Update on the Daniel Plan & Coming Clean

Last August, I was interviewed on Fox 4 News in Kansas City by Kim Byrnes.

I shared about the Kansas City Wine Opener event benefiting the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, the non-profit where I serve as the Development Director.

Media interviews don't phase me.  In fact, I enjoy them.

However, I was hesitant about going on air due to my weight.

Nothing I owned fit.  Nothing.

I breezed through the interview.  But, about halfway through I caught of glimpse of myself in the monitor. And, I thought..."Oh please, God, don't let that be how I really look."

 Since I started in the non-profit world, I probably do 2 or 3 on-air interviews a year.  The Gunny always records them because he gets a kick out of watching me on TV.  So, I went home that evening and watched the interview & saw what I really looked like.  And, I prayed to God again that NOBODY watched it.  I didn't send out the link because I didn't want anyone to see me.  In fact, I did my best to bury it.

The worst was...I didn't do anything about it.  And, I even gained more weight.

 Stress & depression are such beautiful things. (note dripping sarcasm)

Then in December as I have shared previously, I walked past the mirror & I saw a tired, overweight, haggard, depressed woman.  And, I determined then...NO MORE!

I have struggled with perfectionism my entire life.  So, even putting this photo out into the public to see....is difficult.  But, I want to publicly testify to God's grace & that through Him ALL things are possible.  I continually tell people...I am NOT on a diet.  This is a true lifestyle change.  The reason that people who diet gain back all their weight or more is because they don't truly change their eating habits & once they drop the weight they return to their previous ways.

So, this is for my Daniel Plan support group who loved me when I played the August interview for them last night. And, rejoiced in the newest on air interview from this past Wednesday!

  And, this is for you....if you are sitting there fat & miserable. 

 I still have more weight to lose.  

And, I definitely need to work on my posture. (smile)  

But, it is about progress and NOT perfection.  

And, I'm not gonna lie.  It is hard work.  Anything worth having takes hard work.

There is a LOT of this...

And, a whole LOT more of this....

 So, thank you to my DP peeps last night!  

Thank you for encouraging me to celebrate & not hide. 

 It was time to come "clean".