There but for the grace of God..

This weekend I spent several hours talking with a woman in a wheelchair who was the most extremely obese person I have ever seen outside of a TV documentary. She had diabetes, high BP, edema, pain, all of it. I mentioned that I had been in a similar state 11 months ago, and she asked what I did to change things so quickly. I told her the whole story. Funny thing was, as I told the story, I re-lived it with all the pain, fear, and agonizing, again. I was in tears at one point. I had forgotten about the frightening asthma attack in the hospital, the first vomit ( I thought I was going to die for sure), and a lot of the scary stuff. I guess we just naturally remember the good stuff like trying on clothes a size smaller than last month, or wearing a sexy blouse tucked in for the first time, or getting a whoo hoo from a guy. The poor lady is too frightened of doctors and surgery to even consider it ( her mom died of the same problems at age 42****pt thinking " There, but for the grace of God go I". How blessed I am. My hubby has lost 66 lbs. and I have lost 115 lbs. We have energy and our health again, thank God. My New Year's resolution this year will NOT be"lose weight"for a change. It will be "try to be more thankful for the good things I have!"

Amen! What a beautiful story LouAnn. God bless, Syndi

Thank you so much for sharing this. It is so easy to lose sight of what we have accomplished and how much we have to be thankful for! Jamie LAP RNY 1/21/05 -124 lbs. 253/129/125

I am so glad to see that you know who is responsible for all your joy! God. My new year's resolution for the first time is not to loose weight as it has been every year whether I spoke it out loud or not. But this year it is to draw closer to God. Here is something to share with all: There is NOTHING God can't fix ... in 2006