Weightloss Affirmation #1

Weightloss Affirmation #1

Lack of Confidence in myself or insecurities and confusion of rather I'm beautiful just as I am has nothing to do with my weightloss journey. To be healthy, happy and in control of my well being has everything to do with my goal to change. Simply put, I just want a healthier life and to know that I have full control over every aspect of my life.

At the end of July I was preparing to go to a tent revival where my stepfather was ministering and I got dressed and happen to look in the mirror at myself and I did not like the woman I saw in that mirror... Her face was swollen, her arms were huge and her ankles had been swelling do to high blood pressure, I had my younger sister take a picture of me that day and I said to myself this is the last time you will allow yourself to fall victim to your situations and find comfort in food. I begin to think about my, at the time partially, completed book entitled "Finish Happy" and I said to myself hmmm, the title of this book would be a lie if did not gain control over my eating... It was at that moment I had a moment of truth with myself.

You are Not healthy
You are an emotional eater
You are hiding your beauty underneath fat
You are at risk of High blood Pressure, diabetes, heart complications etc.
you are slowly killing yourself

If I can tell a untold truth, and (I speak more about this in my book) food became my bestfriend, I would secretly eat until I was so full and I begin to feel sick.
The Bible says, “If you find honey, eat just enough–too much of it, and you will vomit” (Proverbs 25:16).

Eating becomes a psychological as well as spiritual warfare for example, overeating is turning to food for help instead of seeking God and for provision. The Bible says, "My God shall meet all your needs according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus" (Philippians 4:19), so let me make this personal, My name is Robin LaShelle, and I am a ex-emotional eater that worship food and denied the power of the God I claimed to love. Why do i say that? Because every time a problem rolled around, I ran to food. Mentally I believed that soda would make me feel better, the crunching of the potato chips would drown out the worries in my head, the fried foods would help me get over the lost of my baby, the cookies would ease the pain of disappointment, Snickers would get me through the rough day that I never thought would end. Did I verbally speak these things? No I didn't, but actions speak louder than words and you know what? My actions depicted, I had an addiction to food. I looked to food to meet my needs and it became more and more important to me until it became compulsive, it became an idol, a false god. Last night as I was going through pictures in my phone just from this year. My mind begin to race, each picture I looked at I took a mental trip back to that day. On most days I had a lot going on mentally as we'll as emotionally. From February up until now I saw the fluctuation in my weight. I had no self control and one of my biggest problems is not being able to control a situation or being able to fix a situation and in that I didn't recognize I had given the power I had, over to an addiction and if I wasn't careful I would eventually create problems that I couldn't recover from. A person given to appetite has little or no willpower to resist his excessive cravings. I know first hand. I have a very close love one who I love with all my heart struggling with an addiction to alcohol and it saddens me because each day I am watching him deteriorate, and its because of his addiction I recognized my addiction. I refuse to go through my life lacking self control. I refuse to give my life over to any form of addiction. I am determined to gain all control back over my life, but with addictions you can't do it alone. I established a prayer life I put God before this journey and every morning and night I thank him for giving me the courage and the strength to defeat this demon I was battling with, but I had to first want deliverance.

Make up and trendy clothing can only camouflage your addictions for so long, after a while your intake begins to take full control and you're lost inside a world that has very few exit doors...

Peace and blessings until we talk again

-Robin LaShelle

I am... Recap of sunday service

"I AM"

Yesterday in church the word of God went fourth with so much power. My stepfather who is also my pastor, rendered an amazing word entitled "I Am" this word was an on time word and I had to blog about it.

