(obviously, I can’t do anything quite the same as everyone else! LOL!)
So Brent over at InWorship has given us all a good motivational kick in the booty to get moving! Check out his original post here
So, Taking back my Booty Tuesday. Why? Cause there appears to have been a hostile takeover of the FAT nature! I said on a post awhile back that I’m done feeding the “carb Monster” that has been taking up residence on my rear LOL! I’m taking back my booty!!
I am going to be brave. Way brave. Crazy brave. Like Ihaveneverdonethisbeforeinmywholelife brave. I’m going to put……my………*gasp*…………NUMBERS here!! Meaning, starting weight. Ladies, breath, give us back some oxygen. I guess if I were a sweet little 135 pounds, numbers wouldn’t be such a shock to put out there. But at this moment, I’m not. And at this moment, I don’t care anymore what this number is either. I care in that I am going to change it, but I don’t care about hiding it anymore. I mean, come on, is the fat really hiding??! No. Do I really think that if I hide the number you won’t SEE the number plastered all over me? I used to. And whatever you hide in the dark, keeps right on growing. And since I’d like this BOOTY to STOP growing, I’m gonna do it! I mean, really, guys throw that number out there it’s like last months bean dip! They don’t care! But we get so wrapped up in being defined by that number.
Well. That number is not who I am. That number is just a measurement of the “hostile take-over” I’ve allowed to happen to who I am. You know that verse that says ‘where sin abounds grace much more abounds’ ? Well, where fat numbers abound, the glory and grace of God much more abounds! So, my abounding number….236.
But, (or should I say butt?!) last year at this time, that number was 260. From December through March I have lost 24 pounds. Well, it was 28 pounds, but as soon as we all decided to do this, my fat cells all held their breath in fear of dying, so that equaled 4 pounds. Okay, maybe it was all the junk I ate this weekend and all the time I spent sitting on my butt in front of this computer!
Anyway, I’m sure I will write about this journey more than just on Tuesdays. Y’all know I can’t keep my mouth shut for long when God is talking to me. And I fully expect Him to continue talking to me about this as He has been much already. But the numbers will be here on Tuesday. There is probably no way on this beautiful green earth that I would put this number here if I expected to STAY at this number. Nope nope nope. Moving forward. Doing it. With y’all!
Here’s the gang:
Kristen, Ron, Joe, Brent, Buddy, Dan, Rick, Brandy, Deborah, Mandy, Joel, Theressa, Love, Tawny, James, Steven
Here we go!
BEFORE : This is my “OH MY GOSH!! I look like THAT???” picture.
And this is my “during” picture from March 08.
LETS GO LETS GO! I want NEW clothes!! LOL!
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Wow, you are brave. Doing what I wasn’t willing to do.
Congrats on the weight you already lost! This is interesting, trying to do it together like this……
Your going to do great!
Love the edit to Booty
Hahaha!!!
YOU ROCK!!!!
I am SO proud of you girl!!!
I can not wait to see how well you do. I just KNOW you’re gonna blow us away!
you are truly an inspiration Kelly.
and I am still weepy from your comment today. You rocked my world with that!
Hi Kelly – Go for it lady! Are you the “Kelly” from Michigan that stopped by my blog? If so I left you a msg on my blog.
Yeah Kelly! you got guts and I love that!! I was 250 when I started and now 218…weekends and rainy days sitting at the computer will grow some booty girl! BTW you are booty-licious!!! Love ya, Princess! You really are you know!
OMG you destroyed my logo!!…ha ha…just kidding..Im glad you are jumping in on this…can’t wait to read your updates
oh no no my friend…I FIXED your logo! LOL! I just gave it the girly touch, that’s all. us girls can’t be runnin around with arses you know. Nope. We got booties:) Like Darla said, booty-licious! We can’t be arse-licious now can we??! Besides, had to find a way to hide that crack so my kids would quit asking me why I have a naked butt on the computer!! LOL! Thanks for the informal-through-friends invite:) I think it’s gonna be a fun crawl.walk.run we are all starting on.
arselicious…WOW! what a word…uh…thats amazing…thats all i can say about that one. LOL!!!
You mentioned a couple of things that caught my attention. When you put your numbers out there for the whole world to see, you will have an entire audience holding you accountable.
