It's been a while...

June 11, 2010

It has been a while. I think that a combination of being down and not following my new lifestyle plan has caused me to drop the ball on the whole blogging thing. But here I am, back with a fresh start and a little hope.

On the wii today I weighed 230.6lbs. This is good news, considering again that I didn't really follow weight watchers these last few weeks. But, I wonder if my body was getting so used to it that I was following ww without even knowing? I ask this because, out of curiosity and it was time to finally face the music, I hopped on ww online and added up my points yesterday and without even trying I made my point limit exactly! Pretty cool, and then getting on the scale today showed that I had lost a few more lbs. So, hopefully my lack of effort for a few weeks didn't destroy my chances of getting healthy. And I have to remind myself to take this all one day at a time.

I have also found, that in addition to eating breakfast regularly, having lots of different options in the house to eat adds tremendously to my success. I know this, because right now all we have to snack on are carbs, and I need another option to go to (nuts, celery, etc.). Hoping to head to the grocery store with mom tomorrow and get stocked up!

Things have been ok for the last couple of weeks. Got to see my grandma, aunt, uncle, and cousin. It was a really nice stay, although hard to fight temptation with SO MANY treats in the house. I also saw my Dad's cousin's wife,(stay with me here) who is Catholic. And I never really realized how spiritual she was, but she gave me some great encouraging words on my life and my journey. One of the comments that stuck with me was, "God is using you right where you are right now to make you into the women he wants you to be." Now, being unemployed this seems so off to me, but she is right. Even in me not working, God is still working in me. It was really hard for me to understand, amidst all the tears during our conversation, but I think I get it. God is moving forward in me, even if I'm not physically moving forward.

Prayers request for the week:
-Energy and enthusiasm to keep being active and eating right
-Little reminders when I am down of why I am making this change
-That things in my personal life fall into place

Thanks again for all your encouraging words and prayers. It means the world to me.
~Aleece