I am here! I am excited to get back to my blog! Oh how I have missed it! So much has happened! Where to begin....
We last left off a year ago, hard to believe, and it was a trying year! I was pregnant. Let me tell you a little bit about the pregnancy. About ten weeks along in the pregnancy, I was threatening labor, heavy contractions all the time. Because I am already high risk this posed another difficulty. I was told to keep my life as simple as possible, and was even put on bed rest. At 28 weeks, I was hospitalized for three days, the baby's heart rate kept dropping and they didn't know the cause. I spent the pregnancy going to neo-natal ultrasounds and stress tests, on top of my dr. visits and praying and hoping I could make it full term. I made it to 36 weeks, and delivered a darling little girl healthy and strong.
Why am I going through all this? Because during those difficult months of stress and worry, sickness and pain, I knew my Heavenly Father was aware of me, and watching over me. I knew His hand was in my life. And that knowledge is one of the greatest blessings I could have received.
So where am I now? I needed this long time, I know my goal was to loose it all in 100 days, but I needed this time. My heart and desire to loose the weight and gain health wasn't strong enough. I needed to dig deeper than I am just fat, to find a better more valid reason for why I am on this journey. My heart needed some strengthening, the experiences I have had thus far have brought me to this point. And now after receiving enlightenment, (my little taste of heaven, of what I can be) I have strengthened my resolve, changed my desires, and my thinking. And I am raring to go!
I gained 31 pounds will pregnant, not bad, but when you are overweight already it isn't good! I lost 17 pounds right away. And then I was stuck at the weight of 222 for a few months. I knew I needed to get back on the horse, but didn't know where to start. A neighbor of mine was starting a 12 week challenge and I knew that this is what I needed to kick-start my journey. So I joined up. We have ten things we need to do six days a week:
- 64 oz of water a day
- no eating after 8 p.m.
- no dessert or treats
- 2 servings of fruit
- 2 servings of veggies
- exercise 30 mins
- log your food in a journal
- stay within your allotted calories
- no deep fried foods
- no soda
So I am six weeks in starting my seventh week today, and I have lost 20 pounds! Only 50 more to go!
The other thing I have been doing is studying the Word of Wisdom. I believe that this has great worth in our day, and I want to not only live it, I want to understand and love it. I think that this is key in my progress.
So the last few weeks have been challenging trying to get workouts in with four children, teaching 28 students in preschool, within my home, and being a wife and homemaker. Yet I find that as I remind myself often throughout the day what I want to accomplish the work seems to happen. I also am placing my faith in God's hands. This is a weakness that I believe can be a strength, and I am hoping to overcome, that requires hard work and faith. I am determined, my mind is set, and I do what I can, all I can and leave the rest up to Him. It is because of that I am down 20 pounds.
I am back! I hope I can write regularly. Here we go! I am not going to say again, because I am not starting over, I was just on pause. There is a time and a season for all things, and sometimes you have to put one goal aside to accomplish another goal, it isn't giving up, it is taking it a day at a time. A goal at a time. Tomorrow I hope to write more about my thought process. It has been very interesting!
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