Well, last week I finished up 5 weeks of M-F workouts and have already started with 35 minutes of running/walking today at the gym. My weight isn't changing a whole lot this last week, hovering between 225-228 or so. I am hoping to be somewhere consistently below 225 by the end of the week.
My eating has been fairly okay, although Saturday night we ate at Chili's and I ate a little more than I probably should--but not too too bad. Last night was youth group and we had a Sunday school class fix us Tacos...I ate 2, which wasn't too awful, I don't guess. I have successfully managed to stay off the chocolate, which I am VERY happy about. I've had a few temptations here and there, but I've made it.
Now I need to start knocking a few things off my to-do list. It's so long, I hardl know where to start. Oh well! Guess if I get off this computer I might make some progress!
Monday, February 18, 2008
Thursday, February 14, 2008
still going strong!
Well, I'm at almost 5 full weeks of working out and eating clean, and I'm down about 20 pounds. (I say "about" because I'm not totally sure where I started at! It was too scary there for a while to get on the scale!) I feel much better and am so happy to be on my way!
I'm doing good with no chocolate too...even tonight at work with the prettiest chocolate cake you've ever seen there tonight! It was the toughest challenge yet, but I made it, and am so glad.
I know this is short, but so is time, so I'll be going for now! Just wanted to say YAY!! I'm doing good! Thanks, God, for YOUR strength that keeps me going!
I'm doing good with no chocolate too...even tonight at work with the prettiest chocolate cake you've ever seen there tonight! It was the toughest challenge yet, but I made it, and am so glad.
I know this is short, but so is time, so I'll be going for now! Just wanted to say YAY!! I'm doing good! Thanks, God, for YOUR strength that keeps me going!
Sunday, February 10, 2008
So far, so good!
Well,today was day 5 of the no-chocolate thing, and so far, so good. I am really excited to be making the progress I am. My weight is hovering around 227ish right now, give or take a pound or two, depending on my state of hydration and whatnot, so I'm going in the right direction. Yesterday my eating was a bit erratic because it was such a busy day at the lab. I didn't get to eat lunch and then I slept when I got home, so then we went and ate Lupes for dinner. I was a lot better than I could have been, but it was still Lupes! Today I did good with just a frozen dinner at lunch and then we had youth gruop tonight and the wonderful folks who fed us made hot dogs. I ate just one, so that wasn't too too bad I don't guess. No dessert either. Not to mention the ultimate frisbee we went out and played after dinner for an hour! Being controlled is getting a lot easier than it used to be.
Tomorrow it's time for me to go back to the gym. I'm gonna go in the morning, I think, probably when I pick the boys up from school, before we come home. I have to work a night shift tomorrow night at 8, so it'll probably be too rushed to go later on in the day.
I need to sit and re-read the "phase 2" part of the Chantel Hobbs book. I think this is the one where you just add strength training in on the stability ball a couple of days a week and stay away from one problem food for a month. I want to re-read it though, and make sure there is nothing else I"m forgetting.
I am so happy to be making progress!
Tomorrow it's time for me to go back to the gym. I'm gonna go in the morning, I think, probably when I pick the boys up from school, before we come home. I have to work a night shift tomorrow night at 8, so it'll probably be too rushed to go later on in the day.
I need to sit and re-read the "phase 2" part of the Chantel Hobbs book. I think this is the one where you just add strength training in on the stability ball a couple of days a week and stay away from one problem food for a month. I want to re-read it though, and make sure there is nothing else I"m forgetting.
I am so happy to be making progress!
Friday, February 8, 2008
Four weeks down..and 3 days sans chocolate!
This is gonna be short and sweet tonight, because I am whooped! I have so much to talk about, but I'm really exhausted and have to work at the hospital at 6 in the morning....the only reason I'm up now, is because I have to get my scrubs in the dryer after the washer finishes up!
I worked overnight Monday, Wednesday and Thursday at the lab this week, so my body is a little mixed up right now. I haven't had a ton of sleep, because my kiddies need me awake during the day and also because I sang at a funeral today...that's part of what all there is I could be writing about. I had my 5th and 6th grade youth group tonight, and then I go into work early tomorrow morning at the hospital again.....so, all of that is why I'm sorta wiped out.
