Jan102008
Hope vs. Determination
Filed under Day to Day,Quotes by kristen at 8:36 pm on Jan 10 2008
I had a major light bulb moment about my weight loss journey Sunday at church. I know…. a very strange place to have a light bulb moment about weight loss. But let me explain. Our pastor, Pastor Tracy Gorman, was explaining this year’s resolution for our church since it is the beginning of the year. To explain the resolution he used this example about the difference between hope vs. determination. ”There is a huge difference between hoping to lose 15 pounds and being determined to lose 15 pound.” Hmmmm. It all made sense in that one statement. For all of those 15 years, I was just hoping to lose all of my extra weight. I didn’t take the steps necessary to lose the weight. Oh, I might have put some half-hearted effort in. But I sure wasn’t determined. Last April when I started WW, I knew that nothing would stand in my way. I was determined to get the job done once & for all.
Are you determined? Or are you just hoping to lose the weight? Are you truly making the changes necessary to get the weight off? To make this a life-long journey? If it is 15 pounds, 50 pounds, or 150 pounds that you want to lose, are you determined? You aren’t going to wake up one morning and the weight has just magically fallen off. I had hoped for that so many times. Never happened.
Thanks to Pastor Tracy for giving me permission to use your quote! You are a great pastor & friend.
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OK. a few other things. Some people had asked me to post a separate link for my newspaper article somewhere that it would be easier to find. So I have added it to its own page. Sorry that it was getting bur97ied in my blog entries. Oh to have that picture as my driver’s license picture.
Someone had asked if they need to log in every day to receive the updates. Nope. As long as you have signed up to receive the emails, then I will send an email letting you know that a new recipe, food review or blog entry has been posted.
To Barbara Mc: There is one house for sale in our neighborhood. I can always use more friends. 
I am going to post a few food reviews & a recipe that I came up with. It is a spin-off from a recipe that I saw. I am totally in love with this new salad.
I hope that everyone has a great day. Make sure to get in your 8HG!
