Tuesday, Dec. 7th, 2010

Today's Good Things:
Met my early rising goal.
Spent time in God's word.
Found 2 scripture verses for encouragement.  1 Peter 2:11 (tool), and Ephesians 3:20-21 (hope)
Met my eating & exercise goals, plus an extra 30 minutes on the Wii for date night tonite. Fun!
Resisted the HUGE temptation to skip my Naptime 15.
Started with a large fresh salad and only ate ONE potato wedge with my fried chicken dinner. ;)

Today's Bad Things:
The aforementioned Fried Chicken Dinner. (I hate it when I eat a high sodium dinner the night before my weigh-in. sigh.)

The last two days have been great. My motivation is up. My attitude has been changing for the better. I've been doing very well keeping up with everyone's school work. And I've met all but my bedtime goals for the week.

I feel like I've woken up. Likely it has everything to do with coming out of the Baby Blues (borderline PPD this time) fog that has clouded my mind for the past 6 months or so. When I look back at other seasons and babies, I realize that it's right around the 7 month pp mark that I start to come back to life again. It's that feeling that I *want* to start my day, not just that I *have* to do it.  It's a much better place to be.

I'm also thinking it has some to do with getting in some regular exercise and fresh air. That will put a spring in one's step. :-) 

I will admit that I struggled a bit today feeling tired. It's going to take some time to adjust to rising an hour earlier.  I'm also fighting another blocked duct, which is painful. I'm getting these every couple of weeks and it's so frustrating  (due to some health issues I'm saving for another post).  So, with every few steps forward, there will always be a reason or two to keep me humble and relying on the Lord's intervention.

Tomorrow is my weekly weigh-in.  I always look forward to it with mixed emotions. Last week was so deflating. I had been losing my goal of 1.5lbs (give or take a tenth) for several weeks and then found myself up 2.5lbs. GASP!!  I'm hopeful the scale will take a U-turn back in the right direction, but it's a bit depressing that I'm just trying to get back to where I had been the week pior. Even so, I'm doing well with my health goals, the homefront is sailing smoothly (well, okay...I'm behind on laundry, housework and meal prep...but I'm still moving forward ;)), and my time with the Lord is enriched. There's no number I could see on a scale that could give me the joy that comes from seeing the Lord lift that dark cloud from my life.