On the weight loss front...I'm still hovering between about a 15-16 pound weight loss. I made it to the gym Monday through Friday to either run or do the ellipical each day for at least a half hour, and this is day 3 without chocolate. It was a little challenging at youth tonight with the desserts, but I made it and am so happy I did. I may not be looking much better yet, but I am thankful to be feeling better. It's amazing how much it changes your attitude to just be working on a goal like this and to be making progress. Thanks be to GOD for His strength and mercies that are new every morning!
I worked overnight Monday, Wednesday and Thursday at the lab this week, so my body is a little mixed up right now. I haven't had a ton of sleep, because my kiddies need me awake during the day and also because I sang at a funeral today...that's part of what all there is I could be writing about. I had my 5th and 6th grade youth group tonight, and then I go into work early tomorrow morning at the hospital again.....so, all of that is why I'm sorta wiped out.
On the weight loss front...I'm still hovering between about a 15-16 pound weight loss. I made it to the gym Monday through Friday to either run or do the ellipical each day for at least a half hour, and this is day 3 without chocolate. It was a little challenging at youth tonight with the desserts, but I made it and am so happy I did. I may not be looking much better yet, but I am thankful to be feeling better. It's amazing how much it changes your attitude to just be working on a goal like this and to be making progress. Thanks be to GOD for His strength and mercies that are new every morning!
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
Tuesday already
Well, here it is Tuesday, and it's been several days since I wrote anything. I'm staying the course on my eating and exercising, so I'm happy with that. I ran at the gym yesterday for like 25 minutes...wanted to do more, but we got there a little late and the childcare was only open til 8pm, so I had to get the kiddies and go. Tonight was the same sort of thing, only I did the elliptical. Last night I ended up doing an overnight shift at work, so I'm pretty certain I made up for the extra 5 minutes by running around the lab until 6 am! It was a good night, thankfully! Today, all the treadmills were full, so I used the elliptical, and I was sweated down pretty good by the time I finished up. It felt great! I ran into one of my old Young Life kids tonight too, which was fun. She and I talked about the last 10 minutes or so of my workout, so it went super fast! My weight is down to like hovering around 231 or 232...I've been saying I'm down probably 15 pounds since I started this whole thing.....I'm not totally sure where I topped out at, but It was somewhere mid-to-high 240s, so I'm thinking I'm right at 15 pound gone...now only 85 more! I'm looking forward to breaking that 230 barrier to get to the 220s. And then the 2-teens, and for sure getting down below 200 into ONEderland. I'm way ready for that! How awful is that, that I'm looking forward to the 220s! I never in my life thought I'd be making progress to make it there! It feels so much better though, to be working on it.
The next project is giving up chocolate...at least for awhile. I'm going at this with 2 ideas in mind, actually. Tomorrow is Ash Wednesday....the beginning of the Lenten season. Now, having grown up as the Baptist that I did, the only "lint" (ph. spelling) I knew of was in my dryer! I never knew a thing about Lent or any of the creeds, or any other kind of liturgy! I will say I grew up with a healthy knowledge of scripture (commited to memory) which I am so very grateful for today. I also grew up with the awareness that God was God and I'm not, and that there was a definite right and wrong....I'm very, very grateful for that, but being the Presbyterian that I am now in this season of my life (and probably for the rest of my life, if I had to guess...only the Lord knows!) I am excited to learn new things (new to me, that is) and to learn to love the Lord with more of my mind than before, and take on some more challenges. Enter Lent!
This year, I've decided for the first time ever, to give something up for Lent....I've never done it, and I'm not going ot make a big deal of it or anything, but it is sort of a big deal to me! I'm going to give up chocolate. I DO love Jesus more than chocolate, and I want to exercise some much-needed discipline with it during this season. I want to instead of focusing on chocolate, to focus on Him and what He wants to do in and through me. Now, for some people, chocolate may not be a biggie....but for me, it's HUGE! I gave up chocolate once before, but only because I was pregnant with my high-risk pregnancy where they were watching everything I did like crazy and wanted me to have NO caffeine...which meant no chocolate. Well, that lasted til the end of my first trimester, and then it promptly ended when my healthcare professionals thought it safe for me to eat it again. So, it's sort of a big deal to me...I am a chocolate lover....but I'm hoping to curb that love to some degree through this!
