Coming to Realize New things

What a crazy week this has been. I don't know about you but do you ever have those weeks, when you just know you aren't yourself. You don't know who you have become but you are pretty sure that if body snatchers really existed they had come and found you and taken you away. Leaving in your place this foreign creature who was nothing like you.

That was my week!

So the week started out really rough, but it got better. I have begun a little word study and am really enjoying it. I have been seeing God move through this to continue to shape the person I am growing into. I had some amazing conversations with people.

I also realized this week I am becoming a lot like my mom, and I think it is a good thing. I know most of us have this realization at one point or another this moment of oh no I am becoming my mom. Sure it was kinda like that at first, but come one my mom is pretty great, so I guess if I am saying some of the same things it is ok, by me.

I did realize something , actually it was more like I had something confirmed for me this week. I know most of you would say that I am outgoing. An extrovert if you had to guess. But here comes the problem. I am not really an extrovert. At least not in the way I think of extroverts, sure I can do the social thing, and sure I can interact with all sorts of people in all sizes of groups but it is really tiring for me. It doesn't refresh me at all I get no sort of energy from it. In fact it really drains me. (mom understood this well)

Hmmm.... now what do I do with that info...

I also had a fabulous week at the gym. Although I didn't get there nearly as much as I would have liked. I would like to blame that on allergies and poor sleeping at night. I did manage to loose 1.5 pounds, and have a great training session. Thank you Janice. I don't know what I would do with out my friend and my trainer she is fabulous.!!

So all in all I think I have had a great bounce back from my little down swing the last week and a half. Still focused on the goal.

Have a great memorial day!

Life...

Life, has its moments. Thank you to those of you who offered words of encouragement. I will continue to press on because that is what needs to happen. Someone shared a great word with me, and while I have heard it in varying ways it was interesting to hear it this week. This women said to me "remember your body is God's" and while that is true and I know it, I really is true. If I look in the mirror and right away begin to critique what is there then what is that saying about what God gave me. I need to remember that this body is what was given to me , now I am not saying that there isn't room for improvement there is , I have abused this body. But I also must respect it, and look at it from a perspective of valuing what I have been given. And seeing it through the Lord's eyes.

Loosing Stride.

Dear Friends,

I feel that I need to share a confession with you all... I am loosing steam and loosing it quickly. It is so frustrating. I am at this point where I should be kicking into high gear, but I find myself finding great reasons to not get to the gym and I am finding all sorts of ways to keep myself busy.

Lately things have been either rather stressful, so what a better reason than to increase the food intake although I am trying to make it good choices, I have been trying really hard to stop.

So I am writing to my friends.. looking for suggestions on how to kick start again. How to let exercise become a true part of my life instead of something I just do. How do you flip the switch in the mind? How do I make this a lifetime thing?

Please friends...help me out.

Long time no write.

Greetings again,

It has been so long since I have written so much has happened. I was finally able to get in my trip to Ireland. After waiting for it to be rescheduled after a volcano in Iceland (who knew! ) We left in the end of April and returned last week. It has been amazingly challenging to get caught back up, but I am finally feeling as though I am back in the game. That things are finally starting to return to normal.

I wish things were going as well with this journey. I am still stuck my weight has not changed... although in the middle of April we were still heading down with inches. So what did we did, usually it would be a back to the drawing board, but I refused. Thankfully I have a great support crew that wouldn't let me. They continued to encourage me and we (my fabulous trainer and I ) Sat back down to relook at my eating plan and see where we can make some changes. So there are two things that come out of this.

1.) A GREAT SUPPORT NETWORK: I realized the value of this recently. There are times , frequently when it can be really hard to believe in yourself. To find the courage to do what you want/ need to do. When you are down you can count on them and need to count of them to help refocus you and keep you heading in the right direction. I am blessed to have people in my life that have the ability to help me believe that I can do what I would normally call the impossible.

Value these people if they are in your life. Mine are irreplaceable, not sure what I would do without them.

2.)Eating plan .. so far in this journey sure I have made changes to my lifestyle but I haven't really sacrificed majorly in what is going into my mouth. So we have changed that ... for the next 21 day I have a list of foods and I am free to choose from this list, and put them together however I want with in the confines of the structure and the requirements. (tons of freedom right)

So I shall continue to update you as the next 21 days go by... here goes nothing..!