Embracing truth

Some truths I'm trying to embrace this year....

• I will not do everything well, all of the time. I will fail sometimes. Even at things I think I'm good at, and that's OK.
• What other people think about me shouldn't impact how I feel about me. Everyone in the world doesn't like everyone else. I don't like everyone, why should I expect everyone will like me?
• Everyone deserves to be treated with respect. We are all God's children. 
• My hair is big and will always be that way.
• I can't lose 50 pounds in 2 weeks, no matter how much I will it to happen.
• It's OK to say no sometimes, I can't do it all.
• My children will remember the times I play and spend time with them, not what we ate for dinner, or if the floor was mopped, or what I weighed.
• Time really does go faster the older you get. Try to slow down as much as you can before you miss everything and regret it.

The Best Intentions.....

Have you been waiting with bated breath wondering how my March has been going?

 

Not well, my friend, not well.

 

Right after my first post about how awesome this month was going to be I got sick. Like flu sick.... And no one wants to work out while they are sick. So, the first two weeks of March were shot. One plus though, I had no appetite and I didn't gain any weight either.... So I'll take that silver lining.

 

So, I'm ready to get back on track this week. I'm going to try to get some Upper Fix in tonight, to ease back in. Hopefully it will be the start of a good week.

 

How's your March going so far?

Finding Me

Two years ago, after a lot of hard work, I found myself 60 pounds lighter than I had been 3 years before, the heaviest I'd ever been in my life. I was feeling great about myself, starting to get into clothes I liked, and finally feeling pretty in my own skin.

Then I got pregnant.

Don't get me wrong. This was baby #2. It was not a "surprise" baby. I knew what I was getting into. But I had lofty dreams for this pregnancy. I wasn't going to gain any extra weight. I was going to continue exercising the entire time. I was going to drop any baby weight before I was done with maternity leave.

Now I have a 16 month old and I'm 30 pounds heavier than I was at the beginning of 2013. So, it's time to get back to work. Originally I thought this journey would just be about weight loss, but I've decided to make it about something more. Because as I've gained weight over my adult life, I've lost myself. I've forgotten what makes me "me." I've gone from sexy mama to unhappy mommy and I'm tired of living like that.

So here we go! Well actually, here we continue. On February 9th I started "21 Day Fix" and I just finished it up. While I didn't have the 15 pound weight loss I wanted, (Ha! What was I thinking?!) I did see some decrease in poundage and I'm starting to feel a lot better. I feel stronger. I actually want to exercise tonight. Maybe I'm turning a corner. I sure hope so! I even went to the Strawberry Festival yesterday and didn't go crazy. I just had a strawberry shortcake and a little bit of an Elephant Ear.

So what is this blog for? To keep me accountable. To give me a place to write down my goals, my struggles, and how it's going overall. Hopefully a place to find myself a little more......

So here are my March goals

1. Don't gain back the weight I lost in February.

2. Exercise every day I have any alcoholic beverage.(and more days too)

3. Use My Fitness Tracker to track all my food even if it's not a day I'm proud of.

If I can make it through March unscathed, I'm going to be doing the 21 Day Fix again starting April 6th. And this time I'm going to do it a little bit closer to perfect and the Hubs is going to do it too!!! I'm very excited about that.

So, check in with me here as a plug in to let you know how I'm doing. The posts won't just be about food, exercise, and weight. They'll be about me, and my life, and things I love and don't love. And my journey on the way to figuring out just who I am.