Project Momma: 8 weeks

Yep, I gained a pound. I woke up this morning and had to feed my baby.  I drank some water and then weighed myself.  I was kind of bummed and even weighed myself about five times to make sure that the scale was balanced.  My first thought was "Man.  I shouldn't have had the goal for ten treats. I should have cut them out."  I was getting ready to go for a run, so as I left, I had a major realization.  I didn't really gain a pound.

a) My baby slept through the night and I definitely did not feed her everything.
b) I had just had at least 8 oz. of water (half of a pound)
c) It is the beginning of my time of the month (definitely stored water weight)

Sorry, if this is TMI, but it's the truth.

After thinking this through, I felt soooo much better.  But then I was mad at myself.  I let myself do what I have always told people not to do, I put my success in the scale.  Which was so dumb, mostly because of the reasons I just listed, but also because I had had the best week yet.  Weight will fluctuate and that's life.  I want to really base my weekly success on the things that I have 100% control over which are the goals that I have made and I did pretty darn good.

Food Goals:
I had ten and half treats this week.  Don't laugh at my "half", but it's true and I am being true to myself.  I only had half a serving of a treat left (let's say 2 bites of cake) on Sunday, but I enjoyed a whole piece and I was totally okay with that.  I had cut my treats in half from what I had eaten the week before and I had turned down things that I didn't want because I knew that "it wouldn't be worth one of my ten."

I had five days of five fruits and veggies which I believe is a new record.  And it's actually getting easier, sometimes going beyond five servings.

I am going to keep these same goals for this coming week.  It was a good stretch for me.

Fitness Goals:
I worked out five days this week, even when it wasn't easy, I made it work.  I also discovered how much harder it was to do my same 3-mile route, but backwards.  My gradual downhill became my gradual uphill which was not very easy, but a good challenge.  I even added 1/2 a mile today and it felt really good.

I held a plank for 1:09 and did five push-ups on my toes.  The range of motion might not have been great on my push-ups, but I'll take it.

Selfie:

I decided that I didn't need a sweaty spandex selfie this week in my kids' dirty bedroom.  I wanted to prove that I do actually get ready and do my hair every once in a while.  Molly Baby received a blessing from her Daddy at church yesterday and it was a very special day.  As Lucy would say, she got to wear her "wedding dress." It was fun to have family in town and spend time with people we love.

Spiritual Moment:
I was reading the Book of Mormon the other day and I read in Enos about the Nephites and Lamanites.  The Lamanites often lived off of only raw meat, but the Nephites had flocks, and fields, and lots of good food, but they had to work for it.  I thought about how it was so indicative of how people today often expect results.  There are a lot of people who say, "I'm hungry.  I'm going to go hunting."  So they do, they eat what they caught and they fed their hunger.  They still had to work a little for it, and it solved their problem.  (Might I add that they didn't even take the time to cook it).

However, there are other people who say, "I'm hungry.  I'm going to solve that problem the most effective way possible and acheive the best solution for me."  So they plant seeds, and raise flocks, and work really really hard for a long time.  Their solution comes from hard work, but they end up with a huge variety of good, healthy food that will be better for them in the end.  

I want to be the kind of person who will achieve the best end result, even if I don't see much change now.  I know that I am leading the kind of life that will result in weight loss and I am doing it in a way that will be healthy for my mind and my body.  I don't beat myself up.  I love food and allow myself to eat it, but I give my body the good food that it needs and deserves.

I also watched the General Women's Broadcast last night because I wasn't able to watch it on Saturday.  It was amazing, and I cried.  I even took notes which I haven't done in a long time.  If you didn't get a chance to watch it, I really recommend it.  I loved watching the whole thing with the musical numbers, but there are a few different links to watch just parts of it or a quick summary of their talks.

Individual Talks
Summary Page

I am so thankful for leaders who can help us know how to raise our family in a world with declining values.  Families are the most important priority in this life.  I know I don't always live my life that way, but my goal is to live knowing that family is more important than anything else.

I am really excited for Easter weekend and General Conference.  We get to listen to a prophet of God and his apostles as well as other leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.  They truly are inspired men and women who help us come closer to Christ.  This Saturday and Sunday, April 4th and 5th 9:00 am-11:00am Pacific and 1:00pm-3:00pm Pacific.  Log onto lds.org live or watch it later.  I am always inspired to be better.

And you better believe that I save some of my ten treats for my vanilla pudding sticky buns that I make on General Conference weekend.  If you come watch it with me, I promise I'll save you some. :)