The message "I Am" is a phenomenal message that I believe everyone should be privileged to know about. We all go through life experiencing challenges and calamities, all we see is the situation at hand often times we don't cease the opportunity to exercise our faith. We have all been guilty of it... "bills are due, don't have the money to pay them" "the doctor Dignosed me with this, I don't feel like I can make it" " my son is a drug addict, my daughter is a alcoholic" "well I want to start a business but I don't have the financial backing to do so" I know about this all to well I am definitely guilty of running with my faith tank on "E". Let me expose me, the earlier part of last year I found out that I was pregnant. In the midst of my pregnancy I was told that I had a condition called endometriosis and it was a great possibility that I wouldn't be able to carry my baby to term. I must admit my heart was shattered and I took the doctors word and begin to prepare myself for the worst. Often times I wonder what would have happened if I pursued God, what would have happened if I upped my faith and went before God with all I had in me, but the past is gone and I can't undo what has taken place but I can take total control over my faith in the future. The bible teaches us that Faith is the substance of all things hope for and the evidence of things unseen. So you have to see it before you see it, believe it and act as if you are already living in the manifestation of Gods promises. If you have dreams and aspirations begin to speak of yourself as so. Sickness has afflicted your body? Claim your healing. The I Am method is designed to put you in a posture of receiving what God has for you. I am healed, I am Free, I am successful, I am at peace, I am a successful author, I Am a successful entrenuer, I am a mother, I am a wife, I am everything that has called me to be. Every now and again we have to remind the enemy of what we are not, yes the doctor diagnosed me with this and they say I have a touch of that but I Am Not or afflicted. I don't have any tangible money I the bank but I Am not broke. My business hasnt taken off yet but I am not a failure. My daddy was an alcoholic but I Am Not carrying that generational curse with me because I Am the head and not the tail, I am above and not beneath... I am calling those things that are not as if they were and I am walking in my destiny.

I want to encourage you every morning and say you I Am's then go on with your day living them

Good day loves
Xoxo

-RlAshe

Spiritual, Mental, Physical and Social Makeover

30 day spiritual, physical, mental and Social makeover

So yesterday after got home, I went to the health food store to get some Green tea and to find something to boost my energy. I asked the guy that was working there could he recommend something. He looked at me and said "you look extremely tired" I'm thinking to myself wow... Does it show that much? He said " I'm not trying to cause any offense you just look like your mind is everywhere and you haven't had much sleep" I said to myself yeah it's showing and that's not good. He asked me what I do for a living and I told him a lot... Then I went into detail of what typical day is like in my life. He recommended these all natural vitamins and agreed that the green tea would be good with the vitamins. He then pulled out a piece of paper and said I should challenge myself to a makeover... Hmmm my original thoughts was yeah I can go for a new hairstyle, maybe some MAC and I'm long overdue for a new pair of shoes...lol. I took the paper and sat in my car and begin to read and this makeover was nothing like I had in mind. This was a 30 day Spiritual, Physical, Mental and Social Makeover, something that exceeds the vanity of a makeover... I really wanted to share this because I think a lot of people can benefit from this challenge.

The Challenge:

Spiritual-
Start off every morning with Prayer, meditation and /or devotion

Make a list of things that you want to be mentally free from

Make a list of things you like and dislike about yourself

Journal and recap your day, each hight. Make sure you cap on yours highs and lows for the day

End each day with self encouragement!

Mental-
Try to fast from any negative energy meaning:

Write a list of people you are associated with, are they equipped to go where you are going

Reality TV
Gossiping
Arguing
Negative conversations
Holding grudges
Music
Bad habits
Bad company

Physical:

Take a before picture of yourself or have someone else take the picture for you

Start each morning off with some form of Cardio

Make sure you have 5 small meals a day.

No:

Energy drinks
Soda
Junk food
keep a food journal

May sure you have at least
2 servings of fruit each day

End the night with 30 minutes of cardio

Social- We live in a day and age where social media has become a part of our everyday lifestyle. We tweet, we Facebook, we blog etc, and a lot of times we use social networking to vent about our day and tell the world how angry you are at so and so and we can go on and on but for the next 30 days turn your social networking to:

Inspire
Encourage
Love
Up lift

Each day pick a friend and let the know you care

If your feeling negative energy and feel the urge to vent to cyber world pull out a pen and pad write down the issue then attempt to write down the solution instead of spreading more negative energy

On Day 30 recap and journal the difference this challenge has made in your life

Also feel free to post updates in the comments box below! Happy MakeOver!

