Month 1 Results

Thursday, October 18, 2012

Month 1 Results

1 Month = 13 Pounds Lost!

I was hoping for 16 pounds for the month because that was my goal to get out of obesity. But I have been consistent with my weight loss, and expect that I will achieve that goal next week, so I'm not too disappointed about it at this point. The diet has just become routine and easy to manage. I still haven't been great about incorporating exercise into it, though. One day I did a 20 minute mile on the treadmill and another day I did about ten minutes. Certainly nothing to brag about. But I guess it was more than I had done the previous week, so we can call it improvement. I'm really hoping that I can find a good way to come off of this diet and continue losing 1-2 pounds per week. It will take so much longer that way, but also (hopefully) be so much cheaper. In the mean time, I have enough food to last at least four more weeks even if I don't start transitioning off of it at all. Another twelve pounds will put me right about the weight I was when I was nursing Peter and in Arizona. I'm pretty sure that it the lightest I've been post-baby. In fact, it's pretty close to what I weighed when we got married. Unfortunately, when I weighed that much post-baby I felt like I needed to lose another 30 pounds. When I weighed that much getting married I felt like I needed to lose 40 pounds. My goal weight is actually a compromise between those two sizes. I am shooting for about 35 pounds lighter than my marriage weight or about 15 pounds lighter than I was when I left on my mission. When I left on my mission I had just put on about 20 pounds from the smallest size I had ever been as an adult (or adolescent for that matter). Anyway, the point is that I still have a long way to go - and into numbers that I haven't seen in more than a decade. If only I were rich enough to stay on this diet - I know I could get there. But I'll have to buck up and do it the hard way.

One thing I haven't really talked about was why now. My weight has been something I've been trying to address for several years. I've been better at addressing the exercise side of it than the food side of it. (Ironic since I am currently doing the opposite - I really need to do BOTH.) But at this point I am gaining education with the goal of helping people live healthier lives on a psychological level. Part of that is teaching people to find balance in their lives and to accomplish goals and live authentic to the people they want to be. Being obese or even overweight is not authentic to who I want to be. I feel like a hypocrite if I am trying to teach people how to improve their lives if I cannot take the responsibility to improve the things in my life that need to be addressed. Anyway, that is the main reason I feel so driven to just dig in and do this thing without excuses at this point. I feel like I am going through a transformation right now of trying to be a certain person, and part of who I envision that person to be is someone living life at a healthy, maintained weight.

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Family Proclamation

The First Presidency and Council of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

We, the First Presidency and the Council of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, solemnly proclaim that marriage between a man and a woman is ordained of God and that the family is central to the Creator's plan for the eternal destiny of His children.All human beings—male and female—are created in the image of God. Each is a beloved spirit son or daughter of heavenly parents, and, as such, each has a divine nature and destiny. Gender is an essential characteristic of individual premortal, mortal, and eternal identity and purpose.In the premortal realm, spirit sons and daughters knew and worshiped God as their Eternal Father and accepted His plan by which His children could obtain a physical body and gain earthly experience to progress toward perfection and ultimately realize his or her divine destiny as an heir of eternal life. The divine plan of happiness enables family relationships to be perpetuated beyond the grave. Sacred ordinances and covenants available in holy temples make it possible for individuals to return to the presence of God and for families to be united eternally.The first commandment that God gave to Adam and Eve pertained to their potential for parenthood as husband and wife. We declare that God's commandment for His children to multiply and replenish the earth remains in force. We further declare that God has commanded that the sacred powers of procreation are to be employed only between man and woman, lawfully wedded as husband and wife.We declare the means by which mortal life is created to be divinely appointed. We affirm the sanctity of life and of its importance in God's eternal plan.Husband and wife have a solemn responsibility to love and care for each other and for their children. "Children are an heritage of the Lord" (Psalms 127:3). Parents have a sacred duty to rear their children in love and righteousness, to provide for their physical and spiritual needs, to teach them to love and serve one another, to observe the commandments of God and to be law-abiding citizens wherever they live. Husbands and wives—mothers and fathers—will be held accountable before God for the discharge of these obligations.The family is ordained of God. Marriage between man and woman is essential to His eternal plan. Children are entitled to birth within the bonds of matrimony, and to be reared by a father and a mother who honor marital vows with complete fidelity. Happiness in family life is most likely to be achieved when founded upon the teachings of the Lord Jesus Christ. Successful marriages and families are established and maintained on principles of faith, prayer, repentance, forgiveness, respect, love, compassion, work, and wholesome recreational activities. By divine design, fathers are to preside over their families in love and righteousness and are responsible to provide the necessities of life and protection for their families. Mothers are primarily responsible for the nurture of their children. In these sacred responsibilities, fathers and mothers are obligated to help one another as equal partners. Disability, death, or other circumstances may necessitate individual adaptation. Extended families should lend support when needed.We warn that individuals who violate covenants of chastity, who abuse spouse or offspring, or who fail to fulfill family responsibilities will one day stand accountable before God. Further, we warn that the disintegration of the family will bring upon individuals, communities, and nations the calamities foretold by ancient and modern prophets.We call upon responsible citizens and officers of government everywhere to promote those measures designed to maintain and strengthen the family as the fundamental unit of society.

This proclamation was read by President Gordon B. Hinckley as part of his message at the General Relief Society Meeting held September 23, 1995, in Salt Lake City, Utah.