The other motivation I have, which does tie into trying to be the best I can be for His glory, but still an independent concept, is the Chantel Hobbs book. Her phase 1 is the exercise 5x a week for 4 weeks. Phase 2 is to keep that up, add some strength training with the stability ball, and then to identify a problem food (just one) and keep away from it for a month. Well....it just so happens that this is week 4 of my hard-core working on this, and so it would have been next week anyway that I would have had to give up a problem food....and for me, by far the biggest problem is CHOCOLATE!
So, I'm just starting this phase a little early, and trying to exercise it as a spiritual discipline as well, connecting it with the Lenten season. So....Fat Tuesday being about over....no chocolate, here I am!
The next project is giving up chocolate...at least for awhile. I'm going at this with 2 ideas in mind, actually. Tomorrow is Ash Wednesday....the beginning of the Lenten season. Now, having grown up as the Baptist that I did, the only "lint" (ph. spelling) I knew of was in my dryer! I never knew a thing about Lent or any of the creeds, or any other kind of liturgy! I will say I grew up with a healthy knowledge of scripture (commited to memory) which I am so very grateful for today. I also grew up with the awareness that God was God and I'm not, and that there was a definite right and wrong....I'm very, very grateful for that, but being the Presbyterian that I am now in this season of my life (and probably for the rest of my life, if I had to guess...only the Lord knows!) I am excited to learn new things (new to me, that is) and to learn to love the Lord with more of my mind than before, and take on some more challenges. Enter Lent!
This year, I've decided for the first time ever, to give something up for Lent....I've never done it, and I'm not going ot make a big deal of it or anything, but it is sort of a big deal to me! I'm going to give up chocolate. I DO love Jesus more than chocolate, and I want to exercise some much-needed discipline with it during this season. I want to instead of focusing on chocolate, to focus on Him and what He wants to do in and through me. Now, for some people, chocolate may not be a biggie....but for me, it's HUGE! I gave up chocolate once before, but only because I was pregnant with my high-risk pregnancy where they were watching everything I did like crazy and wanted me to have NO caffeine...which meant no chocolate. Well, that lasted til the end of my first trimester, and then it promptly ended when my healthcare professionals thought it safe for me to eat it again. So, it's sort of a big deal to me...I am a chocolate lover....but I'm hoping to curb that love to some degree through this!
The other motivation I have, which does tie into trying to be the best I can be for His glory, but still an independent concept, is the Chantel Hobbs book. Her phase 1 is the exercise 5x a week for 4 weeks. Phase 2 is to keep that up, add some strength training with the stability ball, and then to identify a problem food (just one) and keep away from it for a month. Well....it just so happens that this is week 4 of my hard-core working on this, and so it would have been next week anyway that I would have had to give up a problem food....and for me, by far the biggest problem is CHOCOLATE!
So, I'm just starting this phase a little early, and trying to exercise it as a spiritual discipline as well, connecting it with the Lenten season. So....Fat Tuesday being about over....no chocolate, here I am!
Friday, February 1, 2008
Three weeks down!
Yay! I made 3 straight weeks of working out somehow or other Monday through Friday for a minimum of 30 minutes per day! I am pumped! This evening, after the words we had last night I guess, I was allowed to go out and run just before we ate supper at like 6 pm. I was able to be more creative about my route, since we still had some daylight left. It was cold and felt great! I ran/walked (mostly ran...slowly, but still a run) probably a little over 2 miles. It felt great! Then, I had some taco soup and a salad for supper, which was way good. (lunch was posole and a salad.) I still haven't had my fuji apple today yet...thinking I still might want that!
Today was sort of weird in an unexpected-type of a way. I got the kids up this morning and one of the boys still had a fever, so I was going to let the other one go to school and have him stay home with me and Sister. Everyone was all prepared and ready for that, and we got to school and it looked awfully quiet. No one was there, parking lot empty, etc. There was one car in the drop-off line with a Grandma who was going to drop off her grandson. I pulled up and noticed it was really weird, so I asked her if she knew what was going on and she said there was a sign on the door that said preschool was closed today! No notice, no anything...just a note. This is really, really weird! She thought maybe it was because so many kids have been sick, but I really don't think they'd close school for that. We are all paying our tuition and not only that, but there is always a time of the year when kids get sick and miss school a lot. I don't know if they couldn't find teachers or what was going on, but it was weird! I tried calling the boys' teacher to ask and a couple of other friends with kids there, but got no answers at anyone's homes, so...even weirder! I guess I'll find out soon what the deal is.
