A New Year, A New Me!

Well, we made it through our trip to Disney, trips to Auburn and Gulf Shores for Thanksgiving and survived the Christmas madness of celebrating in Auburn, Wetumpka and Montgomery. In all we celebrated Christmas 4 times if I remember correctly. Christmas is all packed away and the house is returning to somewhat normal. School started back last Wednesday and I'm glad to be back into a routine. I decided this year that I'm going to do something about my weight because I HATE the way I look right now. My church has started a Body and Spirit weight loss challenge and I signed up for it. I was shocked (in a good way) about the number on the scale at the inital weigh in. I came home and reweighed myself and the scales at the church were 7 pounds lighter! That following Wednesday I committed myself to Weight Watchers for 15 weeks. Guess what, their scales were 7 pounds lighter than my scales at home. Guess where those old scales are now?? Not in my house!! Sunday was the first weigh in at church and I was down 5 pounds from the previous Sunday and today I was down 4 pounds from last Wednesday. I'm really going by my Weight Watchers weight but like having the church to help keep me accountable half way through the week. Helps me reduce the urge to cheat. My goal right now is to lose 40 pounds by Easter. I think I can do it if I try hard! Emily will be turning 5 in about 5 weeks and I would like to see a total of 21 pounds gone by then. If I can lose 3 pounds by next Wednesday then I will have managed to break my plateu that I've never been able to get past before.

It is hard to believe that in a few weeks my baby will be 5 and in August will be starting Kindergarten! Where has the time flown?? She is growing up and changing so much right now. Her vocabulary has really grown in the last 2 months. She is using words that I didn't think she knew and putting them in the right context. I wish I could keep her little. She's almost gotten to where she doesn't want me to rock her at night anymore before bedtime. That makes me sad because that was one of my most favorite parts of the day to spend with her.