A year ago with family at Easter.
And this year, just Carmen and I.
Pictures are a wonderful thing for anyone going through weight loss, or any change for that matter. I still don’t see a lot of my weight loss when I look in the mirror. I see it more in the things I am able to do.
Like today’s Mud Bug 5k. I will update you later this week on how that goes.
Blessings!
He is Risen, indeed!
Blessings for today, and always.
Spring brings a lot of discussion, it seems, to getting into the perfect summer body. Being obese or heavy the majority of life, this never really bothered me. It was always too much to do.
Now it is just getting healthy. Eating right, cooking, walking, taking time for me while making good choices not just once and a while, but everyday.
Part of my journey is giving myself too harsh of judgement with my body image. I have lots of skin, and my body is still adjusting. In the past, I was heavy, and really didn’t care too much about what people thought. Now that I am smaller, my self consciousness has gotten worse. I feel better about myself, but then I look down and still see rolls, and fat.
Pictures from left to right. May 2016; June 2016; November 2016; and today, April 13, 2017.
What is so weird about these pictures is how I felt at each station. Peach shirt, right before surgery: great, I have stuck to the liquid diet and I can do this. Blue stripe shirt: more pounds gone. Feeling confident in my skin. Wrap dress: I could never wear this before. Really! And today, I feel small. I know that I still have a ways to go but this I see. 50 inches gone. Size 14 PXL. A year ago I was wearing a 26/28 and felt okay about it. Never again.
Feeling really great about progress, and struggling to make the year goal of 100 pounds since surgery that is only a month away. I need to take more pictures. They help me see the progress even when I doubt myself.
Again, slow but sure.
Blessings!
I have been overwhelmed by business (anxiety) lately, so I apologize for this simple post.
Smile. Â Be nice today. Â You never know what the other person is going through, and you could be the one person who is kind to them today.
Blessings.
Recently I discovered this photo of my precious family from a year ago at Easter. Â Dates are a bit off but at least a year ago.
Pictures are important with weight loss. Â Most of the time, for me anyway, pictures are something that I made sure that I was either in the back of the group or just picture of my head was showing.
Not anymore. Â I will post more of a much smaller me after this weekend.
Blessings.
National Sibling Day is today.
My sister Carmen and me in Germany 1972. Â She passed two years later. Â This is one of my favorite pictures of us.
Blessings.
“Be thankful for quiet days, when nothing special seems to be happening. Instead of being bored by the lack of action, use times of routine to seek My Face. Although this is an invisible transaction, it speaks volumes in spiritual realms. Moreover, you are richly blessed when you walk trustingly with Me through the routines of your day.” Jesus Calling by Sarah Young (reference Psalm 105:4)
Most of the time the quiet bothers me, but especially when the kids were little. They were getting into something they shouldn’t or they were napping. It didn’t happen often. I used to wake up about a hour earlier than they would so I could have some quiet time. I don’t have to do that now.
I miss the noise of little ones. I will hopefully have a grandchild one day, but for now quiet. David and I have settled into our separate rooms, and for the most part, it is wonderful. I get to have my space, and he can have his own space. Time away. But it is quiet.
I need to get back into a routine where I seek Him first. To begin my day in prayer, not just end the day in prayer.
I have been successful in maintaining some of the new routines with my health, and schedule. This should have been a priority. No negative affirmations. So…tomorrow is another day full of opportunities for success and trust in Him.
Blessings!
I have lots of small items from my Mom that when I see them brings instant happy memories. Â These plaques are one of those memories, now happily hanging in my craft room by the door.
So that you can read them:
The translations are not great as I used Google Translator, and, well just in general. Â I have looked them up several times, and finally was smart enough to write the translations on the back to remember them.
#1: Â If the man follows his wife, the sky remains clear and blue!
#2: Â The sun is shinning on your house. Â However, it looks like rain, so the umbrella instantly spanned and was happy in every weather.
#3: Â The early bird catches the worm; those who sleep longer remain healthy.
Again, the translations are wonky, and my Mom would translate them a little differently basically editing them when she spoke.
Hanging by the door reminds me of my Mom, and her German quirks. Â Love them all.
Blessings!
“I know both how to have a little, and I know how to have a lot. In any and all circumstances I have learned the secret of being content—whether well fed or hungry, whether in abundance or in need.   I am able to do all things through Him who strengthens me.  Still, you did well by sharing with me in my hardship.” Philippians 4:12-14 (HCSB)
We don’t have much money at our disposal right now, and we are working on staying on budget. Â We have budgeted groceries, yard care, 5k’s and dinner out. Â It hasn’t been easy, but we are seeing a bit of light in this tunnel.
Our yard guy hasn’t been by in a long while (we don’Â t have a lawn mower as of yet), and he is very reasonable with price for what he does (when he shows). Â David was approached by Chris (don’t know him or his last name), this past week as he was going by neighborhoods to earn some money mowing grass. Â We don’t keep cash on us, as we will just spend it. So David asked if he would come back on Friday to mow for $25.00.
Chris showed, and mowed the yard (well the weeds are down). Â David paid him in cash $20.00 and $5 in quarters – ha, but cash is cash and a promise held. Â We were blessed by helping him help us.
Don’t ever tell me you are hungry, or don’t have money for food. Â I am so the person that will go home and purge my pantry, freezer and give it to you. Â I will also make you a meal if not two. Â David’s heart is just as big as mine when it comes to those in need. Â We just have to help. Â We don’t do it to brag or to get something in return. Â We feel blessed to help.
Sharing in hardship, with a happy heart.
Sunday Blessings.
“Today is April Fool’s Day! Â So believe nothing and trust no one. Â Just like any other day, right?” – unknown
Happy Saturday.
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