So, we stopped by my office at church quickly to get my mail and stuff and then went to the drive thru at the bank. It was so funny while we were there...I looked back, and both boys had their shoes and socks off, wiggling their little toes at me. They make me laugh! It's the little smiles on their faces and how proud they are of stuff like that that is so precious. We came home after that and laid sorta low....watched some tv and played with some toys and stuff. I didn't want to push it too hard with them still getting over their sick stuff.
While they took their nap, I had a little time with the Lord, which is always a good thing. I was fighting to stay awake, but it was still good. Speaking of which...as crazy as it is for me, I think I'm about to take a shower and crash now. I never, ever go to bed this early, but I have to work at the lab at 6am, so that will be here awfully early!
Three weeks...yahoo! The Chantel Hobbs Never Say Diet book is broken into stages, and the first stage is simply to exercise 5 consecutive days each week for at least a half hour. She says after the first 4 weeks, it becomes habit. Well, it's habit and not only that but an ADDICTIVE habit! I have always loved exercise...it's so wonderful to have the chance to get back with it again! The weight is down about 14 pounds total since the start of the year. I'm pumped with that!
Okay...better go and get some rest so I'm ready for whatever the lab throws at me tomorrow!
Today was sort of weird in an unexpected-type of a way. I got the kids up this morning and one of the boys still had a fever, so I was going to let the other one go to school and have him stay home with me and Sister. Everyone was all prepared and ready for that, and we got to school and it looked awfully quiet. No one was there, parking lot empty, etc. There was one car in the drop-off line with a Grandma who was going to drop off her grandson. I pulled up and noticed it was really weird, so I asked her if she knew what was going on and she said there was a sign on the door that said preschool was closed today! No notice, no anything...just a note. This is really, really weird! She thought maybe it was because so many kids have been sick, but I really don't think they'd close school for that. We are all paying our tuition and not only that, but there is always a time of the year when kids get sick and miss school a lot. I don't know if they couldn't find teachers or what was going on, but it was weird! I tried calling the boys' teacher to ask and a couple of other friends with kids there, but got no answers at anyone's homes, so...even weirder! I guess I'll find out soon what the deal is.
So, we stopped by my office at church quickly to get my mail and stuff and then went to the drive thru at the bank. It was so funny while we were there...I looked back, and both boys had their shoes and socks off, wiggling their little toes at me. They make me laugh! It's the little smiles on their faces and how proud they are of stuff like that that is so precious. We came home after that and laid sorta low....watched some tv and played with some toys and stuff. I didn't want to push it too hard with them still getting over their sick stuff.
While they took their nap, I had a little time with the Lord, which is always a good thing. I was fighting to stay awake, but it was still good. Speaking of which...as crazy as it is for me, I think I'm about to take a shower and crash now. I never, ever go to bed this early, but I have to work at the lab at 6am, so that will be here awfully early!
Three weeks...yahoo! The Chantel Hobbs Never Say Diet book is broken into stages, and the first stage is simply to exercise 5 consecutive days each week for at least a half hour. She says after the first 4 weeks, it becomes habit. Well, it's habit and not only that but an ADDICTIVE habit! I have always loved exercise...it's so wonderful to have the chance to get back with it again! The weight is down about 14 pounds total since the start of the year. I'm pumped with that!
Okay...better go and get some rest so I'm ready for whatever the lab throws at me tomorrow!
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Did it again!!!
Yipppeee Yahhoooooo!!! I just got back from another late night run. Not my first choice of workout...the late night part, that is, but praise God, I got the workout in! Thirty-eight minutes of sweat, stars, and breathing really hard in the freshly cold air! AAAhhhh....I love it! There is nothing like the feeling of a good run! Especially when you haven't had many of them in a too long time! I love running in the cold. I mean, it's not like super cold--just about 50, but for us, that's like polar time!
I've been sorta stewing all evening at my husband for not allowing me the little bit of time I needed to get in a workout this evening sometime. We exchanged a few words over it later on tonight before I went out. He said I should've told him when I wanted to go....to which I replied that he was just going on about what all he had going and how he was going to do this, that, and the other and then get to bed--period, end of story. I had told him the only plans for tonight, only thing I needed was my half hour to go do some sort of workout. He never said much one way or the other and the next thing you know it's 9pm, dark, and I'm putting my kids to bed.
