Over a month ago, my mother tactfully told me, "you've let yourself go". My loving husband and friends have told me "you look good for just having a baby 6 months ago" (of course they said this at month 2, 3, 4, and 5). Oprah even caught me. I was watching a show one day and she was asking her TV audience if they had let themselves go. She said to look down and if you are still in your pajamas, you have let yourself go. Guess who was still in their pajamas! (Oprah comes on at 4 in the afternoon here.) The truth is, I know I have let myself go. I see the thing staring at me in the mirror every morning....and throughout the day. I look like I'm old...and when I don't take care of myself I feel old. I may look okay for "just having a baby 6 months ago", but no one wants to look good for a reason. You just want to look good. So, my mission is to take care of myself...really and truly...physically, mentally and spiritually.
Physically. Ugh...I hate exercising! I just talked to Sarah, my older sister, today. She is swimming every morning. She really motivated me to look for something that I can do. I have done some research on the Internet and found some exercises that would be easy for me to do at home...in the house until warmer weather when Finny and I can go on walks. My goal is to do 5 of these exercises a day. Even if I don't see a difference on the scale or in my clothes, I will feel better.
Mentally. To clear my head, I have to clear my house. When my house is cluttered, my head feels cluttered. Things can cause so much stress. I will love this change! My goal is to clean out the clutter and organize. I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THROWING STUFF AWAY! Ask Matthew. He sees a bag going to Good Will and he has to go through it to make sure that none of his things are in there! Ha! I really am a firm believer that if you haven't used it in the past year or so, you really aren't going to miss it. I can't wait to get to this goal.
Spiritually. There is always more I can do in this area. But, there are a few things that I would like to do to improve myself spiritually. There are two books that I would like to FINISH reading. =) One, "Get Out Of That Pit" by Beth Moore. (No, I'm not depressed or suicidal. I think everyone goes through "pits" throughout their life.) The second book is one that my women's small group is going through called, "Sacred Influence" by Gary Thomas. It's about how God uses wives to shape the souls of their husbands. Haven't really started that one yet. We start it tomorrow.
So, these are my goals. If you are reading this, you are now my accountability partner! Ask me throughout the week if I have done any of these things, leave a comment if we usually don't talk during the week. If I say I haven't done them, that means I probably need encouragement....so feel free to encourage away. I've been called stubborn before...don't let that stop you from trying to encourage me. If you want to join me in this quest, leave a comment and I will be an accountability partner. It's always easier when there are two or more.
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Jason and I like to motivate each other to exercise for an entire commercial break. Jumping jacks, crunches, lifting weights, etc. It helps because you know you get an instant reward (when your show comes back on, you don't feel bad watching it, knowing you exercised the entire break). Maybe I'm cheating myself a little, but it helps me to see a light at the end of the tunnel. We also go walking (outside if it's nice, at the mall when it's not).
well. no worries.
everyone is beautiful!
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