Lasting Transformations

👑🐝 HELLO SEPTEMBER from LASTING TRANSFORMATIONS!

💛🍂 It's SEPTEMBER! My Birthday Month! 🎉 Let's CELEBRATE a Season of CHANGE!

As we transition into fall... my favorite season... we're heading toward holidays, family gatherings, traditions, celebrations... and FOOD!

The perfect time to strengthen something every lasting transformation needs:
🧱 HEALTHY BOUNDARIES

💛 SEPTEMBER FOCUS: BOUNDARIES & SOCIAL PRESSURE

After bariatric surgery, our portions, food choices, routines and even how we celebrate may change. But others may still expect the same traditions or the same version of us.

As we TRANSFORM, sometimes for who we're becoming means establishing boundaries that protect our health and transformation.

🧱 BUILDING BLOCK: SETTING HEALTHY BOUNDARIES
A healthy boundary isn't about controlling someone else. It's deciding what I WILL DO to protect my well-being.

I can't control what someone serves.
💛 I CAN control what I put on my plate.

I can't control someone's opinion.
💛 I CAN control how I respond.

I don't need everyone's approval.
💛 I CAN protect my health.

🚧 ROADBLOCK: FOOD PUSHERS, FAMILY EXPECTATIONS & SOCIAL PRESSURE

🚫 “One bite won't hurt!”
🚫 “That's ALL you're eating?”
🚫 “You've lost enough weight!”
🚫 “It's a special occasion!”
🚫 “But I made this especially for YOU!”

Food can represent family, tradition, celebration and LOVE.

Here's the mindset shift:
💛 I can receive your LOVE without receiving another serving.
🚫 Saying NO to food doesn't mean saying NO to the person.

💛 ACTION STEP! KIND → CLEAR → FIRM
💛 KIND: “No thank you!”
💛 CLEAR: “Thank you, but I'm comfortable with what I've chosen.”
💛 FIRM: “I've said no. Please respect my decision.”

🚫 No apology. No argument. No lengthy explanation.

✨ ANCHOR TRUTH — BOUNDARIES PROTECT TRANSFORMATION.
Boundaries aren't walls. They're guardrails that help keep our transformation on course.

✨ Understanding is welcome. RESPECT is REQUIRED.

📖 PURPOSE SCRIPTURE - Proverbs 4:23
“Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.”

We can remain loving, compassionate and gracious AND still have boundaries.

✝️ WHAT GOD IS BUILDING IN ME IS WORTH PROTECTING.

🤩 JOIN US IN SEPTEMBER!
💻 VIRTUAL — Thursday, September 3
Navigating Social Situations Confidently

🤝 IN-PERSON — Saturday, September 19
Boundary Role-Playing

We'll practice real-life situations using our:
💛 KIND → CLEAR → FIRM boundary tool.

☎️ CONTACT ME ASAP for meeting information!
💛 YOU ARE NOT ALONE!
💛 YOU CAN SAY NO WITHOUT GUILT!
💛 BOUNDARIES PROTECT TRANSFORMATION!

Continuing to build the life God has called us to live...✨

💛👑🐝 LASTING TRANSFORMATIONS

💛👑🐝 LASTING TRANSFORMATIONS BARIATRIC SUPPORT GROUP AUGUST IN-PERSON GATHERING UPDATE! 🐝👑💛

📣 PLEASE NOTE OUR DATE CHANGE!

Our AUGUST IN-PERSON Lasting Transformations Bariatric Support Group Gathering has been RESCHEDULED::
❌ Saturday, August 15
➡️ NEW DATE: SATURDAY, AUGUST 22!
⏰ 1:00–3:30 PM
🤩 PLEASE RSVP!

💛 Our AUGUST focus is BODY IMAGE & SELF-COMPASSION a topic that is so important as we continue learning to accept, respect, and appreciate the bodies we live in TODAY!

✨ ANCHOR TRUTH:
Respect the body you live in today!

📖 "The Lord does not look at the things people look at. People look at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.”
1 Samuel 16:7

💛👑🐝 LASTING TRANSFORMATIONS BARIATRIC SUPPORT GROUP - VIRTUAL MTG TONIGHT AT 7PM!!! CONTACT ME ASAP IF INTERESTED IN ATTENDING! 💛👑🐝

👑🐝 AUGUST BUILDING BLOCK FOCUS - BODY IMAGE AND SELF-COMPASSION!!!

💛👑🐝 HELLO AUGUST from LASTING TRANSFORMATIONS!

☀️ Can you believe it's already AUGUST?
As summer begins to wind down, it's the perfect time to pause, reflect, and continue building the life you desire... .

This month, we're focusing on a topic that touches so many o us, especially after bariatric surgery and significant weight loss, but is often difficult to talk about.

💛 AUGUST is about BODY IMAGE & SELF-COMPASSION
Weight loss doesn't automatically change the way we see ourselves.

Many of us continue to struggle with loose skin, discomfort, negative self-talk, comparison, or even body dysmorphia. We may reach our goal weight and still find it difficult to recognize the incredible transformation that has taken place. Sometimes, we still see the heavier version of ourselves when we look in the mirror.

The truth is... healing isn't just physical.
It's emotional, mental, and spiritual too.

