The end of the trial period.

So it has been 19 days this AM since the change in my life. I have seen great changes and am feeling WAY better day by day. It has been tough to give up the "normalcy" of things I used to do without thinking, but it has been wonderful to feel the difference in how my body reacts to things now.

Not only am I 10 pounds lighter today (woohooo!), but I also feel more ready for my day when I get up. I have the energy to think about what I eat, and drink, and do in my day. I am able to consider the consequences of slacking off and remind myself of the joy of staying on track.

This last week I had chinese food. Now, I tried to do it the best I could; but I think I ate too much, and chinese in and of itself is pretty much anti-dietetic. After dinner I felt the ooops. I did my excercise and had to kick it up a notch to try and burn off the extra calories and "yuckies" that my body did not need. I was able (for the first time) to do the intense version of all the work outs on my workout video for at least 1/2 the time I was working. Followed up with weightloss yoga, and a dip in the hot tub - I could still feel the extra meal attaching itself to my body. The next morning, I felt miserable, hungry, fat, and even worse when I saw that I had gained 1.4 pounds. AAAGGHHHH!!! How could I do that? What am I going to do now? The answer - work out twice as hard and get it off! That chinese was not welcome to travel with me thru the week. So 1 hour 45 minutes in the morning, and working out for 1 hour and 30 minutes during The Biggest Loser (tuesday nights at 8pm), and the next morning all my work paid off - back to pre-chinese weight.

Then there is last night. Dan went to class and I found myself craving candy, chocolate, pasta, ice cream, etc. No, what, how can this happen again? Be strong Ellie! And then I realized, how cool would it be if I was able to have something out of this group without ruining things? So I went to my Biggest Loser Family cookbook and found a chocolate sundae! only 198 calories and right in my range of calories left over for my day. So there I sat, happily eating chocolate peanutbutter smothered ice cream, enjoying every single bite. Wow, that is a cool feeling. And this morning - no regret! And the scale is cool with it too. 4 /10ths of a pound overnight! Yayah!

I hope this is an encouragement to everyone that it is worth the effort to excercise your self control, even when it feels like you have separated from your goal for a moment. Every day is a new day, every hour a new chance to make your self and those who love you proud.

Have you been slacking in the self control department? Is there something hovering over you that you just keep ignoring, hoping it will fade into the past? I encourage you to dig deep and find your self control, and begin to use it on the easy and the hard circumstances in life; that you might find the joy in once again choosing to support yourself, and be willing to address serious issues that God needs to bring up in your life.

God Bless you all!

I would love to hear from you if you are enjoying this blog, or even if you have questions, comments, or disagreements. This is a chance for us to dialogue what can happen this year if we are able to become available to our Heavenly Father.

My body, and therefore every day's activities, is a temple for God. I am ready to fling open the doors to Him and start holding services! Are you?