1.)That's awesome, Lacy. There are a lot of people that use food, shopping, and even sex to replace a deeper void that is in their lives. I congratulate and admire you for having the courage to share your story with the world. And you are correct, there are a lot of people going through it and can/will benefit from your testimony! I am wishing you the best in your journey and will be praying for you to achieve all the goals that you have in life.  Putting God first will help you to reach them that much quicker!  Say a prayer for me that I can overcome the demon of Macaroni and Cheese for the holiday season!!

-Richelle

Posted by Richelle on Sunday, October 22, 2006 at 4:11 PM

2.)LACY WHEN I READ THAT MY MOUTH DROPPED I COULDN'T BELEIVE YHAY U ATE LIKE THAT CUZ AT WORK U JUST NIBBLE ON FOOD. BUT U NEEDED THAT CONFIDENCE WITHIN YOUR SELF TO LOOSE WEIGHT AND U LOOK GREAT AND KEEP GOIN TIL U REACH YO GOAL....I'M SO PROUD OF U BUT U KNOW THIS WEEK LUNCH IS GONA B GREAT...

Posted by LIL' CRAZY(Hope) on Sunday, October 22, 2006 at 5:37 PM

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That is so awesome! My story is kinda like that. When I was little, I use to eat out a lot. My dad, my mom, my sister, and I use to go out to eat almost every sunday after church. We use to eat at Outback, Old Country Buffet, Ponderosa, and many other restaurants... My 2 nephews use to stay with us. They're around my age. My nephews, my sister, and I use to walk to Jack-N-The-Box and McD's all the time. We ate a lot of fast food growing up... We all started to gain weight except for one of my nephews. He's always been skinny LOL. We didn't become obese but we were fat. We slowed that down though. They started getting more active.. Me...

Here's my story... I use to suffer from migrane headaches all throughout my childhood. I went from 1 doctor to another doctor and from 1 medication to another. Nothing seemed to make my headaches go away. I was already eating out a lot. But I would eat more to make my headaches go away. To make a long story short... I started gaining weight in middle school. I became chubby. I became depressed.  I wanted to lose weight.  And most of all I wanted my headaches to stop. I went on like a diet. I ate more healthy food, started to exercise more... you know what really made my headaches go away and helped me lose weight... drinking a lot of water... Before I made this change my dad use to tell me to drink a lot of water. He said it flushes out the impurities in the body. Now my dad is really smart but he always talk my ear off LOL. I listened to my dad but it use to go out the other ear LOL.  I listened to him though. I made that change... I really made the change my junior year in high school. By my 1st year in college I had lost 50 lbs. Hallelujah!  I went from 180 lbs. to 130 lbs. My grandma thought I was on drugs LOL... But now I'm in my 3rd year in college and I weigh 150 lbs. I guess since I thought I achieved my goal I would go back to what I use to do. I had to go back and remember though. I got fat 'cause I wasn't eating the right food and not exercsing as much. Now I am watching what I eat and I exercise every week. I need to go back to drinking more water 'cause I kinda left that alone. But right now at 150. I'm right in the middle for my height. This is the weight I really want to be at. My weight is coo. Now Im working on toning up my body.

I really have to recognize the 1 who helped me achieve my goals. God! I love God with all my heart. I prayed that I would lose weight. I prayed for depression to go away. I prayed that my headaches would stop. I prayed and prayed. God listens yaw. Prayer does work. But not only did I pray on it... I offered up praise to Him. I learn to shout even when things are not going right. I learn to shout like I already have the victory... I thank God! He never left me. He brought me through... The power of prayer and praise! When you have faith that your blessing will come and when you have faith that those issues, problems, etc., will come to past... Everything that you hope for you must have faith that it will happen... with God on your side... Trust in the Lord! It will happen!

Thanks for reading my message! God bless!

Posted by Jay on Tuesday, October 31, 2006 at 9:54 PM

4.)HEY LACY U ARE MY INSPIRATION AND I GIVE U PROPS FOR TAKING THE STEPS 2 CHANGE YOUR LIFE !!!! , BUT  I JUST WANTED 2 GIVE U ENCOURAGEMENT AND 2 LET U KNOW U CAN DO ALL THINGS THROUGH CHRIST. AND HE IS YOUR ROCK 2 LEAN ON. SO KEEP YOUR HEAD UP AND KNOW THAT TROUBLE IS ONLY 4 A SEASON AND THAT LIGHT COMETH IN THE MORNING!!

Posted by ERIKA on Tuesday, November 07, 2006 at 9:40 PM