My new book, My new outlook on life "Finish Happy"

Well it's been a year and almost seven months since I last posted anything on my blog, if I may be honest the past year and half has been by far one of the most challenging periods of my life, but through it all I made it and I am determined to finish this thing happy! In the midst of me standing my challenges, everything from health concerns, loosing just about everything I owned to miscarrying my baby . I some how managed to find comfort in writing and I asked God to give me the words to complete my first book. A book that would inspire and touch the hearts of others that may encounter some of the same things I have experienced and they question rather or not they can or of they are willing to make it. It would be unrealistic to say I was calm and I took everyday like a champ because I didn't but what I did do is wrap myself in the arms of God and begin to read and research his word to find out what he had to say about my situation, what he promised for my life. God took me back to 2008 when I was so anxious to complete my book, I remember one night saying "God give me the Words to complete this project, give me the inspiration to encourage life, i said God use me that you will get the glory" and that's when God begin to send me through the storm... First my Father, suffered and fought for his life for 6 months. Then in 2009 my mothers health was attacked and she had to undergo a major surgery. 2010 my nephew was Dignosed with TGA at birth and he had to have open heart surgery. Then in 2011, I lost everything from my car, my home, to my unborn child, and for one second I thought I was going to loose my mind but God reminded me that I told him I wanted him to get the glory so he put me in a place where I couldn't depend on nobody but him...

This book is the reflection of the strength training plan that God sat aside for my life and I am so excited to share my testimony with the world my book will be released this fall and I'm almost positive it's something in my book that everyone can pull from. I wrote my book in the in the form of a novella, I compiled shorts stories, never before posted Blogs and poetry into this project, but the most important element of the book is my Victory, My Happiness and how I chose to come out on top... Every chance the Devil get to attack he takes advantage but it's all good because every chance my daddy above gets to protect his child, he takes advantage... So I have No problem with putting my Beyonce on and looking at that joker and letting him know "you must not know bout me, you must not know bout me" because there is no battle I have to fight alone! I titled my book "Finish Happy" because that's what I chose to do and I pray that you will support this project and help me inspire and help someone that may not feel like they can stand the storm.

I will be posting snippets from this project within the next couple of weeks. So please help me spread the word, the one thing I can say about everything I had to go through, it had nothing to do with me but everything to do with being a inspiration to someone else.

I am also looking for a nonprofit organization to donate a portion of my book sales to. If you know of any organizations that can benefit from this project please contact me at

248.376.8671
Or via email

Finishhappyfinishstrong@gmail.com

A woman's Fragrance

The other day I was privileged to sit in a room full of woman... I sat back and walked the room with my eyes. I noticed every woman in the room was a beautiful creation flawlessly sculptured and hand crafted by Gods hand. So many wonderful fragrances filled the air. The aroma of greatness travelled through out the room. I begin to think to myself wow, what would it be like if each of these woman recognized their own scent. What would it be like if every woman in here was confident that the unique aroma that flowed from her spirit was significantly needed to make the world go round.
When was the last time you checked your fragrance?
When was the last time you appreciated your fragrance?
I read an article that said " if the fragrance of a woman vanished the world would stop". I can't speak for any other woman but the fact that someone saw fit to publish that simple line, it did something to my ego. I like my fragrance and I wear it proudly, Dr. Angelou said it best, I am a phenomenal woman and there's no other like me. I remember trying on some sexy graffiti one of my mothers favorite fragrances. When she first wore it, I thought to myself, I have to get that, so I went and purchased me some, got home put it on and absolutely hated how it smelled. Why? Because it did not agree with my body chemistry. I said that, to say this, one of the biggest problems we have as woman, is embracing our inner fragrance, we struggle with true identity, we neglect and reconstruct the original woman. Now please don't get me wrong, because I too enhance my beauty, I love cosmetics, I love being versatile with my hair, if the truth be told I consider myself a fashionista, but more over I Love Me! I see so many woman lost in the identity of others that its scary. Theirs a quote I love to go by " an original is always worth more than a copy" I stand by that quote. Its ok to be inspired but when you become lost in some one else identity you defeat your purpose of being. In my mind I house the fragrance that makes the world go round.... Embrace your fragrance and allow the original scent to flow freely from your spirit and change the world. You look Good on You. When you wear someone else fragrance it doesn't agree with your inner chemistry!

