So, I'm jumping into this blog thing. With much hesitation I might add. Just getting the page set up was an effort in FOCUS! The colors, the title, the font style and size... and the list goes on! Goodness -- a person who lacks focus can get easily distracted by all the seemingly endless choices.
Why am I doing this blog? Because. I don't know. The reasons vary, and at the same time - there are none. Does that even make sense? I want to share the things I find/learn with others... that must be the teacher in me. But, I also want to be able to have a place to put my thoughts as they come to me -- in whatever random weirdness they happen to arrive. And, maybe a bit of accountability. In many areas. I'm hoping that by putting my thoughts out there for everyone to see (or anyone who stumbles upon this) I have to live with the risk that someone may ASK my about what I wrote. YIKES!! Be it my food choices, or my parenting, or even my musings on some current topic. Kind of weird to think about having a bit of accountability in a place that seems to be so anonymous.
A bit about me -- I am married to my high school sweetheart. We have three kids - two in high school and one in middle school. I enjoy volunteering at my church, and also at the kids' schools. There are all the domestic goddess chores that go along with my chosen profession of wife and mother, but I usually find myself reading and researching online. I have a passion for learning - and then sharing that with others. Which brings me to this blog adventure!
Over the past year my husband and I have gone through some changes in our eating habits. We went through Tony Dean's F.A.S.T. program (Families Always Succeed Together) and each lost 85 pounds. While the losing wasn't easy - there were days we really struggled - the MAINTAIN proves to be a weekly challenge that can be sometimes overwhelming. I struggle with being an emotional eater - you name the emotion, and I will eat for it! Happy, sad, lonely, angry - pretty much any of the many can cause me to search for food to poke in my mouth. Then, couple that weakness with my love of cooking and trying new recipes -- and the combination can be a set up for much frustration in regards to maintaining a healthy weight. I'm sure you will read more about those struggles on here. PLUS, you add to that frustration the multitude of all the "rights and wrongs" of food choices, and diet plans - and it causes me to say FOCUS to myself again and again.
I'm currently in a bible study at church that I am enjoying very much. Although, it is pretty convicting. Beth Moore's "James" study. James seems to have a lot to say in a few short chapters, and how he knew exactly what I would need to hear this many centuries later just goes to prove the fact that the Scriptures are the living Word of God. This week we are being asked by Beth to make it our mission to use our words as a means to build others up - and to make a conscious effort to keep the negative words (anger, gossip, etc.) out of our conversations. Yeah... that's a good challenge when sarcasm seems to be my second language on some days!
That's probably enough for the initial post. I guess we'll buckle in for the ride and see where the road takes us.
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