Judi Mach

Aphiemi - "forgiveness" or "to send forth or away, let go from oneself"

Forgiveness - this is what I had to do with my weight and with my emotional state from loosing my Mom when I was 24 and then later in life coming to terms with not being able to have children. I have hit milestones since I started this journey and I have hit bumps since I started this journey. I have discovered that in order to keep weight off, I must have a purpose and I have realized that I want to help others loose weight and this is the beginning of that "purpose" - a "blog" to help people spiritually, physically, mentally and emotionally loose weight. I will try and answer questions but most importantly I am going to post what I am doing and why I feel what I am doing is a success or a failure. I started dieting right after Christmas 2008...I weighed in at the Thurmont Curves on January 30th at 208...weighed in at the FMH Wellness Center on February 20th at 205.  Today I weigh between 170 and 175 and plan on weighing in at 155 at the end of the "weight loss" part of my journey. I used to say "I am so stressed" as an excuse to eat but now I am recognizing real stress and am able to move through it without eating M&M's or Marie Calendars Fettucine which is really amazing to me. I still have negative feelings like I get frustrated if I do not loose weight EVERYDAY which puts a lot of pressure on me but like they say at FMH this is not a destiny, this is a journey.  I love what Oprah says - our bodies work for us and we should be grateful to them.  Well I am and that is the joy and victory that I feel today!