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Your Struggle is Not for you

As I commenced my morning at 4:00am I started off with Morning Prayer and meditation, I lay across the bed for a second and allowed my thoughts to travel.  I begin to think about the past few years of my life, I found myself fighting back the tears and simply thanking God that almost didn’t become. A lot of times we are faced with challenges and we allow it to consume our life and keep us from going after our destiny. We are quick to eternalize short term situations and allow it to slowly eat away at our souls. One thing I have learned, Life is not easy but if we learn to see the outcome of what we are going through it shines light on the situation at hand.  I know my God given destiny has been to help hurting souls, empower women, impart strength into the weak, educate people on HIV and AIDS, capture memories of life (photography), teach the importance of self beauty, write words of healing and victory and the list continues. Then I begin to think about how amazing God is and how his plan is not our plan and his way to bring fourth that plan is not necessarily what we have in mind.  I embrace the plan God has for my life in fact I love being a help to people I am a born Humanitarian but needless to say I am the perfect picture of imperfection.  I begin to think, how effective my gift would be if I never experienced anything, how convincing my speech of victory would be if I never went through a storm. How could I help a person on the verge of suicide if my mind was never tainted with the thoughts of ending my own life, how can I tell a person that in every storm there is light If  I have never been through  anything. Each day we live and each challenge we have to go through is not for us but it’s to help someone that will experience the same thing. So when challenges come into your life and you wonder why you are going through what you are going through keep in mind that you will cross the paths of someone that will need to hear your testimony but the only way your testimony will be effective is if there’s compassion and compassion comes when we walk the same road as the person in need. So when you are going through what you are going through just know the battle is not for you but it’s for a path you will eventually cross.

Good Day Loves!

((((((hugs))))))) & *****Muahs*******

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Me Myself and the Mirror

Today I took the time to spend some me time staring in the mirror, free from every article of material I examined myself from head to toe. I saw something’s I could change as well as something’s I would like to keep. I stared for almost an hour allowing my eyes to travel into my soul. Then I asked myself the question…. “Do you really know who you are?” “Do you really respect the person you are?” “What you see in the mirror, is it evidence of one who considers their body a temple?” If the truth be told the answer to all three would be NO… Yes I said it, and I’m not at all ashamed of admitting the truth.  In 2011 I made no New Year Resolutions just silent promises to myself and one of the promises I made to myself is to become a better woman to myself. I could never be a better woman to anyone else before first being good to me. I had to first start with a self examination with me, my notebook, a sharpie and the mirror.  I never deny the fact that I am secure and have a clear vision of Gods plan for my life but there is so much more that comes along with the plan and the vision. The first thing that came to me was going through a cleansing, freely we intoxicate our body with all kinds of things that could cause long term problems.  From our Food intake to the things we feed our spirit.  Now my desire is to become everything that God predestined for my life but the only way I can begin to travel that journey is by recognizing things that need to be put in place before I travel that road.  So as I looked into my eyes I begin to travel the pathways of my soul, and I asked myself another question “How bad Do you want it?” I asked myself that question because as I looked through my eyes I begin to see ahead in time, I saw myself as a bestselling author, I saw  myself traveling as a motivational speaker, I saw myself as a entrepreneur, I saw myself as one of the most creative  photographers in the world. I saw myself as one of the most profound writers in history. I saw myself living Life and not just waking up to life, and after all of that I asked myself… HOW BAD DO YOU WANT IT!!!! I screamed to the top of my LUNGS!!!! I want it bad like first time I desired to have God in my life, Bad Like I needed GOD to perform a miracle in my mom’s Life, BAD like I wanted GOD to heal my father’s body… BAD like I wanted deliverance to take place in my heart Bad Like I wanted God to work out that relationship I knew wasn’t good for me. BAD Like I wanted mental freedom. So I said ok If you want it that bad there’s something’s that you are going to have to cut, something’s you are going to have to free yourself from…. At 28 years old I have been through something’s and I recognize and realize as long as I live I will have some other things that I will have to tackle, but the first fight that we usually endure is the fight against ourselves because we simply don’t know who we are, we simple don’t respect who we are and we don’t guard our temple. Take time to meet with the mirror free yourself from the material articles and look at the true you and then do  self examination to find out if you are equipped to handle the plan God has for your life.

(((((Hugs))))))  &  *****Muahs*****

Robin LaShelle