God sends inspiration

Well Monday's are no longer a day for blogging. I work Mon-Fri now and may just have to change my weigh in days to Saturday instead of Mondays now. We will see...

Yesterday morning I woke up with +1 lbs over last week. I also woke up with my period and wont get frustrated with the +1 lbs as whenever I get my period I always gain a few pounds. Hopefully next week will show a greater loss.

Its been a month now and I am down just over 17lbs. The first 14lbs were within the first two weeks, making the last 3 weeks a little lack luster. While I know I wont give up, I wasn't nearly as motivated as I was in the beginning, until I got an email from a friend from college. The email was as follows:

Hey stacey! How have you been? I have to tell you that I loved reading your blog and it inspired me. I have been trying to do the same before we have our second baby but have not been very successful. What calorie counter or program are you using? What you are doing is awesome...we should get together and catch up sometime!

God sent this letter at just the right time. It gave me a sense of renewal. Look for big numbers next week.

Not the time to give up on dreams...

Well this morning was not as exciting as the past couple Monday mornings. I was down another 0.2lbs. That makes it 14.6lbs in three weeks...I was definitely hoping for better results, buuuuuut Im not going to let that bring me down.

I very well could have gotten frustrated and upset and gave up right there. Past times of trying I probably would have. BUT yesterday Jerrica gave a word at church that, in short,   said not to give up on dreams. At first yesterday I thought that word had nothing to do with me. I really hadnt given up on any dreams. If there were dreams that I stopped going after, it wasnt really because I gave up, more because my dreams changed over time. Then this morning, standing on the scale, I thought to myself, "this is stupid." It would be SO easy to give up now. It would be so easy to forget that although I only lost 0.2lbs this week, that I am still ahead of where my goal was by more than 2 weeks.

So, instead of giving up, instead of getting frustrated, instead of making pancakes and sausage for breakfast, instead of making up excuses, Im going to remember God's word for us this week.

**Do not give up on your dreams**