All to His glory

So, I found a record I kept (I'm good at those!) awhile back of weight loss. The cool thing is if I go back to my highest (223.6) til now (200.6) - I've lost 23 lbs! I'm pretty darn proud of that!! Not to mention that I'm only .7 from being under 200 for the first time since... um... right out of high school? We're talking a good 12 years!!! Whoo-hooo!!! Interested to see what my next set of blood work looks like!

Stupid sunburn!

Or should it say "Stupid got sunburnt"? I sell skin care, you'd think I knew better! Where did I get it? At the yard sale I had this past Saturday. Raising money for a mission trip to Scotland! I pick the roughest places to do missions, huh? ;) 3x to Mexico to visit Janine and now Scotland... and, Lord willing, Japan next year :) The yard sale went well, raised $345. I'm having another on May 8th. With the yard sale and a few donations I'm currently at about $600, the trip costs $2000 and $1200 of that is due by the end of this month. I think things are looking good.

The mission trip is to a place in Glasgow that is a castle!!!! We will be putting together/constructing rooms for unwed-expectant mothers. They also have a lot of other programs. You can see more at overtounhouse.com.

Please consider and pray about supporting me. Email me for more info.

I did it!!! I walked a 5k marathon!! 1 hour, 5 minutes, and 21 seconds :) I thought it might be about 10 min more than that, so I'm happy. Already signed up for a 10k in October!! Hope to someday be able to jog some of these too, but for now, walking is good. Except for the shin splits! OMG!!

I've lost 17 lbs so far :) Went up for a week or so, but now back at 17. I have a goal of 66 by the end of the year, which seems big. So, I broke it down into quarters, which is 16.5. Right at goal :) Just weighed - I'm now at 18 :)

Work is crazy busy! We are finally up to full production again for the first time in about 1.5 years? Schedule is full too. The market has turned! This time last year, we were taking weeks down b/c we didn't have enough to run, and last June we laid off a bunch of people. Things are so much better :)

Well, speaking of work, I'd better get back to it!!

15!

I'm down 15 pounds! It actually happened a couple weeks ago, but I've been slacking on blogging. I'm little behind the goal I wanted to be at by the end of March, which is 16.5, but it could happen in the next few days. The marathon is in less than 2 weeks, not at all ready. At least it's going to be gorgeous out for the rest of this week, I hope to walk everyday.

I've had a few rough weeks. We've been going through a series at church on hope the heart(stick with me)and things from my past have been resurfacing. I didn't quite understand why until yesterday's service. God was showing me things that I needed to lay down at His feet. People I needed to forgive and let go, things that were said, things that were done to me. Rejections. Jesus had all that happen to Him too, He really does understand what we're going through. And no matter who does what to me, He will never leave and never stop loving me. So freeing!

this is short, just wanted to update. please comment if you're reading this, just curious if anyone is.

1 month update

So, it'll be month tomorrow since I decided to start loosing weight... and I'm down 9lbs!!! Mostly just calorie counting using myfitnesspal.com, which is a great resource. I'm trying to work out more, especially walking for the marathon. My parents got me a Wii for my birthday and I played it last night for the first time. The boxing is pretty cool and gives a decent workout, I think. Hope to get a balance boards and Wii Fit Plus in the future, but I don't have the money right now.

Besides all that, my dad was finally able to figure out how to get me hot water pressure... such a luxury! My parents got a new bed so I got their old one. It's a queen and is in soooo much better condition than my old one. I also got a haircut last Saturday and chopped off a bunch. It's the shortest I remembering being since grade school, and so cute.

Things are good because God is great :)

marathon, here I come!

So, I signed up for the marathon yesterday. The marathon is April 10th, a little less than 3 months away and its 5k, which is only 3.1 miles... which is what I told myself before I went walking today for the first time. OMG, I think my legs are going to fall off! Only walked 1/2 mile in 10 minutes, but my calves feel horrible! Can't breath. :(

Well, short blog... just wanted to write down how awful I feel today so that in a couple months I see how far I've come :)

week 2

We decided at work to postpone the Biggest Loser competition b/c only 4 people were interested. We're going to try again next month and maybe add a prize from the company. I'm not going to sit around a 'bulk up' for the next few weeks though. My health and life are more important. I weighed myself again Monday and I've already lost 4.6lbs!!! Partly due to an upset tummy this weekend, but hey, I'll take it. Going to start walking w/a least one other co-worker tomorrow at lunch. Feels so good to actually working towards this goal!!

Other than that, I've caught myself smiling more! The depression is losing its grip :)

start of the weight loss

It's been awhile, I know. The depression has lessened, a lot. Thank God for Zoloft!! No, really. I kept fighting that pill and thought if I was just a good enough Christian, my mood would change. But considering that I'm on over 20 pills a day... a chemical imbalance was defiantly a factor.

Anyway, I thought I'd take an attempt at blogging my way through some weight loss. I believe if I lost weight, I could get off a bunch of those 20 pills! We started a Biggest Loser competition today at work too... so now there's some money on the line!

Starting weight... OMG, can't believe I'm actually going to put this out there... 220.0. Yuck!! I've been heavier though. My goal? 190 - that's 2.5lbs per week before the Biggest Loser ends on March 31st. 13.6%. I'd like to then be under 160 by the end of the year. Possible??? Of course. With God's strength!! Plus the encouragement of friends and family.

My difficulties will be from the MS and the PCOS. MS makes me tired and PCOS just messes with hormones and metabolism so much. But, I can overcome!!

I'm also thinking about signing up for a marathon. Only the 5k one though, that's only 3.1 miles. Its in April, so that's 4 months to train. We'll see...