Decisions

It's been a while.  Thought I had given up?

No way, Jose! Still going strong over here. Quick update on some other stuff: I got called to nursery, Baden doesn't have a calling yet, I still work full time, Baden's hours are picking up at Papa John's, we went to Greensboro over Labor Day weekend, and I've reached Job in the Old Testament.  Did you know Job is 40 freaking chapters long?! Now you do.

While we were in Greensboro I got to play with my adorable and brilliant niece Halle.  I say brilliant because she is constantly making up words and songs and jokes.  I don't think a lot of three year old's do that. The jokes didn't make much sense, but still. Example, "What kind of pig lost his valentine's card? Because he ate the other pig!" That's how they all went: Q: What kind of...  A: Because he....
Again, adorable and brilliant.

What's been on my mind lately about losing weight is all the decisions you have to make. I thought (I think most people think like this), "Okay, so I want to loose a fairly substantial amount of weight, but it's not like it's 100 pounds. I'll just eat healthy and exercise and in way less than a year I can reach my goal!" I glossed over all the decisions.  I make about a billion specific decisions every day concerning food and exercise. I consider it a decision every single minute I don't run to the vending machine across the hall at work and get the cookie dough bites.  What sort of sadistic work environment allows cookie dough bites in a vending machine?! Those little drops of heaven only belong in a movie theater! Everybody knows that!

Anyways. Decisions. I decide I'm going to eat something healthy when I'm hungry. I decide to stop when I'm full or have had enough. I decide I'm not going to eat any more because I'm not hungry anymore. I decide to put on gym clothes. I decide to lace up my shoes. I decide to get on the treadmill. I decide to keep going for a good amount of time.

I knew this would be hard work, but I didn't realize it would require so much thought and will power every single second! But hey, it's paying off. I hit 163.0 this morning. That's exactly 15 pounds gone, baby! Woooooo!!!