Let's start this out right!
Pounds Lost Last Week: 3 Pounds
Pounds Lost Since Surgery: 72 Pounds
Overall Weight Loss: 114 Pounds
Another sucessfull WLS week!
This week the main focus is Vacation Bible School. I LOVE VBS! It's a great time and can impact so many kids, youth and adults. This might sound a little cheesy, but children are the future especially of our church. It really does make me sad that I look around and there's not any young adults around to help lead. We have to focus on the kids or our churches are going to die.
We have a team from Louisiana come in and let me just say, they are an absolutely amazing! The way they work and love "my" church kids, is so beautiful and inspiring. It makes me love them a little more because those church kids are my kids and I really do love them sooo much. Mrs. Diane does such a great job with her group.
Food hasn't really been a challenge. I am a little bummed that I cannot eat some of Mrs. Donna's amazing cooking. I really wanted some of her dressing, cheesy potatoes, roast beef and mashed potatoes. I feel a little guilty too because I'm bringing my own meals. I know I look a little rude or uppity, but I swear I don't mean it. I just want to stay on the right track and be as healthy as possible. I did make a dessert that as soon as soon as people read "Sugar Free, Grain Free, Low Fat, Chocolate Goodie" they turned their nose and said "too healthy for me." But I kid you not peeps, there was not a drop of this dessert left. So, it must have been good. The recipe is at the bottom of the blog for your enjoyment. Please keep in mind, I kinda just made it up as I went along.
Energy IS a challenge. It's only Tuesday, and I'm exhausted. My body just got used to working a full day plus 30 extra minutes at the gym. This week, I'm asking my body to give me four extra hours of energy. My body is not compromising. My poor husband worries about me way to much. Tonight at church there was almost a fainting moment. This poor guy probably almost faints when I get like this, but tonight it was especially funny because Michael Andrew is there and has not seen me go into that kind of moment. For the record, I didn't faint. I just got a little weak and dizzy. I AM eating. I AM taking my meds. I AM getting in my liquids. It's an energy challenge. I'm working on it.
What is really keeping me going is God. He is wonderful and is working in our church. He is really the center of all this work. He is working in the hearts of these kiddos and it's very evident. We had 108 tonight. We average about 25 on Sunday monring so 108 is nothing but God's work.
So, for this week, I'm asking for prayers for VBS. I pray for strength of the team, the teachers, the leaders, Papa and our church. Prayers for my strength. But most importantly, pray that God moves in the hearts of these young ones and their families.
As promised the recipe:
1. Preheat oven to 350
2. Take a bag of slivered almonds (the $3.48 bag. I have no idea what oz and size that is), 4 squirts of Skinny Girl Stevia, a half of stick of melted butter.
3. Spread almond mixture in the bottom of the 9x13 pan.
4. Drizzle Sugar Free Honey across the almonds.
5. Bake for 30 minutes
6. Cool Completely
7. Take 2 packages of cream cheese, 1 c. Splenda, 2 tblpn sugar free honey, vanilla extract (I can't tell you how much because I don't measure my vanilla). Mix until well mixed.
8. Spread "cheesecake" mixture over cooled almond crust.
9. Make chocolate pudding according to directions. Let it set up accordingly.
10. Spread chocolate over the cheesecake mixture.
11. Top with light cool whip.
12. Tell everyone it's a healthy dessert so you can have more for yourself.
Happy reading!
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