Who Inspires You On Your Journey

First let me say thanks to the many of you who have been following and supporting me on my WEIGHT LOSS journey! As we all know a journey is something that is neither short nor quick. I have been on this journey since May 2010 and I have come a long way on this journey. I have to admit that there is one special person that has inspired me along this journey. One thing about having to lose weight and a lot  of  it is that you can get discouraged, tired, weary, frustrated and a whole lot of other feelings. But God places people in our lives that are there to specifically INSPIRE us to keep going. Sometimes people don't set out to inspire others, they just do by sheer nature. As nature would have it, God placed my inspiration (Dr. Nicole Keith) in my life over 10 years ago. Neither of us knew just how much God knew we would need each other, but I am so glad God knew.

Nicole had started her weight loss journey before me. Because both of our schedules were so hectice, we went a year without seeing each other, but we always communicated with each other. Well Nicole had mentioned that she had been working out and loosing weight. I can't remember at the time just how much she said she had lost, but I was like wow. Finally, in May 2010 I started my weight loss journey. During my journey, Nicole would encourage me and cheer me on for my successes.  I still had not seen Nicole since she had started her journey. Finally, we set a date to get together because both of us agreed, it had been too long since we did a girls day out. So we met to go see For Colored Girls...OMG is all I was thinking. She looked awesome. I was so proud of her and how far she had come. Nicole started out at 344 lbs and when I saw her she was already down to about a 16. Well from that moment on she has inspired me more than she will ever know and continues to inspire me as she is now at slender size 6/8. She has lost over 170 pounds.

As I still strive to reach my ultimate goal, Nicole continues to inspire me to continue my journey when I get  discouraged or set backs occur. Through both of our weight loss journeys and bloggings we have come to learn that we have shared so many of the same experiences in our life time that led to both of us covering up all the pain with food. God knew we would need each other and thus our paths crossed.

So I say to you Nicole Keith thanks for being not just my friend but my INSPIRATION.   I love you my dear friend.

So to those of you that will read this,  I pose the question: Who inspires you on your journey?   

You can also follow Nicole blogs at http://www.myveryactivecoach.blogspot.com/