🧱 AUGUST BUILDING BLOCK - ACCEPTANCE & RESPECT
Acceptance doesn't mean giving up.
It means choosing to honor the body that has carried you through every challenge, every setback, every victory, and every new beginning.

🚧 AUGUST ROADBLOCK - Body Image Struggles
💛 Loose skin
💛 Body dysmorphia
💛 Self-consciousness
💛 Comparison
💛 Feeling uncomfortable in your own skin
These struggles are real... but they do not define your worth.

💛 AUGUST ACTION STEP - Practice Self-Kindness
Speak to yourself with the same compassion you would offer a close friend.
✨ Celebrate your progress.
✨ Acknowledge your strength.
✨ Choose grace over criticism.

✨ ANCHOR TRUTH - Respect the body you live in today.
Your body is not your enemy.
It has carried you through surgeries, healing, setbacks, victories, tears, prayers, and countless opportunities to begin again.

🚫 NO "SHOULD"
Instead of saying...I SHOULD look different by now...
Try saying..."I'm grateful for how far I've come, and I'll continue caring for myself... One Choice at a Time.

📖 PURPOSE SCRIPTURE ❤️
"The Lord does not look at the things people look at. People look at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart."
1 Samuel 16:7

🤩 JOIN US On the 1ST THURSDAY of EVERY MONTH FOR OUR VIRTUAL ZOOM MEETING as WE ENCOURAGE ONE ANOTHER, GROW IN OUR FAITH, and CONTINUE EXPANDING OUR CONNECTION TOGETHER!
Because...
💛 YOU ARE NOT ALONE!
💛 YOU BREAKTHROUGH MAY BE CLOSER THAN YOU THINK!
💛🤗🎶 CHECK OUT MY LATEST LASTING TRANSFORMATIONS SONG...
MAKING ROOM...
https://suno.com/s/Kaq09gYZSqXU48bV

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💛👑🐝 HELLO JULY! Welcome to a month of PLATEAUS & PATIENCE!

When we hear the word plateau, most people immediately think about weight loss!

But the truth is...plateaus happen everywhere.
💛 In our faith.
💛 In our careers.
💛 In our finances.
💛 In our relationships.
💛 In our healing.
💛 In our personal growth.
💛 Even in becoming the person God created us to be.

A plateau isn't the end of your progress... it's where perseverance becomes part of your character.

Sometimes it feels like nothing is changing.
You keep praying...
You keep trying...
You keep making good choices...
Yet it seems like you've stopped making progress.

But what if the plateau isn't punishment...
What if it's preparation?

The plateau is often where God develops:
✨ Patience instead of panic.
✨ Character instead of comfort.
✨ Trust instead of control.
✨ Consistency instead of quick results.

Scripture reminds us that perseverance produces character, and character produces hope.

A plateau doesn't mean you've failed.
It doesn't mean you're stuck forever.
It simply means...

Keep doing the right things until the breakthrough comes.

🙏 My prayer for each of us this month is that our faith becomes stronger than our fear, that we choose discipline over discouragement, and that we continue taking One Choice at a Time, even when we can't yet see the results.

Remember...
🌻 Growth is still happening beneath the surface.
🍯 Patience produces perseverance.
🐝 Lasting Transformations aren't built overnight... they're built One Choice at a Time.!

As Galatians 6:9 encourages us:
"Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up."

🤩 Join us this Saturday afternoon in person as we encourage one another, grow in faith, and continue expanding together.

Because...
💛 You Are Not Alone
💛 Your breakthrough may be closer than you think.

💛👑🐝 ONE CHOICE AT A TIME! https://suno.com/s/J0TVBywXHrShm6z5

💛👑🐝 HELLO JULY! Welcome to a month of PLATEAUS & PATIENCE!

When we hear the word plateau, most people immediately think about weight loss!

But the truth is...plateaus happen everywhere.
💛 In our faith.
💛 In our careers.
💛 In our finances.
💛 In our relationships.
💛 In our healing.
💛 In our personal growth.
💛 Even in becoming the person God created us to be.

A plateau isn't the end of your progress... it's where perseverance becomes part of your character.

Sometimes it feels like nothing is changing.
You keep praying...
You keep trying...
You keep making good choices...
Yet it seems like you've stopped making progress.

But what if the plateau isn't punishment...
What if it's preparation?

The plateau is often where God develops:
✨ Patience instead of panic.
✨ Character instead of comfort.
✨ Trust instead of control.
✨ Consistency instead of quick results.

Scripture reminds us that perseverance produces character, and character produces hope.

A plateau doesn't mean you've failed.
It doesn't mean you're stuck forever.
It simply means...

Keep doing the right things until the breakthrough comes.

🙏 My prayer for each of us this month is that our faith becomes stronger than our fear, that we choose discipline over discouragement, and that we continue taking One Choice at a Time, even when we can't yet see the results.

Remember...
🌻 Growth is still happening beneath the surface.
🍯 Patience produces perseverance.
🐝 Lasting Transformations aren't built overnight... they're built One Choice at a Time.!

As Galatians 6:9 encourages us:
"Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up."

🤩 Join us this Thursday evening as we encourage one another, grow in faith, and continue expanding together.

Because...
💛 You Are Not Alone
💛 Your breakthrough may be closer than you think.

💛👑🐝 ONE CHOICE AT A TIME! https://suno.com/s/J0TVBywXHrShm6z5