Lose 12 to 26 pounds before Labor Day!

Labor Day, September 7th, is 13 weeks from yesterday and this is a great window of opportunity to accomplish some amazing things with your energy, health and weight loss. Imagine yourself at a cookout or some fun gathering - - - now, how do you feel? Do you have a ton of energy and are you excited about your life? Are you looking forward to all the activity that goes on around you in the fall?

Here in Perry Georgia, we have the National Fairgrounds and as soon as you come into town, there is a large sign that counts down how many weeks are left in the year before the next National Fair is held during the early fall. Every time I enter town, it is a grim reminder that I am overweight and out of shape! The fair heralds the holiday activity around these parts! It is absolutely the BEST fair ever and everyone around here looks forward to all the outdoor activity and all the rides and shows! It is so much fun for the family! My son, Chad could plan his whole year around going to the Georgia National Fair. He always announces the fair’s arrival to me each year. He never fails to say, “Mom, are you going with me to the fair this year?” But to tell you the truth, I have not been to the National Fair for about eight years! Not because I really did not want to…but because I did not feel that I the stamina and energy enough to even walk around and just look at all the exhibits, and definitely not enough energy to ride the rides. (Don’t you hate it when the seat belts on the rides don’t fit around your body?) Since I have had bad knees and health problems I have used them as my excuse to not take part in my children’s family fair outings. I always pretend that I really have just lost all interest in having fun at the fair. Besides, I am not a kid anymore! At 53, I’m too old! But the truth is that I would LOVE to go to the fair and ride ALL the rides (every one of them) with my grand kids. I’d love to walk all over the fair and take in all the sites and sounds and smells. I’d LOVE to hear the joy in my children’s and grand kid’s laughter! I feel that life is passing me by and I am missing a very special part of it because of my poor stamina, low energy, aches and pains.

Personally, I am tired of being tired How ‘bout you? Are YOU tired of being tired also? Do you want to have a ton of energy and be excited about life? This Labor Day will you be excited about being able to be much more active during the fall? Will people keep making comments about how great you look and how much energy you have? This is important because your consistency today and in the coming 3 months is going to lead you and me into feeling like a Rock Star on Labor Day. ARE YOU UP FOR IT? You deserve to have tons of energy, to be healthy and to feel good about yourself. So concentrate on making smart decisions today and start taking a few baby steps initially towards improving your energy and health. Even a few small changes in our behavior will help carry us into better health! Lastly, stop making excuses about why you are not losing weight and/or getting fit, start holding yourself accountable and start kicking some butt! (And as in MY case, it’s some pretty BIG butt! Ha! Ha! Just kidding!) Sorry for the tough love, but I care about you and want to help and encourage you.On Labor Day, you and I will be proud of our hard work and we will be excited to have made some great improvements to our health. And, let me tell you, it is OK to make yourself a top priority. YOU DESERVE IT!

Here again, I want to mention that there is so many ways out there to for anyone to attain better health! Especially online! And although a lot of the sites are NOT free, some of them really are FREE! I will say it over and over again, it is hard to beat Sparkpeople! Let me encourage you to visit their website: http://www.sparkpeople.com
All you have to do is register with them to have ALL of their resources available to you and your family! You will also have online friends that will chat with you and encourage you to become the best that you can be.

If you live in the Houston, Peach, Dooley, or Pulaski counties, please feel free to come join us at New Light Harvest Chapel on Hwy 341 South for the 3D Eat Well, Live Well, and Love God program. If faith can move mountains it may budge unwanted pounds, boost low self-esteem and overcome other problems. God is the most necessary component of a whole life — and that is what the average diet plan misses. Carol Showalter thought it was divine inspiration when she noticed the sign "Smile, God Has the Answer" on a Sunday school bulletin board. The message moved her to create one of the first Christian-centered health programs in 1972. It is a FREE program also! If you’d like to learn more about the 3D program go to: www.3dyourwholelife.com. At New Light Harvest Chapel there are NO WEEKLY FEES for weigh ins each Wednesday evening at 7 pm! "Other diets
make you feel guilty for eating too much or too little; but the 3D Plan doesn't judge you. I like the mix of nutritional advice with the spiritual dimension that was missing in other weight loss programs. To the first five members we are giving a FREE 3D book! We just had our weigh in meeting for the week last night and I lost one more pound! That's 25 pounds so far!

New Light Harvest Chapel is located just a few miles out of Perry, GA in a small community called Clinchfield. Our people are a loving caring group and would love to meet you! Hey, Pastor Kirby and I would really LOVE to meet you too!

OK, I hope by now that you have decided to join me in my challenge to lose 12 to 28 pounds by Labor Day! Let’s get started!



"I know, O Lord, and do with all humility acknowledge myself as an object altogether unworthy of thy love; but sure I am, thou art an object altogether worthy of mine. Do thou then impart to me some of that excellence, and that shall supply my own lack of worth. Help me to cease from sin according to thy will, that I may be capable of doing thee service according to my duty." (St. Augustine, 354-430)

• "Change your thoughts and you can change the world." (Norman Vincent Peale, 1898-1993)