One Resolution is in the BAG!

That's right...I joined Weight Watchers on Saturday!

I cannot tell you how excited I am about it!

I didn't really know what to expect when I walked through the door, and to be perfectly honest - I felt like walking through that door meant I really was - yes, i'm going to use it -

fat.

I walked through the front door and was welcomed with open arms.

No questions asked.

No pressure.

No cold shoulder.

I was immediately greeted and helped through the process of my first meeting. Walked through the door into the meeting room and a sweet young woman named Sherry asked me to sit with them. We had the greatest conversation and come to find out - she'd lost 93 lbs. with WW. I also found out she is a diagnostician with a local school district and she actually looks forward to talking to me about Ethan. Educational diagnosticians share an ability to assess and
diagnose the learning problems of students.

The meeting was really interesting, up beat and I found myself laughing - a lot! It was really nice being in a room full of people and not worry about being judged because of my weight.

The really fun part though was at the end. Once the class was over (side note: i found it odd that we didn't pray at the end - further proof that i live in a christian bubble) and everyone was leaving I locked eyes with a woman I knew that I knew....

Turns out we were on the same softball team in high school! We hadn't seen each other in over 9 years!

Needless to day I am totally into this whole Weight Watchers thing. I actually can't wait till the next meeting. It was so refreshing!

2010, already?!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!

Well, hello there! It's only been forever! I can't believe it's already 2010! Crazy.

I've been away on a wild Christmas vacation but it was a good one! Really, we just stuck around the house and kept busy, busy, busy.

I know a lot of people who aren't really for New Year resolutions but I am. I know that apart from Christ I can't do a single thing but I still like to make goals for myself for the up coming year. I just pray that the Lord would pour His grace upon me so that each of these may be accomplished for HIS glory - not my own.

My 2010 Resolutions

• Read from my HCSB "Everyday Bible" every evening with my husband.
• Read to Ethan from his new Bible from Santa each day.
• Have a family memory verse each week.
• Join Weight Watchers.
• Workout with my friend Amber 3xs a week.
• Send birthday and anniversary cards to family on time.
• Catch up and keep up with laundry.
• Organize the family paperwork.
• Decorate the master bedroom.
• Lose 25 lbs. by March 31st.
• Lose another 25 lbs. by June 30th.
• Lose another 25 lbs. by Sept. 30th.
• Make weekly meal plans like I used to.
• Try one new healthy recipe each week.

I've got a lot to work on for this year!

Mainly, though, I just pray that I can be a woman who honors God in everything I do.

God's Knowledge: Psalm 139:1-4 (Week of January 3, 2010; Monday)

O LORD, you have searched me and known me! You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from afar. You search out my path and my lying down and are acquainted with all my ways. Even before a word is on my tongue, behold, O LORD, you know it altogether.