Annette's Story: In her own words: From the time I was a kid, I have struggled with my weight. I remember going to weight loss programs with my mom when I was in middle school. As I grew into adulthood, I was able to maintain a healthy weight and decided I wanted to help others in the area of health and fitness. I obtained degree in Exercise Physiology and I spent many years coaching and training people to be fit and healthy. I still really struggled on the inside with weight issues.

In today's post, Coach Jillynn interviews Valerie as she reaches her goal weight. In her video, Valerie talks about the personal life challenges that originally led her to a place of wanting to lose weight, and then shares of the healing, forgiveness, and peace she found through her journey. *The video has a few glitches, but DEFINITELY still worth listening to.Thank you, Valerie, for sharing your journey with us, and congratulations on your milestone accomplishment!!!

Sheila's Story In her own words...My struggles basically began in 2001's, during the ten years of dedicating my life and focus totally on raising our eldest grandson, who on top of everything else, had a lot of emotional challenges, (a time when neither of his parents wanted him nor wanted to deal with his emotional challenges and the issues he had, they abandoned him) but for me he was the child I never had and the light of my life.

Angie's Christ Centered Weight Loss Journey: A little more than a year and a half ago, I was probably at the moment that my life was at its lowest. I was over 200 pounds, a new mom, diabetic, and in general just unhappy with my life. My daughter, Rory, was diagnosed with a rare genetic disorder called LCHAD, which basically means her body is unable to process or store fats that we need for energy. Everything was overwhelming and I sought the comfort of food.

Heidi's Christian Weight Loss Journey -In Her Own Words: My Grace and Strength journey started long before I ever heard about the Grace and Strength Lifestyle. I am the youngest of two and was raised in a Christian home where I was introduced to Jesus at a very early age. Growing up, it became very clear that my metabolism and my sister's metabolism worked in very different ways. We had "hand-me-up's" instead of "hand-me-down's" since I was always bigger than my sister.