Today, I helped out with children's church where 2 of my daughters were and I got a glimpse of how they see me. Froggy, my 4 year old, draws this wonderful pic of me with a very well-rounded body. Now she is just learning how to draw and all, but it's true. I'm big.
Then Fancy, my 6 year old, asks me a great question on the way out the church doors. "Mommy, why aren't you trying to be skinny like all of us?" Now Fancy can eat all day and is still bony and looks like a toothpick. My reply, "It's not that easy for everyone. And honey please never ask that question to anyone else because it can hurt people's feelings." Did it hurt mine? I have to honestly say no because it just further solidified my decision to get healthy. Now do I need reminding. Yes as we went to McD's for lunch, but here we go.
My main roadblocks to losing weight:
1. I'm a lazy person. As much as I try to justify it by the utter exhaustion of 4 kids, one being a 2 month old who I breastfeed and a hubby who is currently deployed, I'm just plain lazy. I could get so much more accomplished if I would just get up off of my bum and move it.
2. Stress. I'm one of those people who just shuts down and only does the absolute necessities when completely stressed out. Above mentioned 4 children and deployed hubs do cause quite a bit of stress.
Sunday April 11, 2010
Starting Weight: 231 lbs
Week 1 Goals:
1. Eat more veggies and less simple carbs.
2. Get outside and active at least 30 minutes every day.
3. Spend time on something I like (aka scrapbooking) to help reduce stress at least 3 times this week.
Come on and join me!
