Fearfully & Wonderfully Made

I lost weight last weigh in. I'm down a total of 16 pounds... down 32 pounds if compared to my starting pre-pregnancy weight with Peter. Whew-I could not have done this apart from God's help and sustaining power! The last several days have been crazy. With Mike having been gone and Samuel in the hospital and then Mike getting home yesterday and the birth of my niece... well, I've been grabbing and going with food. I've made overall good choices but I haven't been keeping track of my points and there has NOT been time to exercise. I will see what the scale says this Friday....

It feels good to be "back on track" writing down what I'm consuming and being more mindful of points. I LOVE this lifestyle. I don't feel guilty when I'm eating something sweet and yet I am more conscious of what I really want. Is that worth THAT amount of points. Somethings are and somethings aren't. One thing that can be challenging is trying to be flexible. Yesterday I was right on track and had planned a nice fish dinner (in my head)... but when I had to unexpectedly take a child to the doctors it ended up being McDonalds on the menu. I didn't despair. I chose things in my points range and survived. I could have been tempted to despair and think, "Oh well, might as well get the combo... and maybe a hot fudge sundae too.) BUT I didn't. I chose a value fry and a sandwich.... and was satisfied. Learning how to deal with my emotions and relationship with food has been challenging but my goal is slow persistence and perseverance not an intense but ...

Hm. So I weighed in today. I was down .6 lbs. Not much. Notice i wrote .6 not to be confused with 6. BUT considering the past several weeks what with grieving and birthday cakes and being GIVEN 12 BOXES of girlscout cookies... and vacation... I did pretty well. I was able to exercise this week consistently. I'm also encouraged just being at a meeting and realizing that I can do this. I'm not going to give up. I'm learning and changing and losing!

"Light brownies" are great to eat... except when you eat 3 of them at a time. aaaaggghhh... just because they're healthier doesn't mean you're supposed to eat a ton of them!

Tried a belly dancing class at the Y today. It was a lot of fun. I liked learning how to control certain muscles and move certain parts of my body without moving other parts. I also liked learning balance. A very fun class and a good way to change things up.