[Magdalen] Prayer request

[Ginga Wilder]

Prayers for you as you journey through the hills and valleys, Kristin.
Yes, there is much that is positive.  85 pounds is more than impressive, as
is the exercise you're doing.  Congratulations.

Ginga

On Fri, Mar 13, 2015 at 2:55 PM, Esther Williamson <momohl1 at cox.net> wrote:

> Praying for you, Kristin.
> Esther
>
> On 3/13/2015 2:32 PM, Kristin Rollins wrote:
>
>> If I could be added to the prayer list, please…
>>
>> Life has been rough the past month or so. I did not once get to church
>> in February, partly because of the weather, partly because of other
>> reasons.
>>
>> There is nothing big that is wrong, but all sorts of little keeps piling
>> up and grabbing me. I hope that the passing of the wintry weather will
>> help, but there is a whole lot of pushing through fears required and
>> that gets tiring.
>>
>> But I am still pushing on. I made it to church on Sunday morning for the
>> first time in over a month. Even risked going to my parish from 2009-10
>> for the first time on a Sunday morning as Kristin. (I had played the
>> organ for one funeral as Kristin, but mostly stayed up in the organ loft
>> that day.) And I have been making it fairly regularly to the Y to use
>> the treadmill and yesterday crossed the line where my BMI (for what it
>> is worth) no longer calls me obese but merely overweight. About ten and
>> a half months of work to get this far. The next time the scale goes down
>> by a fraction of a pound, I will reach 85 pounds lost. The pants I
>> bought because the ones I had been wearing were too loose are themselves
>> getting to the point where I dare not wear them if my hands will be
>> full. And while I am not there yet, this week was the first time I
>> really started pushing myself to answer "what is the end goal." I have a
>> number in mind. It isn't so much "that is the number I want to be," but
>> it is probably in the ballpark. But even if I did not lose another
>> pound, what I have done so far is an accomplishment. And I am far
>> happier with how much of me there is today than I was when I started…
>> mostly in ways that I did not realize until making the changes in my
>> life (mostly just wearing a Fitbit and really working to get an hour of
>> walking in pretty close to daily, weather permitting, and paying
>> attention to the calories I was eating and making better choices around
>> food).
>>
>> So there are plenty of good things to celebrate, but that doesn't always
>> temper the stresses and fears of life.
>>
>> Kristin
>>
>>
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