Friday July 13, 2012

Today's Good Things:
Under on calories
Over on water
School and choring finished up well
23 min on Wii Fit
Better night of sleep
Shopping with my dd this evening

Today's Not So Good Things:
Still need to get more active in my day

I made great choices with eating today. No guilt.  The wii has me down 2.2 pounds since my last weigh-in. I'm thrilled. I really thought I'd see a gain over the last month+. Can't believe it's been that long since I weighed myself last. It felt great to see the scale going the right way. It felt good to exercise, though I could tell I have aways to go to get strong again. I'm going to do it, though. I feel like I'm just jumping back into the momentum I started before.

Shopping tonight was almost fun. I haven't like shopping for clothes for years. So depressing to see the sizes keep going up. Tonight I moved back into the ladies sizes for my tops, out of women's sizes. That felt great. Still have so far to go. But, it was really nice to shop for clothes that have some shape to them instead of a big sheet covering my body.

I'm excited for my husband to see my new outfit. We're attending his company outing with our three oldest children next week. We'll be deep sea fishing and then going for lunch near the ocean. I wanted to wear something nice and non-frumpy. I want him to be proud of his wife, the mother of those eight children that he gets so much flack about.  Now, to be sure I get a cute hair cut next week and I think we'll be good. :) 

I have one week. How much can I really accomplish in a week? It feels like I can't really make a huge difference, but I've decided to give it all I have. I'm going to take some measurements tomorrow and plan to get in some decent exercise every day and see what happens. It doesn't seem like I can do enough to make a noticeable difference, but I know *I* will notice. And, for now, that's what I care about. If I attend this even with all of those professionals wearing my head high because I know I'm getting stronger, I am working hard, I have already come a long way, AND I have an amazing family to be proud of, then the day will be a complete success. 

Can you tell I've never attended a company event like this? Yes, I'm shaking at my keyboard and talking big to keep myself psyched up. It can work, though. ;)  That and keeping my eyes focused on where my real worth lies.

He must become greater, I must become less.