Yikes!

This girl is behind on her blogs!!! Things have been quite busy over the past two months, and lots happening with my business and with our new place of ministry. I've barely had time to breathe...but this week is full of all the things I've neglected to do (like blogging) over the past two months. Organizing, relaxing (breathing), planning, big things, little things...it's my goal this week to tackle some of the things I've been putting off. 

I'm still on track to feel more like myself again within the next few months...I've already lost 14.5 lbs and it feels really good to be back on track again. I can remember a time (pre-child) where all I did was eat right, work out, and had the occasional dessert without gaining any weight. Over the past two months I have focused on fixing the damage I've done to my body over the past several years. Not eating right and not working out certainly takes it's toll!! Add to that: a super active two year old, a business that keeps me as busy as I want to be, a new ministry where people are still having a hard time accepting "the new guys" (that would be us), a husband that just wants to be loved...it becomes really easy to neglect YOURSELF! 

I'm very happy that I've made myself one of my focuses again! Not in a selfish way, of course, but in a way that would enable me TO focus on other important things in my life and give those things the attention they deserve!

2009: Welcome Back!

Happy New Year to everyone!

Just welcomed in the new year quietly at home with my husband and (sleeping) little boy. 

Anyway, I was going to write a blog about new beginnings, etc., but one of my favorite bloggers already did that, and I love what she wrote about. Read her Dec. 31st blog here:  http://cindybeall.com

I too, beat 2009 to my new eating habits, and I feel like I'm already ahead of the game and I love it!! In just a few short months, I hope to be welcoming back my size 2's & 4's!! And not just for the sake of being any particular size (I'm short, so for me that's pretty much a good place to settle)...but for the sake of building on that momentum to accomplish other goals, for the sake of just plain ol' feeling better, and for the sake of being able to keep up when my 2 year-old son runs circles around me. Ok, so maybe I won't have that kind of energy again (and maybe I will)...but this time, I am doing it with purpose, and I'm ready for it!

I have a tune in my head..."Welcome back, welcome back, welcome baaacckkkk!!!"