Disclaimer: I was really exciting about writing the following post, but as I sit here, I can feel the too large piece of peanut butter cookie bar topped with peanut butter icing, reese peanut butter chips, and M&M's trying digest in my stomach, and this post just doesn't have the same effect it did on me yesterday. Oh well!
I am super proud of myself this week! Lots of big accomplishments concerning my weight loss have happened. I finally reach my ten pound benchmark. I stood on the scale in amazement. 150.5 lbs it read. Really? Are you sure, little scale? I stepped off, waited, and then stepped on again. 150.5 again. Yesss! I did a little dance in my underwear (sorry, I know TMI) in the middle of my bathroom. Another big moment: I worked out 6 days this week! And trust me, there were moments that I did not want to move out of that bed. Even on the days that I magically did not hear my 4 AM alarm and didn't wake up until 6:30, everything was put on hold until I got that workout in. It so silly that no matter how early I wake up normally, if I sleep in just a little bit, I immediately think there's no time to work out. Well, there is. Stop making excuses and get it done. I was feeling quite content with 5 workouts this week. "I think I'll sleep in Saturday." I said to myself. "I think I'll just lay in bed and let Wyatt watch some cartoons. He'll have a poptart, I'll have some cereal. And maybe we'll walk the dogs." I said. "I'm certainly not going to run, or anything." Then, at 7:15 AM, as I lay in bed, thinking about getting up, there was a voice in my ear. "Mamma, you wanna go workout so you can lose a pound, and then we can go to Disneyland." Hmmmm. How do you say no to a request like that? And so that's what I did. I got up. I turned on Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution on the computer, and my workout tape on the TV. In the meantime, Wyatt got out his army guys, legos, and log cabin pieces to make a fort in the study, while I worked out. Then, after a quick breakfast, we took an adventure through the park for an hour and half. Wyatt rode his big wheel, and the dogs and I had to jog to keep up. It was great! I'm so glad my 4 year old drill sergent was there to keep me going.
During my workout, I was completely in awe with Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution. I am really starting to get interested in the concept of "whole foods" and taking out highly processed food of our diets. Will I ever completely take things out, probably not. And the thought of starting, or looking at organic foods is really intimidating to me. But there is this deep down desire for my family to be healthy and fit, always. During the show, Jamie met with a pastor. The pastor was extremely concerned about his congregation that was basically dying off, all due to health issues caused by diet. In the pastor's sermon, he reminded me of something that the LDS faith has taught me since I was little. "Treat your body like a temple." Duh! I had forgotten that concept. I allowed stress and life to force me to treat my body like a refuge dump, not a temple. There's a blog I like to follow run by some LDS sisters concerning self-reliance. Most of the content deals with food storage and how to use it. But then one day they posted this: Lose 10 lbs in 2 Months.
I made fun of it with my friend Patricia, because these sisters suggested to do this program as an LDS ward or congregation. I said,"I just can't see this being appropriate to do on a ward level!" Patricia mostly agreed, but then she said something that came to my mind while watching the TV show. She said,"Our church leaders have been encouraging self-reliance in all forms. If you are healthy, watching what you eat, losing weight, then you're not paying thousands of dollars in medical bills." She was so right. I don't want my money to go to doctors and insurance companies if I can save my health and my money myself! I've got Disneyland tickets to buy, remember! As I was thinking about these concepts, I thought about the walk, no run, Wyatt and I took this past Saturday morning. Wyatt biked farther than he has ever biked before. We were so proud of each other. He was even proud of the dogs! "Mamma, you did a lot of workout! The dogs got good exercise, huh, Honey?" To which I would reply, "Wyatt you did a lot of exercise! I'm so proud of you!" Wyatt was getting the concept of exercise and health that day, barely at age 4! President Brigham Young taught: “Then let us seek to extend the present life to the uttermost, by observing every law of health, and by properly balancing labor, study, rest, and recreation, and thus prepare for a better life. Let us teach these principles to our children” (Discourses of Brigham Young, sel. John A. Widtsoe [1954], 186). That was probably the biggest milestone this week; to see my son understand this concept so early in life.
So, it was big week for my body, mind, and spirit. I'm looking forward to another week just like it!
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