My husband has been saying, the power of sin is in its secrecy. I’m not implying that “feeding the carb monster” is sin but I’m sure you get my point. What I mean to say is “keeping it in the dark, does help it’s growth.”
Good luck and keep us posted!
Kari, God has so helped me see this fat for what it really is. I know it LOOKS like fat all over my body, but it’s really not. It’s shame. Shame grows in the dark. Shame is a lie and doesn’t belong to one single believer. But if we don’t bring it into the light, where it dies, we live with it. I’m choosing not to live with it anymore. And this isn’t about, “oh this is it! I’m gonna do it this time!” This is “this is it, He did it and I’ve finally got it!” I’ve finally got that the blood of Jesus took away all of my sin, and all of the curse against me, and EVERY EFFECT of sin and the curse! I don’t have to keep carrying the EFFECTS around on my body!! It’s a new walk, that’s for sure. Gonna be fun to see how this goes;) I’m excited! Thanks for stopping by girlfriend, love you so much!
This is such a great idea…I didn’t get in on it because of health issues. Sure wish I could…y’all are gonna do great!
I’ll be asking for His endurance to get you through…when we are weak then He is strong!
Hi Michelle,
You can still jump in. It’s not really about the fat you know. The fat will fall off when we lose all the other “weight” that we’ve accumulated. Which anyone carrying “weight” qualifies for:) They might all THINK it’s about the fat though LOL! by the way, I love your new profile pic…you are a beautiful lady and God’s love just emanates from you! Thanks for stopping by:)
Hey Kelly,
I replied to your comments on my blog, when you get time, I would love to keep chattin. I am going to bed right now but I wanted to let you know. I will go to bed and think about this shame thing. Do you think it could be different things for different people? Like fear, or anxiety, insecurity ect, or just shame?
Hi Tawny, I will be right over! To your blog of course:) But if you lived close, I’d be right there to have coffee and chat! It could be many things Tawny, but even if it were fear, anxiety, insecurity….all of those things being a false identity….we believe that’s who we are, when we are not….we then start feeling like we have somehow failed God or others, because we are not “perfect” like everyone thinks Christians should be. And then comes the shame. The blanket that holds it all in place in the dark. If you can grasp that you are LOVED…even in your fear, anxiety or insecurities….that He is NOT displeased with you because of your imperfections….then the shame begins to fall away. It seems to me that shame is the “glue” that holds all the rest in place. How can He be displeased with us because of our shortcomings? While we were YET SINNERS he died for us!! His love was so great while we were yet sinners!! His love still is. NOTHING can separate us from His love…not life, nor death, nor angels, nor demons, nor things to come, nor things past…nothing. If we can just get a hold of the tiniest bit that we ARE His beloved, it’s like that becomes what covers us, and the other garments we’ve been wearing just don’t fit anymore, and fall away.
Love your Humo(u)r, and your Huge… Heart
Way to lose that shame and stop ‘hiding’ Girl. Let the Light Shine out of and down ON us all
Loved what Kari said: Sin is secretive – it tries to hide from the Light of the Lord.
It has many, many places (dark dead-ends) to hide in inside of our mind.
I feel Michelle’s ‘examination of our self’ is a bringing out into the Light of Day those places we hide from Him in.
With you as you work towards your goal, Kel.
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Thanks Love! Enjoy the sonshine!
I just want to let you all know. Blogging has just plain ruined me or something. I still can’t believe that I have a BUTT on my blog!!! LOL! What on earth have you all done to me?!
My husband’s gonna think I’ve lost it! I suppose though…as long as I’m losing it…he probably won’t complain much;)
girl – you HAVE lost it.
embrace like the rest of us.
it’ll get easier
Hey I wrote you back on my blog
I keep my fat covered – it doesn’t look good in the light!
) mama and I are both hoping to shed some pounds this summer.
shake that booty baby! Rock it, Rock it!!!
[I'm a closet dieter...I only diet when I look at the closet and can't fit my clothes anymore]
Cathi, you really are crazy. I’m telling you, I think you are living in my brain and fishing all of my goofy comments out of there!! We must take the same vitamins or something. Lay off the little special pink pills, and it will settle down a little! LOL!!
did I say that?? hee hee!
kelly – i’m so excited for you! really.
you go girl!
get healthy!!!
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Thanks Mandy!