So the journey began...

Now that I have been honest, let's start the fun part. The journey. I know it's not going to be all roses and sunshine. I know that there will be hard times. I know that I will want to give up. 

I KNOW THAT I WILL SUCCEED! 

Why, because with God there is hope! Now some people have just stopped reading my blog and I'm only on post 2. That's okay! I believe that someone out there will benefit from reading this. 

On January 2, 2014.... I changed my diet for life! Yes....not for 9 months to lose the weight, but for life. Was it hard? Yes. Is it still hard a month and a half later? Yes!! The only thing that got me through the first 10 days was God and a lot of prayer. The Bible says that our body is God's temple! I don't want God to dwell in an obese temple, so I changed (with His help).

I cut out all caffeine, sugar, gluten, and dairy for the first 10 days. I lost 17.5 pounds!!! If that's not motivation, I don't know what is!! I am following a plan called the Daniel Plan...look it up! Rick Warren wrote it with the help of some fabulous doctors...including the Dr. Oz.

So, after the 10 days, I added dairy back into my diet because I couldn't live without some cheese. I left all the other junk out! 

After my mindset changed, my diet changed. After my diet changed....we'll you will have to read the nest post!