Back to the Beginning of the Diet Cycle

Things are looking up since my last post. My life has not got any less busy. For instance, I have dishes and old food sitting in my kitchen that have been there for three days. Not sure when I'll actually get to them. That's what happens when you pick up extra shifts and work 14 hour days. Oh well, that's life and my reality.

However, things are still looking up. I have hopes for a better, more balanced future. Some changes are already in the works to the amount of hours I work. A little scary as it will mean a drop in income, but I know that we will be taken care of. God is the one causing the changes, not me, which helps my nerves. My husband is also stepping it way up and helping take some of my load.

I am still struggling though. My crazy life and being sick for three weeks straight now is not making dieting easy. Yet, I'm feeling more motivated than I have in a long time. There are a couple of things that are really helping:

• We got a new exercise program on our Xbox Kinect! It gives us a great way to have many different styles of workouts in our own living room. The bad news is that just the set up fitness test kicked my butt. I'm still hobbling around 3 days later. :)
• My body is shouting for good food! It's to the point where junk food is making me sick. There really is not a greater motivator for me than having a sick stomach.
• Watching a close friend slim down with her new exercise routine.
• Conversely, getting family pictures and seeing just how big I am in the camera's eyes. Yikes!
• I've had several situations around me lately of parents leaving their children early due to bad health. My bad eating and lack of exercise will lead to cancer, heart disease, obesity, diabetes, autoimmune diseases, and who knows what else that is not within my family. It breaks my heart to think of me putting my family in that situation, me leaving my son without a mommy. Talk about motivating...

So, now that my legs have mostly healed from that wretched workout and I'm heading towards my less busy part of the week, it's time to get crackin'! Xbox Kinect, you have my permission to kick my butt. Fatty, sugary, junky food...I'm sorry, I'll miss you. Hello vegetables! Not sure where I'll get the time for all of this, but I suppose I'll just leave that up to God and do my best.

A song that hit me today, especially the tragedies of losing parents this week.