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May your soul glitter.

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“All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

Have you ever wanted to just escape?

To be somewhere where nobody knows you?

No expectations.

No preformed opinions of who you are or who you should be.

To become anyone you desire.

To be

To be free

From the moment you are born you are someones child and their expectations their opinions are influencing who you are and who you are to become.

From the foods we are fed to music we hear.

EXPECTATIONS

Society breeds conformity, it rebels away from people who don’t tie the party line.

Labelling, grouping, controlling.

Why do we as the human race try to create groups, clones ?

Why do we not celebrate individualism and self expression?

Why are there right ways or wrong ways

Sometimes the journey is more important that the destination.

Sometimes the searching is more important than the finding

Getting lost should be the celebration of a new direction.

Life is for living,

May you wander freely

May your soul glitter with your freedom to be you

Be the you,you wish to be.

Weight watchers- not working for us

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I haven’t blogged about my weight watchers journey for the last few weeks and the reason for this is simple , I haven’t got anywhere.

I can see how weight watchers can work for many but personally I have really struggled.
It’s the portion control I have a problem with, not the size of the portion just the time needed to measure or record.
Maybe the last few weeks have been over hectic but for me to stick to the weight watchers diet requires energy and time two things I have been lacking it a lot.
Creating meals for a family of six Is hard enough as it is without having to measure or weigh things out.
The diet has brought a lot of attention to weight in my home and with three girls two teens and one with real body issues I have had to be really careful.
We have raised our children to eat healthy and it’s very rare you would find junk food in my home but putting a lot of attention on to portion control has left one of my teens a little over obsessed by what they eat and what they weigh.
So although I am well aware that I need to lose weight I need a diet that’s a little less controlled and a little less  in your face.
Weight watchers in a fantastic diet if you thrive on control but for my chaotic world it just isn’t working.

Weight Watchers Back 2 Best

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One of my main issues when it comes to self confidence or should I say lack of self confidence Is down to me being overweight.

 

It feels like I’ve been large forever and I simply I hate it.

 

So now  Ive decided i am going to stop with the excuses. No more blaming the thyroid disease no more blaming the fibromyalgia and the medication I take. I have to take responsibility for the fact that I adore food and eat to much of it.

 

So as luck would have after making this deciton a few weeks ago I applied to be part of Brit Mums and Weight watchers Back to Best  Challenge and guess what I was chosen. Along with 20 other bloggers  I get to to trial Weight Watchers online membership for six months, using all the support Weight Watchers has to offer and also their new Weight Watchers app which you can find in your app store.

 

The plan allows you a certain amount of points daily and with the help of the app you monitor and guide your way towards weight loss.

 

I am really bad at dieting as soon as I hear the word ‘diet’ i’m hungry. Food is a real comfort to me so this isn’t going to be easy. But I am desperate to get myself somewhere near what I used to be. I want to be able to walk into a shop and find a size that fits.

 

So anyway thats my plan, I am going to follow the Pro points diet for the next six months and see how it goes.

 

If you fancy joining me in my quest to lose those excess pounds, Weight Watchers are offering you the change to try the online membership for a week at the trial price of £1 and the app for free. *Please note that the plan will renew after a week if you do not cancel it.

 

 

I’m not going to share with you my starting weight, in fact I’m still reeling from the horror of it. What I will share is that I have been following this plan for one week and on my weigh in yesterday I have found that I have lost 4,lb. I am so happy with this and it has really motivated me.

 

I confess the plan is really easy to follow but I am finding myself hungry, so I am in need of some healthy snacks that don’t include fruit (weird lady with texture issues). Any suggestions.

 

So there I go, my start of the journey to a new me, ok maybe a slightly used new me. But hopefully one I will be more happy with.

 

If you use twitter follow mine and the other bloggers journey at #WWBack2Best

 

*Yes weight watchers have gifted me an online membership for 6 months and also a hamper full of weight watchers goodies but all opinions are my own.

 

 

 

Grieving God’s Way – Margaret Brownley

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How do I describe this book, Grieving God’s Way by Margaret Brawnily. I really haven’t the words maybe just stating that  “she gets it”  is the only way to come close.

 

This is a book which I will and already have returned to over and over again.

 

As a grieving parent I have read a few books on the journey of grief and they have left me wanting. This book is far from the usual its not telling you how you should feel or what stage to be at. Margaret has and still is walking the journey and she really gets it and I just wanted to hug her and say thank you.

 

I sometimes feel so alone on my journey of grief and yes each journey is different for everyone but at times reading this book I felt like screaming hallelujah someone gets me, someone really does understand.

 

The emotions, the cycles, the realisation that life will never be the same are all here in the pages of this book.

 

The author has shared her heart and in doing so has certainly eased mine,

Share the humour, the sadness  the emptiness and know that you are not alone.

 

Know that wherever you are God is with you and open you heart to his healing love.

 

Margaret reminds us in  her gentle way that God feels and shares our pain to, he understands when we are angry at him and holds us even closer.

 

Allowing ours to feel, allowing ourselves to grieve and giving us tools to move forward.

 

I do really recommend this book to anyone who has faced lost but also to anyone who needs that reminder of God’s love.

 
***I received this book free to review, all views are my own.

A friend for the journey

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Last night I had a wonderful evening talking with a lady whom
my girls are convinced is my twin sister. They reasoning is we are both insane. So very true.

As the evening rolled by I was struck by how similar we are. Yes we are both determined never to be a grown up but mostly we both agreed faith is something that is done not said.

Our hearts beat with the same passion for God the desire to serve him and praise him. To be out on the streets working for him.

We both confessed that we are the first to struggle with the concept of God’s eternal love. We look in the mirror and question “why would he love me”?

As we chatted we realised that although our mind was saying “why” our hearts knew he “did”.

I feel like I’m on journey of faith new discoveries everyday, tonight I realise my journey wasn’t one on my own.

I asked God for friendship in my life. He has surely blessed me.

” Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.”
(Mark 11:24, NIV)