Good Bye Extra Poundage…
27 Oct 2010 Leave a Comment
in Random Ramblings of a Striking Diva Tags: christian living, diet, exercise, family trips
My summer was nuts. I spent a month on the road with no break visiting my family down in Georgia and my husband’s family in California. It was supposed to be awesome. It was TERRIBLE! I was overwhelmed by the differences in our family and I missed my husband desperately while I was in Georgia.
My girls were with me and they were pretty miserable with me. And so when things got rough I did what all concerned and loving mothers do. I pulled out my wallet and spent as much money as I could on them in order to make their vacation bearable. We ate out a lot. We went to movies. I gave them cash. I paid for amusement parks, aquariums, and trips to the store. And I ate. A lot. And after I got home, I continued to eat. A lot. And it was to soothe my frazzled nerves and escape from the incredibly stressful trips I had been on.
August came and I went back to work – 20 pounds heavier than when I left in May. I could barely get into my pants. I was so miserable. We were invited to a casual country wedding and I squeezed into my jeans and a ‘dressy’ top and when I got home and looked at my pictures I wanted to cry. Really – that’s what I look like?!?!? What on earth have I done to myself?
So for the past 2 months I’ve been on a radical weight loss plan – it’s called diet and exercise. And so far I’ve lost 21 pounds. But I’ve decided I don’t want to just lose the 20 I gained. I want to get back to the weight where I am most comfortable. So that means I have 29 more pounds to go. I am ready and committed to doing this. Because if I’m not healthy how can I serve the Lord? How can I be all that I was designed to be? I can take care of everyone around me but if I don’t take care of myself, slowly but surely I will not be able to do the things that I like to do, and more importantly, that I NEED to do.
So I’m trying so hard to do this. And I believe I can, and I’m praying for self discipline and endurance. 
