Fit Mommy Friday

The past 2 weeks have not been very good for me!  April-June are very hectic times in our lives.  We are wrapping up our schooling for the year.  The kids have testing they have to do, I have quarterly reports I have to do.  The months are full of birthday parties....yada yada yada.

In between all of that I've had health issues.  So you can say I am really struggling to find me time to workout.  Now that the weather is nicer I've been getting outside more.  But I need more of a workout.  After this week things S.h.o.u.l.d slow down a bit.  To help me fit in more workouts I got myself a bicycle!  I have not rode one of these since my early teen years...like age 13!  I started by just riding it in the lawn...softer landing should I fall off.  LOL!  The saying is right...you never forget how to.    My son is always asking me to go riding with him now.  Unfortunately I can only go about a 1/4 of a mile up our road.  My legs feel like jello after our ride.  But I know it will get easier as time goes by.  Before you know it I'll be riding it to my parents house about 3 miles away.  

I did not go weigh in again this week.  I know I'm up at least 4 pounds...it happens this point in the month!  How do you control your eating during these "bad" days?   I will go next week and face the music, but just not today.  I can honestly say I'm struggling!  This IS hard to do.  It seems that food is everywhere.  I just need to retrain my brain to make the good choices.

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Fit Mommy Friday

This has been a very tough week for me.  I found out I have gallstones and will be seeing a surgeon in April.  Not the news I had hoped for!!  But I continue to press on, it's just a small stumbling block.

I went to my Weight Watcher's meeting today and I stayed the same.  I am very thankful for that!!  I have not been able to exercise at all.  Today I will start with a small workout session.

I wrote these down from the Weight Watcher's room today:

Helpful Habits- Build a strong foundation

• Ask for help
• Learn from experiences
• Manage your environment
• Manage your feelings
• Manage your thoughts
• Monitor yourself
• Take care of yourself

These are habits I need to incorporate into my life.  The first one I've done...asking for help....I joined weight watchers.  That is a hard thing to do.  Admiting that I needed help.  I've always been an independent person....admiting that I needed help with weight loss was the hardest thing I've had to do.  I'm an addict when it comes to food.  I'm slowly learning from experiences.  Sometimes I don't even think when putting food in my mouth.  It's like I'm in a haze...then it's over and I'm left with a feeling of failure. 

I am working on getting into that mindset that I CAN do it, instead of the I can't do it.  One of the many things I learned so far from "Made to Crave" by Lysa TerKeurst was to lean on God not myself or any human.  Psalm 18 1-3 says, "I will love You, O Lord, my strength.  The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer; My God, my strength, in whom I will trust; My shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold."

If you have not read that book I highly recommend you do.  This book has changed my life, both physical and mental.  My walk with God has never been stronger.  I've also lost a total of 11 pounds in 4 weeks.  But it's not all about the number on a scale.

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Fit Mommy Friday

This has been a rotten week for me...at least health wise.  It started Monday with severe pains in my abdomen.  I just put it off and went about my week.  Then yesterday it became worse.  So I went to the doctor and they sent me for some testing.  Come to find out I have gallstones.  I will be meeting with my doctor on Tuesday to see where we are going from here.  I just want it taken care of.  BUT I do not want another surgery!  I had 3 c-sections and a back surgery.

I managed to get up to Weight Watchers to weigh in.  I did not want to miss one week.  I lost 2.6 pounds!!  I chalk it up to being sick though.  But that makes my total 10.6 pounds gone in 3 weeks.  How has YOUR week been going?

I've been remembering this verse all week:

Matthew 6:34

"Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble."

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Fit Mommy Friday

Today I went to my weigh in!!  I lost another 1.2 pounds.  That makes a total of 8 pounds in 2 weeks!

I made it a point to exercise everyday.  I'm really liking the Zumba for the Wii.  I'm getting really use to it.  You know how it is when you start something new.  It takes a while to get your groove on.  :-)

I tried to follow the Weight Watchers plan to a T.  But had trouble from time to time, it's taking me some time to get use to Points instead of calories.  I'm not a breakfast eater and that has caused me to be SUPER hungry at lunch.  So last week I went to Walmart and they have a number of Weight Watcher foods at really good prices!!  So yesterday I had a Weight Watcher Bagel with homemade grape jelly! YUM!  The Weight Watcher Bagels are good.  They taste a bit different than other's I've had...I'm just so use to the thick crusty ones at the local bakery.  This whole weight loss thing is a learning process. 

I'm working this week on eating at least something first thing in the morning.

Working out everyday

Eating more vegetables

Eating the points allowed

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