Well, I’m back to blogging. Sort of. I never really did stop, it has just been a while.
I have been SUPER busy and have every excuse under the sun as to why I haven’t taken the time to blog, or eat healthy, or take care of myself. It has been a very fast, busy, and stressful summer.
Fast because my kids have already gone back to school.
Thank goodness.Busy because I feel like I spent all summer taking my children to sports, (did you know that high school sports practice ALL summer long? I didn’t. LOL) church camp, the pool, they are very demanding little boogers.
Stressful because, at last, the time has come for me to get a real, out of the house, 9-5 job. I have been finishing up everything to get my teaching certification up to date. I really need to get a somewhat good paying job because our oldest just started high school and in four short years, I am going to have to start paying out some college tuition. I don’t even want to go there yet though.
In all of this time of business, I have neglected myself and once again put myself on the back burner and I have neglected all of you, readers of our blog. I am sorry. I promise to do better.
The good news, I have completed everything that I need to get re certified in teaching and I just have to send in everything to the state. Watch out schools, I’m coming to sub and find a teaching job!!
More good news, the kids started school. I have to say that being a stay at home mom is a very rewarding but stressful job. As your kids get older, they tend to fight more when they are off for summer break.
By the time summer is over, you are sooooo ready for them to be back in school
More good news, my daughter that just started high school made the high school volleyball team. We are so excited and she has her first game tonight. This is a new sport for us so we aren’t really even sure how a game is played. We will know soon enough.
Between her doing volleyball, our son playing soccer for a church league and our other daughter wanting to play rec volleyball, makes for some very busy parents!!
The bad news. Well, my kids have been in school for 10 days now and I have had 4 of those days with a sick child at home. Yeah for school germs!! 2 of my 3 kids are on antibiotics and had to go to the doctor, did I mention I was trying to get a job in all of this mess? We are all on the mend and doing much better!!
Other bad news, I have been a complete diet failure all summer long. I am supposed to be doing great. I am supposed to be all of your inspirations. I feel like I have let myself down and all of you too. I am basically starting over. That really sucks to have to admit that but at the beginning of all of this, I said that I was going to be real so there it is.
I feel like a failure. Once again. I have fallen but have decided to get back up, dust myself off, and get back to the healthy lifestyle and feeling better that I was heading towards. I CAN do this. I WILL do this. I AM doing this. Here I go again. I know that I have said this before but I am not a failure because I haven’t given up. I still have a dream for myself. I can still picture myself thin and active and successful. That means I still have it in me somewhere.
I need you guys to be my accountabilty partners.
I would like to start a blog post that is called my Weigh in Wednesday. Imagine that, me posting a blog at least once a week and letting you know what poundage I lostthat week. Yep, that is happening. I am also going to start posting my L&G’s on our Instagram. I have done that a little bit here and there. (A L&G is what I get to eat for dinner, in case you didn’t know. A lean protein and vegetables.) That is fun for me and gives other people healthy meal ideas.
I am going to do this because I need this for me. I need the accountability. I need your support and your love which I know that ya’ll are all great at giving. I am going to do all of this while still looking for a job, subbing in school some, going to my kids sports events, dealing with all their school stuff, and trying to keep them healthy.
I will get my weight in the morning and then will let you all know what I lose in the next 5 days and will report back next Wednesday to let you know how my week went. I’m excited because I am so tired of all this weight that I am carrying around. I am just tired of being tired all the time.
As the kids have started back to school marks a new season in life for us and a new determination for me. Who is with me with getting back up, dusting yourself off and moving forward?
1 Chron. 28:10 “Be strong and do the work.” Jeremiah 29:11 “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you a hope and a future.”