I updated Jonathan and I's "Biggest Loser Journey" blog with a personal post from me, so I'm going to post on this blog as an update. Can't have you think we dropped off of the face of the earth! We did go to the South of the US into Florida for Christmas, where we all got horrible cases of a stomach bug that we aren't 100% yet, and will be heading to Colorado in about 2 weeks, but we are still live and well!
Here's my latest post:
So we are a few days into our new year - I still can't believe it is 2010. My little girl will be 2, I will have my ten-year high school reunion, and I'll have been married for four years. But I am also praying this year will be a year of healing for me - in relationships with God, my marriage, my family but in addition, a year of healing physically. For me, a lot of that is weight-related. I proactively started living a healthier lifestyle in November and in my weigh-in yesterday, found that I've now lost a total of ten pounds. I've not lost as much over the past three weeks with the kids being out of school; I've not exercised nearly as much as I like to or want.
I know I should be happy about that ten pounds - it's 1/9 of my goal to a healthy weight. However, it makes me a bit nervous and I don't feel like it's a major achievement. I can drop 10 pounds fairly easily and this time, I did it in about a month. But I've been fluxing ten over and under the 225 mark for the last year and a half. In some ways I don't feel like my weight loss journey begins until I get to 200; that is what I had gotten down to before I got pregnant with Emily. But from past experience, when I lose about 25-30 pounds, I then start feeling better about myself and get sloppy. Then the weight will creep back on plus some. I want this to be a lifestyle change for me but I am apprehensive right now and am reluctant to celebrate.
I know that probably felt like a chunk of "What?" right in the middle of this blog, but you can go back and read more at jdrogers.blogspot.com. I'll try to post more on both of them soon.
