, here I am again. Blogging about my pathetic attempts at weight loss.

Since the last time I blogged, I’ve gained almost 10 pounds.

What … the … heck … is … wrong … with … me?!?!

Remember that wonderful book I was telling you about not too long ago? And the class that goes along with the book? Well, it seemed to be helping me. I mean, it was all making so much sense. I was finally starting to get a grasp on the whole concept of God helping me to lose weight. But then I stopped reading the book and I missed the last two meetings of the class.

Yup. That’s me. Get all fired up about something, then lose interest in it and wonder why nothing ever changes.

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The second week of the “Made to Crave” class was nice. I’m still not connecting with the other ladies at my table, though. I’m thinking of switching tables next week. I don’t want to be rude to the ladies I’m with now. It’s just frustrating me. Or maybe it’s not them, maybe it’s me. (In case I didn’t mention it, the format of the class is a 20-minute DVD from the author then we break into small groups and go over the discussion topics in the study companion book.)

So last Thursday, I mentioned my feelings, to everyone, about how I find it so foreign to ask God to help me lose weight. My prayer sounds so shallow to me: “Dear God, I know there are children in my country who are being bought and sold into sexual slavery, I know there are elderly who are being abused and tortured by their caregivers, and I know there are serial killers out there right now preying on their unsuspecting victims, but if you wouldn’t mind, could you help me lose a pound this week?”

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I think that should be the name of my first book. People keep telling me I should write a book. Sometimes I feel like I already have… here on my blog.

This week was the first week of a new study at my church on the book I was telling you guys about–Made to Crave by Lisa Terkeurst. It was very interesting. The idea is to turn our focus off of food and onto God.

I SO need to do that! All I can think about lately is food. All day long. In the middle of typing an email, I think of a restaurant we used to go to in Alaska called Sullivans and think about all the wonderful things we’d eat there. Out of the blue. It’s been 10 years since we left Alaska. Why would I think about that? Read more »