The Elephant in the Room?

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There, I said it. The number that I have never wanted to tell anyone. The number that pierces my heart when I see it-in the morning before I take a shower, on my chart at the doctor's office, typed out in bold at the top of a post for a brand new blog. It's been my "elephant in the room" for years.

It's the thing that people wonder but don't ask. It's the reason I can't or don't so many of the things I'd like to do, but never the reason I give for not doing it. It's the thing that most holds me back from fully living the life that God has given me. And, it's time for it to go.

When I was a teacher, I had a principal who used to ask, "How do you eat an elephant?" The response was "One bite at a time." Well, in my case, you that was literal. I reached 314 pounds, one bite at a time. I didn't get to where I am today quickly. It has taken many years and many bad choices.

So I know, that it's also not going to change all at once. It is going to take a long time and a lot of good choices. To get rid of the elephant in the room, I'm going to have to follow the same process in reverse, and I'm going to have to do it one bite at a time.

Would you care to join me in my journey? It's not going to be fast and it's not going to be painless, but I know in the end it will be worth it. And soon, if there happens to be an elephant in the room, it won't be me!