11/27/2025
One hundred pounds.
I had to sit with that number for a minute because it doesn’t even feel real. One hundred pounds down. One hundred pounds surrendered. One hundred pounds of choices, prayers, tears, and tiny little “No Thank You” bites that added up to something I never thought I’d see.
If I’m honest, this did not happen fast. There were no magic days, no miracle weeks, no straight lines. There were years I fought my own brain harder than I fought the food. There were nights I cried in my pantry and mornings I woke up determined. There were seasons where the scale barely moved even though I was doing everything right. And there were moments I wanted to quit so badly that I tried to convince myself God wouldn’t mind if I “took a little break.”
But then there was grace. There was patience. There was the Holy Spirit nudging me to just take the next right step. And there was Trim Healthy Mama, which gave me a way to honor God with my body without hating food or hating myself. THM gave me tools instead of shame, peace instead of panic, and the freedom to eat like a grown woman instead of diet like a crazy person.
Today, on Thanksgiving of all days, I’m sitting here overwhelmed with gratitude. Not because I’m perfect, but because God has been faithful. Because He carried me through the days I felt like quitting. Because He showed me over and over again that discipline is worship and taking care of this body is service to Him.
To Pearl and Serene, thank you for creating something that helped a girl like me who was tired of starting over. Your work has changed my life forever.
To everyone still in the messy middle, hear me. You’re not behind. You’re not too slow. You’re not broken. This journey is not measured in speed, it’s measured in obedience. If God can carry me one hundred pounds down, He can carry you too, one faithful choice at a time.
So here’s to Thanksgiving. Here’s to food freedom. Here’s to worshipping God with our choices. And here’s to the most shocking sentence I never thought I’d say:
I did it. I’m one hundred pounds down. And I am just getting started.