What have I been doing?

I guess life happens and this is what I’ve been up to…

DesignUnderground - my self employment business:

• A friend of mine wanted to do a website for his church, so I taught him how to use the templates from his webhost and this is what he’s done all on his own! www.bigtimebbc.org
• A friend of mine needed a logo so I did one for her, see it on her site - www.reflectionsofgracephotography.com - i have also done her business card design and ordered her BCs with my print broker account.
• Annually we do a prayer card, so our prayer warriors can see us and pray. We got a photo done, and designed the card. I uploaded it to be printed and I am waiting for the test run come so we can see how my files work with their system. I need to do one print job a month to keep my broker account. Do you need printing done?
• A paying customer of mine bought a domain name and needed an “underconstruction’ page/graphic - so I did one for him: http://www.money4racing.com/M4R-UC-Splash.jpg it looks better on a black page. He now needs the site up and running along with another site he needs redesigned and a logo graphic from a drawing.
• I also help a church with their graphics. I am working on their letter head.
• now i need to do my own site.

New Eating Lifestyle:

• Doing great! it’s been two weeks and day-by-day
• i have zero clue if i lost or how much - i don’t own a scale and it’s ok, my goal is to do this for life not for ‘measurement’ - currently i know this works for me (my body type)
• I am having fun inventing recipes too. I still use my favorite site allrecipes.com and the ingredient search, then I usually read three similar recipes and then make my own, substituting what i need for my way of eating. then i also try to east smaller portions, still had to do!
• I am drinking so much water! I make sure i drink two of my big cups first thing in the morning - my cup is 32 ozs and so 2 would be my minimum 64 for the day. Water water water before i treat myself to any other drink.
• i feel better and feeling more energy. But through the elimination of foods i used to eat has made me tired at some points. I guess withdrawals and my body learning the do things differently without my ‘bad foods’ heehee
• the mid-day headaches have seemed to have subsided YEAH!!
• and the best thing i like is we all eat at the table for all the meals! Way cool

About to visit family

• we’ll be visiting family soon and we’re setting up our appointments and such. We’re about to drive over 1800 miles in 12 days and visit family members from 1 year old to 94 years young! We do have friends with a new baby we’d like to see if they can sneak us in or vice versa.
• i have also shopped online so when we go home we dont spend/waste timne shopping at stores and more time with family. I hope i got some good catches. I bought some new bras at Just My Size and they seem quality for LOW price woowoo!

Praying for many and us:

• we seem to have many prayers coming our way:
• maybe i will post these separately.

*HUGS*

Ready to Reboot!

Here I am. And I am ready - mentally and emotionally! Ready to reboot my system - or in my Macintosh days, my favorite terminology “zap my P-Ram”! heehee anyway, you’re probably wondering what am I talking about? I am ready to get back to Eating Right and Exercise. This is what the doctors always tell us to do, but when they tell us to do it… it’s sooo not-fun to do! When it’s a personal, self-motivated choice, I believe the success is more possible and long term.

I did this before (ate right and exercised) and was in a season where it was more work and got off-the-wagon for sure (i had two kids), but now I am ready again! YEAH! So today, I am fasting. I am fasting for my health. I do this every time I’ve changed they way I eat. And I’ve done them all (low calorie, low fat, low salt, low carb, etc). They have all had their individual successful results. I have one I am passionate about - because i know it works for my Body, my Life, my Health and it’s more realistic to maintain.

Why now? Why? Well I had told myself since giving birth in Feb 2007, that I would not go crazy on myself about weight loss until he was one year. Well that time has come and passed. I was kinda ready and the best thing is I am more ‘hungry’ for more activity in my life! Walking or taking the kids to the park etc! So this has helped motivate me. Then, I guess after a few days of eating myself happy - My anniversary and such - I was like … ok that was a fun ride, now lets get back to business!

So the photo was one my hubby took yesterday and thoguht I would post it publically. No I don’t think I look bad, but I know I don’t look too healthy either. Don’t get me wrong, I so feel like a BBW and love my curves. I am just ready to eat better for my life’s sake. I may not (and dont want to) be a size 6, but I do want to be more healthy inside - my heart! With PCOS and a family history of health probs, I want to eliminate or postpone them if possible.

Join me if you want, to eating better - whatever your diet or activity change choice may be! I have a friend who is also making this decision and is doing it in a different way, but we’re doing it for the same reasons and want the same results. For our Health, for our lives!