Monday, October 4, 2010

Today's weigh-in

Good morning everyone!!

Today I weighed myself and almost threw up. At first, I thought the number I saw was extremely high (considering the weight that I had lost). I saw 199.6 and lost my breath. I rubbed my eyes *literally* and took a second look. 189.6!! WHOO HOO!! That means I am down 27.4 lbs in all. AND that means I'm only 4.5 lbs away from my first shopping goal :)

I am feeling very motivated. It helps that I went to a wedding on Friday w/ Adam and felt disgustingly huge compared to most of the women there. But, it did help me to come up with another item for my "List" of things I'd like accomplish as I lose my weight... and that would be: Wear a BOLD dress! I'm so tired of buying the same style or color dress. I want something that is going to stand out (in a good way).

I did not let all the fit ladies that I saw at the wedding ruin my motivation or depress me. Instead I let them be a reminder of the goal that I would like to reach. I thought about how they probably felt in their beautiful dresses and the level of confidence they felt. Then I thought about how I would like that.

I am going to commit to eat fruit and veggies EVERY day this week. I have not been doing well with that. It is definitely my greatest downfall.

My church is participating in a 21-day "fast" in a few weeks. It's called a "Daniel Fast". The fast doesn't exclude all foods, but rather foods that are unhealthy. So for 20 days (the first day being a fast allowing only liquids), we are supposed to eat fruits, veggies, nuts, oats, brown rice, and beans (amongst a few other things I can't recall off the top of my head). I think this would be a perfect opportunity to cleanse my body and my mind and reconnect with my spirtuality. In the place I am in life right now, God is what I need the most. And I truthfully believe that my life cannot get on the right path completely (health, family, and financial issues) until I place it ALL in His hands. We aren't obligated to participate, but I got very excited when I saw this.

Well, the baby is up. Time to go feed him!! I appreciate you all reading this. You encourage me each and every day. I am blessed to have such wonderful people in my life.

2 comments:

  1. Couldn't agree more if I tried. Leaving it up to God is rule #1. although i always say God helps those who help themselves, you are a perfect example. He knows your determination and faith are all there. You WILL achieve your goals!!

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  2. I will do the fast with you =)

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