Weightloss, Spiritual Growth and Arbonne!

The past 7 months has been bitter sweet.  Its not exactly what I thought at the beginning of the year it was going to be like, but I guess you could say I wouldn't take it back for anything.  My growth with my Heavenly Father has been very strong and rewarding.  I can honestly say Ive never been this close of a walk with God in my whole entire life.  Its been rocky and sometimes I still struggle, but that's what living in a fallen world does.

Growth
I knew losing the man I know God had given me really woke up my eyes.  Looking back, I was a horrible horrible person who honestly thought she was walking the Christian walk.  I look back at myself and am embarrassed and ashamed, but I cant change anything.  I can only take what I have learned and what God has shown me about myself and keep being a better me.  I honestly try my hardest to be the best person I can be each and everyday and be an example for others in any positive, spiritual way I can.

Weightloss

I knew one of my biggest issues when I was in a relationship was my insecurities.   I was a very mean insecure woman, who judged people just to make myself feel better and that's horrible.  Like I said before, looking back I'm just ashamed, but I refuse to ever be that person again.  Now when I see a beautiful woman of any size, I think their beautiful, instead of thinking or maybe even speaking bad things about them.  Losing weight has really helped me feel comfortable of who I am in my own skin.  I used to think that a man could make me feel beautiful, but in reality, I needed to feel beautiful for myself.  Some days are harder than others, but I now know my self worth and I'm worthy enough for someone to be with me, I'm worthy enough to be successful, I'm worthy enough to have Jesus die for me. 

How I lost weight
I have been going to a hormone specialist who has helped me in areas with blood work and diet.  I think anyone if possible should go get an exam done to see where your blood levels are, so you can know where your body stands.  I actually had a lower thyroid and a higher testosterone levels.  I realized just recently that I cant work out as long as I'm trying to lose weight.  I know that sounds crazy, but I actually had gained 6 pounds when working out, because of my muscle mass growth.  I lost 8 pounds when I stopped working out.  When I reach my goal, I will then start toning.  I will keep being active of course, but not hit the gym hardcore like I was.  My Dr put me on a cleanse back in March.  It was supposed to be a 21 day cleanse, but I ended up doing it for like 4 months.  In that 4 months I lost 34 pounds just with eating clean.  You could eat alot of foods, but you couldn't have sugar, caffeine, pineapple, corn, dairy, fried foods, alcohol, breads or starches.  I know you might be thinking, well thats everything, but not really.  There are alot of choices still left, like steak, chicken, all sorts of fish, fruits and vegetables.  You can have brown rice and soy milk. 

Arbonne
Because of my weightloss and people at work seeing me transform, God really opened a door in my life one day.  I had a coworker come up to me and tell me about Arbonne.  I never heard of it in my life, but she wanted me to go to a party her niece was having and she pretty much threw this whole party around me and I ended up being the only one to show up, but it was a gift from God.  The woman who threw the party, I felt like I knew her my whole life within the first couple of times we met.  I prayed and prayed if this was something that I wanted or that God wanted me to do and I never heard an answer and was very confused because I had prayed for weeks.  In my heart, I really felt like God gave me this gift and I can use it wisely or throw it away selfishly.  These products are all vegan based products that don't have all the toxins in them that most products people put ON them and IN them everyday.  While I have learned over the past 7 months how to eat clean and right, God has really opened my eyes to the toxins and ingredients that we are putting in the body God created for us.  I have had cancer before and I don't want to put anything in my body that will activate my cancer cells.  My body is precious to me and I will try my hardest to take care of it. 
Now I know most of you reading this, HATE looking into certain things people try and sell you cause its all out there.  You have AVON, Scentsy, and other things people try and sell you.  I am a consultant for Arbonne and would LOVE for you to talk to me about the products and to maybe throw a small shindig just to LEARN!!! I am honestly not trying to sell you anything, but to teach you what I have learned and my leader has so much more information.  I wouldn't even bother selling a product or be a part of a company, because I have 3 other jobs, but this is something that I will stand by.  I want everyone to feel as good as I do and Arbonne is part of that reason. 
On top of these products and what they stand for, I get to fellowship with Christian women and even some men for you men out there who might be interested.  Most of these women give their credit and their success to God and thats what I want to be a part of. 

I did step away from alot of Social Media sites to grow closer to God and have distractions taken away.  I needed this time for me and I needed to see the person that I had became.  I was not happy with myself and I never faced my past issues and hurts.  God really gave me this time and I used it as wisely as I could.  I love the person that I'm becoming and I will try to become the best Godly woman that I know till the day I die.  Its when you feel like you lost everything is when sometimes all God wants is your attention and He can work on you the best.  I know my God is a jealous God and I didn't give Him everything like I should have.  I tend to learn lessons the hard way, but this time my eyes are focused on God and I refuse to take them off.  He will be first for as long as I live!

I will love to talk to anyone about anything that I have mentioned or if you have anything else you would like to ask about weightloss or growing closer to God or something else you may have seen.  I want to help anyone and everyone become the best them possible.  Just remember that losing weight should never be a DIET, its honestly a lifestyle change.  If you want to learn more about Arbonne and what it has done for my life, ask away.  If you want to know about Christ if you don't know Him, I'm your girl! :)    If you want to know the changes I have made in my life and what God has shown me, then I will be a full blown testimony! 

God Bless!