BE EMPOWERED

"I'm posting this to empower women to not worry about the scale but focus on being healthy and feeling good in your jeans! The rest doesn't matter! I'm not stick skinny, I'm not the recommended "135-145" range that my height requires BUT I look and feel fantastic! So at 153 I am rockin it and excited about being healthy and happy in my own skin!"

Yesterday a friend of mine, Kristin, posted this photo. She is a Mother of 3, Wife, Owner of Retro and Me on Etsy, and now, exercise junkie. She is a beautiful woman inside and out and has been strongly encouraging women to love who you are. She has helped motivate me, it was just the push I needed to start off my "Esoal 2016."

ESOAL 2014

60 lbs down. Lots of excitement. Then we found out some exciting news. We were going to have a baby. I quickly gained those beautiful 60 lbs back. I had the hardest time accepting my pregnancy because I wanted to keep losing weight, not gain it. BUT the beautiful thing is that I know that I can do it. So, with Kristin I say this. 

I am Deborah. A child of God first, wife second, and mother third. God tells me that I am fearfully and wonderfully made. God tells me that I am priceless. God tells me that I am special. God tells me that He has a plan for me. The scale tells me that I am Morbidly Obese. The scale tells me that I am worthless. The scale tells me that I am unimportant. The scale tells me that I can't do anything. I do not fit the worlds idea of average (117-143) but God tells me that I am extraordinary. 

With that being said, lets start this "Lent/ESOAL 2016" off right! WEIGH IN! 

Be inspired - not condemned

Be empowered - not defeated

Hear the words you can - not you can't