Not Giving Up.


A part of me... a rather large part, at that, is tempted to say that I'm a failure! In some ways that is true. I have not been very successful in going down on the scale. BUT what I have been successful at is maintaining the same weight. This might not seem like a big deal but for me that is HUGE.

I usually find that after a few months after having a new baby that I stop losing weight and start gaining. And I have not done that! I have held fast. I've been up and down a few pounds for the past, oh, about 6 months. BUT, I have not added 20 + pounds to my frame. And that, my dear IS SUCCESS!

I'm excited though to move forward. I have recently (as of a few days ago) completely stopped nursing. There were a few reasons for quitting... and primarily they were for my health...

The disadvantage is I "lose" all those extra points I got for nursing. The plus side though is that I know exactly the amount of points I truly have for each day. There's no if, and or buts about it.

Before I wasn't sure as to how many extra points to allot myself for nursing because Peter fluctuated on how much he would eat... and in addition there were sometimes I would pump extra milk and other times he was supplemented. So it had become rather confusing.

My husband, Mike, was encouraging me to start setting some goals. It's as though I couldn't imagine what I wanted from all of this. So I have given myself a vision.

So with this vision and much prayer I will continue to press ahead and hope that I can start shedding some weight.

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