2nd goal achieved! 
My first goal was to see my pre pregnancy weight again, I met that goal a few weeks ago. The 2nd goal was to lose 20 pounds by Thanksgiving. As of this morning I lost another 2.7 pounds for a total of 20.6. My third goal will be another 10 by Christmas. Hopefully I won’t lose my mind around all the good food over the next couple of days!
Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!!! Gobble Gobble!
A friend e mailed this to me, I wonder how many babies would be saved if more doctors took this approch?
A worried woman went to her gynecologist and said: ‘Doctor, I have a serious problem and desperately need your help! My baby is not even 1 yr. old and I’m pregnant again. I don’t want kids so close together.’ So the doctor said: ‘Ok, and what do you want me to do?’ She said: ‘I want you to end my pregnancy, and I’m counting on your help with this.’
The doctor thought for a little, and after some silence he said to the lady: ‘I think I have a better solution for your problem. It’s less dangerous for you too.’ She smiled, thinking that the doctor was going to accept her request. Then he continued: ‘You see, in order for you not to have to take care of 2 babies at the same time, let’s kill the one in your arms. This way, you could rest some before the other one is born. If we’re going to kill one of them, it doesn’t matter which one it is. There would be no risk for your body if you chose the one in your arms. The lady was horrified and said: ‘No doctor! How terrible! It’s a crime to kill a child!’I agree’,the doctor replied. ‘But you seemed to be ok with it, so I thought maybe that was the best solution. The doctor smiled, realizing that he had made his point. He convinced the mom that there is no difference in killing a child that’s already been born and one that’s still in the womb. The crime is the same!
Thankfully I had a loss of .8 pounds for a total loss of 17.9. I’ll have to lose 2.1 pounds to meet my goal of losing 20 by Thanksgiving, that’s quite a bit, so we’ll see. I still have hope.
Unfortunately I don’t have a work out diary for this week. I wasn’t able to play racquetball or make it upstairs to use the treadmill or the elliptical. Which I’m sure is why I didn’t lose more this week. With 21 people coming to the house in just a few days and so much to get done to get ready for them, I don’t know that I’ll work out before then either, so I may just have to eat rabbit food until Thursday.
Every month I get a magazine from InTouch Ministries that’s based out of Atlanta, GA. The pastor is Dr. Charles F Stanley. He is such a great speaker and writer, I wanted to share this brief article he wrote in December’s magazine. I hope it will touch you as much as it did me.
If someone asked, “Who is Jesus, really?” what would you say? Would you begin with a story about a manger? Or quote something He said?
It’s a big question, but one way to answer is to consider what our Savior said about Himself. The Old Testament gives an account of God speaking from a burning bush. There, in Exodus 3:14, the Lord identifies Himself to Moses as “I Am”. It’s an unusual name, whose full meaning is somewhat hard to grasp-at least until the New Testament, when Jesus completes the thought.
In John’s gospel, Christ describes Himself with seven “I am” statements. For example, “I am the bread of life” (6:35) indicates that He is our spiritual nourishment and sustainer of true life. Because He is the light of the world (8:12), His followers no longer walk in darkness. And John 10:9 reveals that he is our door to salvation.
In John 10:11, we read, “i am the good shepherd…(who) lays down His life for His sheep.” This tells us He protects and provides for His flock. And Christ did give up His life for our sake when He died on the cross to pay our sin-debt.
In the following chapter, just before raising her brother from the dead, Jesus told Martha, “I am the resurrection and the life; he who believes in Me will live even if he dies” (11:25). When Lazarus came forth from the tomb (v44), Christ proved that His followers need never again fear death.
Contrary to what the world thinks, there is only one path to eternal life – and His name is Jesus. He said, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me” (John 14:6).
Finally, He gives us the key to fruitfulness: “I am the vine, you are the branches”: (15:5). An abiding relationship with Christ allows His life to flow through us.
