I’m so extremely happy and blessed this morning! I just won a contest with my sister yesterday, where I lost the most percentage of weight! My starting weight was 444lbs and yesterday I weighed in at 420lbs!! AMAZING! She is 150 lbs lighter than me so I was very concerned about this contest being based on percentages verses pounds lost! She could have lost 12 lbs and beat me! But she didn’t and I walked away with the 50dollar prize!!
It’s bittersweet finally getting down to 420lbs. I feel like I’m so close to finally getting into the 300′s. However, I get a little sad when I think that it’s taken me over a year to lose 50lbs! I know, I know, be happy with that, BUT…this has lit a fire up under my butt!! I can’t let life just keep passing me by! It’s sad that it took a contest for money to make me eat right and stick with juicing! The thought of having to pay her fifty dollars when things are already tight for my family gave me laser focus! I want to have that kind of focus every day though! This truly is a wake up call for me! I promise myself that it will not take me a year to lose another 50lbs! I am going to show all of the people who criticize me for being too dramatic, taking so long to lose weight, etc, that this is real life and that eventually with hard work and determination and the will to continue fighting for the life God intended for me to have, I will OVERCOME this lifelong bondage of fat! Hallelujah!!
You are a very inspiring woman. I am a survivor of several tragedies, from bullying to mental illness, and i have to tell you that you make me want to go out and better myself..for myself! Please continue your quest, as I am going to use you as my fuel in my goal to a better me. God bless you!
Thank you so much!! I look forward to hearing from you again in the future!:)
hey girl, I’m new to your channel and even newer to your blog. I just want to say that, I too am a bbw. I am currently 350 lbs with 200 or better to lose. I did a lot of research on the subject and I have come up with one truth in all of the hubbub out there.
It took us years to get here and its gonna take at least half of that to get out. Your not just changing your body, your tearing down the strongholds of false idols, your healing hurts and disappointments, your ripping up and restructuring mindsets, your dismantling old habits and creating new ones. Your faith is being stretched, tested, tried, and purified by fire. You are reinventing yourself from your very foundation.
You did more then loose 50lbs. You have achieved another level of Victory! You keep on going. Step by step, day by day from glory to His divine glory. Keep going forward, the weight will follow.
Hey Chanda.
I know it has been a while since I have commented on your videos or blogs, but I have been keeping up with you to see how you are doing. Most of the time I am going through videos and blogs so fast that I don’t comment because I like to think about what I post before posting. With that said, let me just say this.
Losing weight is a war and each new accomplishment is a small battle that will eventually lead to winning it. As with smokers, some have to keep quitting until they quit for good. It’s as the saying goes, “Don’t quit quitting”. What that means is that you have to keep getting up after being knocked down and get back in the ring. That means you don’t throw in the towel when you feel like your can’t make it. You have to give it all you’ve got and push harder than before. As the fight continues, you begin to learn your opponent’s strategy and can then somewhat predict their next move. Then near the end of the fight, you may get a little tired, but you now know what’s coming. So you then bob and weave, and weave and bob, until you don’t get hit anymore and the clock is winding down. You then see that your opponent is getting tired from punching and jabbing but they’re not connecting, so you now know say, “If I can just hold on a few more minutes, I can win this thing.” And by saying that, you gain a burst of power and strength, and before you know it, the fight is over and you are still standing.
You may not have gotten a TKO, and it may have taken you more than 10 rounds, but in the end you know that you got in a lot of good jabs, punches and uppercuts. And your opponent, who was the champion in the past, is now sitting in the corner, trying to catch their breath knowing that because they didn’t knock you out, you will be declared the winner. And a win is a win no matter how long it takes. But guess what? You have the “Belt” and it’s yours as long as you defend it.
So don’t fret about how long it has taken you to lose the weight, because that year that it took you to lose it, was you learning your opponent’s strategy. And the money that inspired you was an incentive to win. No one goes to battle without an incentive, whether it be the spoils from the camp, or the “Belt” from the champ. In your case, you have won a little money, bragging rights and most of all, confidence to keep going and a smaller waist. So, congratulations on your victory! And don’t quit quitting because perseverance prevails!!
God Bless You and Your Family