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Even After Losing 45 Pounds, I Struggle

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Even after losing 45 pounds and becoming a coach with The Grace And Strength Lifestyle, I still struggle.  Some days are good, some days are bad.  That’s life.  I will never arrive.  Yes, I’ve found amazing freedom in the area of food addiction.  I’ve come so far.  

Coming so far does not mean 
the absence of temptation or struggle; it 
means you have to fight harder  and smarter.


Learning your weaknesses means facing the fact that you may struggle for a lifetime.  You may be learning for a lifetime.  I’m okay with that.  I love learning, and God is never done with His children.  He loves us to much to leave us alone in our mess.  

He is continuously drawing me to Himself 
and whispering, leave that at my feet.  
Walk in grace.  Walk in freedom.


As I was watching television last night, something was said that really cut to the core of me.  They were talking about the devestation that storms and can cause, specifically hurricaine Sandy.  The genetlemans home was almost completely and utterly destroyed.  He said,

“It’s amazing how a lifetime of storing up 
all these good things can be taken away 
in an instant by one bad thing.”

Am I willing to throw away all I’ve learned for the sake of indulging in foods that make my mind weak, body weak, and will weak?  No, I’m not!  

Another profound thing I’m learning is that I need to love and respect myself.  Now before you think I’ve gone all heretical and such, listen to me for a moment.  

If I can’t respect the body God gave me, if I don’t think I’m worthy, if I don’t care about myself, I will treat it poorly.  I’ll throw away all the tools I’ve been given and just mindlessly eat junk until I’m right back in the bondage and death grip that left me almost for dead.

And so, I will learn to speak life into myself each day.  I will tell myself over and over, until I believe it and treat myself that way!

“God has made you capable, strong, and beautiful”

With God’s grace and strength, I will find my joy and purpose in Him.  I will daily learn what it means to be content.  I will put clean, life-giving foods into my body.  I will exercise and tone my body to make it strong and able.  I will…

*you can read more about my weight-loss/freedom journey HERE.

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Comments

  1. Amazing post Traci – thank you for sharing and I am sure touching everyone who reads it!! All women need to know that truth deep down! thanks for the reminder 🙂

  2. What a beautiful, heartfelt post Traci. Thanks for being transparent…and for being such an inspiration to folks like me who struggle with this every day. God bless you richly!

  3. Thanks for sharing this post, Traci. I recently hit the 40 pounds lost mark. And while I’m happy and proud about that, these last 10-15 pounds I want to lose have been getting me down. I’ve been struggling with eating foods I thought I had kicked months ago. Thanks for the reminder that I’m not alone, and that I can overcome this!

  4. I’ve heard that 95% of diets fail (ie quit) in the first few months, and 80% of those fuaeirls result in a rebound where the dieter actually gains back more weight than they lost. I’m not sure if the numbers are accurate, but it certainly seems to be about right from my experience.