So through Jesus is often portrayed as the Infant of Christmas, He is not simply another baby. He’s the Son of the living God, who left the glory of heaven to show us what the Father is like – and to purchase our redemption with His precious blood.
Yesterday morning when I stepped on the scales I couldn’t believe it. Not in a good way either. So I decided to cheat a little and weigh again today. Which I did and had a loss of 1.1 pounds. (Much better than what they said yesterday). That’s a total loss of 16.1 pounds. I’m still a bit frustrated because at the beginning of the week I was a pound lighter. I know that’s why you’re really only supposed to weigh once a week, because your weight can fluctuate daily. I still don’t like it when I go backwards. To meet my goal of losing 20 pounds by Thanksgiving I still have to lose almost 4 pounds, in less than 2 weeks.
It doesn’t really help that today was Thanksgiving dinner with Zale’s side of the famliy. It’s good ole’ Southern cooking, everything is made with lots of real butter (at least nothing was fried). I didn’t do too badly during dinner though. I only had one yeast roll (which I like better than dessert) instead of the usual three, and I didn’t even put butter on it. I had small portions of dressing/stuffing, mashed potatoes (without the gravy), squash casserole and green beans. I didn’t even have ham or turkey. For dessert I had a small portion of banana pudding instead of my usual two bowls. Zale and I figured I probably had about 18 points worth of food out of my 34 daily points (I get 10 extra because I’m still nursing, otherwise my daily points would only be 24). I’ll probably round it up to 20 though. I felt full and pretty proud of myself, until my mother in law broke out the cookie dough to make cookies with Hannah. I think I’ve mentioned before that cookies are a HUGE weakness for me. My will power just melts when there are cookies around. It’s Pitiful. I think between 1:00 and 6:00 today I ate about four cookies, maybe five. I did share two or three of them with Reagan, but I don’t know that it helped much. At two points a cookie, there’s another 8-10 points there. Added to the breakfast bar I ate this morning (2 points), I’m almost done for the day. Good thing I’m still pretty full!
Time to buckle down and get back on the treadmill to get rid of those 4 pounds by Thanksgiving. My next goal is to lose another 10 by Christmas. That may be a bit ambitious, but I’m gonna try. I’m really tired of Christmas pictures showing an extra chin..or two..or three.
Do you ever have a night when you REALLY need to sleep? But you can’t? That’s me, tonight. It’s after 1:30 in the morning, we have a big day tomorrow, and here I am, awake. I’m exhausted, my eyes are blury, but yet I can’t sleep. I think it’s possible to be too tired to sleep.
Tomorrow (I guess it’s really today) we’re having Thanksgiving at Zale’s Mom’s house, since my side of the family will be at our house Thanksgiving day. I’m hoping for a fun day, with good food (that I don’t eat much of), and an opportunity to be a blessing to someone else!
God Bless!
Don’t even want to talk about it….maybe tomorrow.
Someone e mailed me this really neat website, Let’s Say Thanks, that will send a thank you card to our troops overseas. I thought it was worth sharing….
Even if this particular story isn’t accurate, it’s still a great lesson! God Bless!!
I had another racquetball lesson yesterday. I hit the ball, I ran after the ball, I missed the ball, I missed the ball, I missed the ball….oh wait, I said that already. It’s pretty easy to tell when I get tired, I start to over think everything and my racket has a bit of trouble connecting with the ball. It was still a great work out, and I know I’m improving. It’s just with baby steps.
Thanksgiving week I’ll be playing my first game with Dad, Aunt Suzanne and Cousin Alex. I asked Dad yesterday, how in the world do you play doubles in racquetball? The court seems pretty big until you start running all over it trying to hit the ball and not the other person in the court with you. With just Dad and I in there it seems a bit tight. I told Dad I’m a little concerned someone is going to get hurt! I’ll have to wear protective eye gear that day no matter how much it annoys me!
I get to have another lesson tomorrow, I’m pretty excited about getting to play three times in one week! It’s going to wear me out, but in a very good way!
