Success! It's your for the taking!!!

It's Monday morning and I'm sitting in my office chair cooling down from this morning's workout!  I'll have to admit that I was scared, skeptical, and just being wimpy about getting on the scale this morning.  Sean, my hubby said, "Don't let the scale scare ya, let it motivate ya."  I knew that there were 3 days last week that I didn't exercise due to my grueling schedule.  Also, I'd made a poor choice or two that I was sure was going to come back and haunt me.

So...I stepped on the scale and.....TWO MORE LBS LOST!  GLory to God!  Yes, I mean that!  Glory to God!  I will give God credit in this because He's what I"m all about anyways.  So Praise God!  I"m the smallest I've been in about 8 years and let me tell ya'll.  I FEEL AMAZING!  I feel more BEAUTIFUL than I have ever felt in my life!  It almost brings me to tears.  I can look at myself in the mirror these days and smile and know that all is well.

Mom would be proud I know.  Also, I have a young woman who has also inspired me.  She's my spiritual mentor.  If I had to speak to her out loud and tell her what she meant to me I'd be a bawling mess.  Her name is Sharon Thomas, President and Founder of Established Footsteps.  She's spoken truth into my life, and encouraged me to get out there and get in shape and if for no other reason, to do it for God's Glory.  I actually got to sit under her teaching of God's Word this weekend and had a blast! 

Success...Where is it coming from?!!!  I can tell you...It first comes from a choice to get up right after Bible reading and prayer and putting on those exercise clothes and hitting the machines whether I want to or not.  Success!  It's yours for the taking!  The first thing you must do is DECIDE to begin and get out there! 

I did and...I"M NINE LBS lighter because of it!!!!!!!!!  The pcture below is Sharon Thomas, my spirtual mentor!

Moved to tears,

Alicia