Well, I am not a negative person by nature. I'm really not. But sometimes I get pretty frustrated with this situation. So...in an effort to re-think this in a more positive manner, while I was out running, (did I mention it felt awesome!) I decided that instead of cursing the fact that I am married to a jerk that won't let me get away for 30 minutes to exercise while the kids are awake, I would instead choose to thank God for the fact that I live in a wonderful town where I really don't have to feel terribly afraid to go out and run at 10 pm. Of course, I would prefer not to, and I was extra super careful, but really, it is relatively safe here--if I lived in Houston or a lot of other places, that probably wouldn't be an option. So I will choose to be thankful instead of negative. (now, to carry that out....that's another matter entirely!)
I will say too...whenever I lose this weight and I'm down like 100 pounds from now, and people ask me what my secret is and how I did it.....I'm going to tell them to go BUY A STINKIN IPOD!!! That little thing keeps you exercising long after you would otherwise feel like stopping! This is just a little refurb older model nano I got for pretty cheap at Hastings...and I seriously think it's some of the best money I've spent. I used it for my class, which was great and the whole purpose of it in the first place...but man, as a workout tool, it's invaluble!
I did fairly well on the eating today. Mostly soupy stuff! I did the usual packet of cinnamon "Weight Control" oatmeal for breakfast, followed by a Fuju apple and just a few pretzels. (Apples, pretzels, and a diet Dr. Pepper are one heck of an awesome combo!) I'm sorta into those Fuji apples now. I used to be a Granny Smith girl, but I'm thinking since I've been to Fuji, I'm not going Granny again anytime soon! They are sweet and yummy! Then, for lunch I had a salad and some posole stuff I made last night. It was an old weight watchers recipe idea I hadn't made in good while, and it's yummy! You just cook up some onion in a pan with some cooking spray, add a couple of cans of Ro-Tel, a big can of hominy, some cubed up chicken breast, and a jar/can/whatever of salsa verde tomatillo stuff. It's a yummy spicy soup type thing that is great when it's cold outside. I like it a lot, and there's really nothing bad about it. The chicken cooks right in the soup and it's yummy! Then, I made some taco soup for supper. Super easy, super yummy, and not much too bad about it either. The worst thing in it is the hamburger meat, but there's not much of that, I used lean meat, and I rinsed it to get the grease off after I cooked it before it went in the soup. It was quite good!
The scale said I was down another about 3 or 4 pounds this morning. I'm thinking I was probably somewhat dehydrated, but I'll take it! Any sign of it going down is good in my book!
My sweet boys are feeling better today, so I am hoping they can go to school tomorrow. They so miss not being there! I tried to keep them low-key today just hanging out and resting mostly so they could get over this junk they've got. Missy G thankfully isn't showing any signs of being sick and I'm terribly grateful for that! Other than that, I feel sorta accomplished, because I made a big dent in the laundry today! I was hoping to go to bed tonight with everything in this house being clean, folded and put away....and though the night isn't over yet, I'm thinking it may be tomorrow before that goal happens. We go through SO much laundry around here! I'm working on it and feel good about the progress I did make though.
I did get to have a little time with the Lord today too, although it was shorter than I'd have liked. It is still sweet just to sit at His feet. I am going through this little study called Loving Well by Beth Moore. It' s just a little devotional journal type thingy and it's not terribly involved, but the simple truth in it is amazing. I read about a friend who went through it on her blog, and I decided to check it out. Beth tells 4 truths in the book that can help us love well:
1. God is perfect love.
2. God pours His perfect love into our imperfect hearts.
3. Nothing can seperate us from God's perfect love.
4. Accessed, I can love anyone through anything.
Today focused on number 1, about how God's character is love. Just as I am a woman...nothing will change that--not my mood, not my circumstances, not my age, nothing. I AM a woman...and God IS love. His love is so different than mine! I believe He is calling me to love well. I am praying for a miracle in the one part of my life where loving well is the most difficult. Thank God, He isn't finished with me yet! I know He can work a miracle...even in a stubborn heart like mine!
Okay....better go do some more laundry now. It's been a good day...and this run made it that much better! Tomorrow will be 3 weeks down. I think I can, I think I can, I think I can.......
I've been sorta stewing all evening at my husband for not allowing me the little bit of time I needed to get in a workout this evening sometime. We exchanged a few words over it later on tonight before I went out. He said I should've told him when I wanted to go....to which I replied that he was just going on about what all he had going and how he was going to do this, that, and the other and then get to bed--period, end of story. I had told him the only plans for tonight, only thing I needed was my half hour to go do some sort of workout. He never said much one way or the other and the next thing you know it's 9pm, dark, and I'm putting my kids to bed.
