Prayer

This post doesn't have anything to do w/ my weight/organizational progress. I just felt the need to talk about it. It does fall into the "better myself" category.

I was reading a friend's blog the other day and she had an interesting post about how she keeps a prayer journal. In it she writes what she wishes to pray for and then follows the entry w/ a nightly prayer. She said a recurring item on her list was motivation. I found myself thinking about this idea and was struck by the fact that while I'm not a person who prays regularly, it had certainly never crossed my mind to pray for something other than people. I grew up hearing about the prayer chain. My mom was called when someone in our community was sick, died, in the hospital/surgery, etc. and needed to be prayed for. She then called the next person on the list. I regularly pray for my family and friends every week at church, but never had the idea to pray for things like strength, patience, motivation.

I want to thank my friend for opening this door to me. I'm ashamed to say I usually only pray at church and that's mainly b/c you almost have to, but sometimes I pray in the shower. It seems like that's where I do most of my thinking, probably b/c that's about the only time I'm alone during the day. I'm going to start thinking more about what kind of things I want to pray for, who I want to pray for, and how to help these people. I want to give strength to my grandpa, courage to my aunt, and patience to myself. But that's another post for another day.

Day One

After completing my first day, I know what changes to make in my routine tomorrow. I turned a few coworkers onto the energy drink I've started taking. It was hard at times to get the timing right and now what kind of nutrition my snacks needed to have. I almost felt like skipping my workout b/c I was feeling a little fatigued, but powered through a 20 minute workout w/ the Wii fit program and my Wii fit board.

A week has passed since I set up my profile on Wii fit and it was time to check back in w/ my weight and BMI. I'm not embarrassed to admit my BMI has been in the overweight catergory for several years. I'm not sure what I've been doing this past week but today I had lost 6.5 lbs! I'm not sure I trust it though. I haven't been SUPER careful w/ what I've been eating the past week, but I haven't been shoving everything I see in my mouth. Since I'm nursing my baby, I've been hungrier than usual so second helpings aren't a stranger to me. I guess it's true what they say about breastfeeding burning so many calories.

I had trouble w/ my blood sugar levels and felt a little squeamish afterwards. Not to mention I could have eaten the contents of our entire fridge.

I've got my schedule planned a little more specific tomorrow so hope to feel awesome at the end of day!

Tomorrow I want to try out my new workout Wii program which sounds a little about bootcamp w/ several different 10 minute programs both cardio and strength training.

Ready to Go!

My Advocare products that will give me more energy and lose my "pooch" of belly fat.

The key to organizing my crazy house/life!

I realized as I was typing this that I forgot to take a picture of my Wii fit board that I'm hoping will help lose this baby weight. The first week will be devoted to finding a routine that works and trying not to exhaust myself w/ too many "extra" chores and of course, not to obsess about a schedule which I find difficult to reign in. I get excited about organization and sometimes try to "over" organize things and over analyze (My husband would agree).

Check back on Monday to see if I'm already re-evaluating my approach or maybe I'll already be in bed and skip the update. Only one way to find out!

Starting Fresh

With this blog I hope to accomplish three New Year's Resolutions.

#1 Lose my baby weight (and then some) and become more active.
#2 Get my house (and myself) more organized now that I have 2 kids.
#3 Start writing again.

I realize most Resolutions only last a mere week or two, so this blog is going to be my motivation to keep going. Not to mention the money spent on weight loss products, food, exercise equipment, etc.

#1 I had heard good things about Advocare and decided to try it for myself. My products should be here at the end of the week. I'll keep everyone updated on my progress.
For Christmas my husband and I got a Wii. We found a used Wii Fit Board at Gamestop and a used copy of Wii Fit. I'm ready to get started on my exercise journey and think my only problem will be fighting my son to get control of the fit board.

#2 As far as getting myself organized, a friend raved about Stephanie O'Dea's book Totally Together. I read the first 2 chapters at my friend's house and was hooked. I had to order myself a copy and am eagerly awaiting its arrival in the mail. I'm already planning my weekly chores and trying to organize my day.

#3 I was a Creative Writing major in college and the job I currently have has nothing to do w/ writing. This blog is a perfect way to kick start my creative juices.

I invite anyone to share in my journey to becoming a skinnier, put together, better version of myself. Check back in a week or so and see what I've been up to.