Well, I am not a negative person by nature. I'm really not. But sometimes I get pretty frustrated with this situation. So...in an effort to re-think this in a more positive manner, while I was out running, (did I mention it felt awesome!) I decided that instead of cursing the fact that I am married to a jerk that won't let me get away for 30 minutes to exercise while the kids are awake, I would instead choose to thank God for the fact that I live in a wonderful town where I really don't have to feel terribly afraid to go out and run at 10 pm. Of course, I would prefer not to, and I was extra super careful, but really, it is relatively safe here--if I lived in Houston or a lot of other places, that probably wouldn't be an option. So I will choose to be thankful instead of negative. (now, to carry that out....that's another matter entirely!)
I will say too...whenever I lose this weight and I'm down like 100 pounds from now, and people ask me what my secret is and how I did it.....I'm going to tell them to go BUY A STINKIN IPOD!!! That little thing keeps you exercising long after you would otherwise feel like stopping! This is just a little refurb older model nano I got for pretty cheap at Hastings...and I seriously think it's some of the best money I've spent. I used it for my class, which was great and the whole purpose of it in the first place...but man, as a workout tool, it's invaluble!
I did fairly well on the eating today. Mostly soupy stuff! I did the usual packet of cinnamon "Weight Control" oatmeal for breakfast, followed by a Fuju apple and just a few pretzels. (Apples, pretzels, and a diet Dr. Pepper are one heck of an awesome combo!) I'm sorta into those Fuji apples now. I used to be a Granny Smith girl, but I'm thinking since I've been to Fuji, I'm not going Granny again anytime soon! They are sweet and yummy! Then, for lunch I had a salad and some posole stuff I made last night. It was an old weight watchers recipe idea I hadn't made in good while, and it's yummy! You just cook up some onion in a pan with some cooking spray, add a couple of cans of Ro-Tel, a big can of hominy, some cubed up chicken breast, and a jar/can/whatever of salsa verde tomatillo stuff. It's a yummy spicy soup type thing that is great when it's cold outside. I like it a lot, and there's really nothing bad about it. The chicken cooks right in the soup and it's yummy! Then, I made some taco soup for supper. Super easy, super yummy, and not much too bad about it either. The worst thing in it is the hamburger meat, but there's not much of that, I used lean meat, and I rinsed it to get the grease off after I cooked it before it went in the soup. It was quite good!
The scale said I was down another about 3 or 4 pounds this morning. I'm thinking I was probably somewhat dehydrated, but I'll take it! Any sign of it going down is good in my book!
My sweet boys are feeling better today, so I am hoping they can go to school tomorrow. They so miss not being there! I tried to keep them low-key today just hanging out and resting mostly so they could get over this junk they've got. Missy G thankfully isn't showing any signs of being sick and I'm terribly grateful for that! Other than that, I feel sorta accomplished, because I made a big dent in the laundry today! I was hoping to go to bed tonight with everything in this house being clean, folded and put away....and though the night isn't over yet, I'm thinking it may be tomorrow before that goal happens. We go through SO much laundry around here! I'm working on it and feel good about the progress I did make though.
I did get to have a little time with the Lord today too, although it was shorter than I'd have liked. It is still sweet just to sit at His feet. I am going through this little study called Loving Well by Beth Moore. It' s just a little devotional journal type thingy and it's not terribly involved, but the simple truth in it is amazing. I read about a friend who went through it on her blog, and I decided to check it out. Beth tells 4 truths in the book that can help us love well:
1. God is perfect love.
2. God pours His perfect love into our imperfect hearts.
3. Nothing can seperate us from God's perfect love.
4. Accessed, I can love anyone through anything.
Today focused on number 1, about how God's character is love. Just as I am a woman...nothing will change that--not my mood, not my circumstances, not my age, nothing. I AM a woman...and God IS love. His love is so different than mine! I believe He is calling me to love well. I am praying for a miracle in the one part of my life where loving well is the most difficult. Thank God, He isn't finished with me yet! I know He can work a miracle...even in a stubborn heart like mine!
Okay....better go do some more laundry now. It's been a good day...and this run made it that much better! Tomorrow will be 3 weeks down. I think I can, I think I can, I think I can.......
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