Exercise and Fitness

I am OUT OF SHAPE. Lately I have really been concerned because I want to have fun with my blessings and not always say that I am too tired.

When I had my first baby I was very thin. I gained 35 pounds and only lost 20, but that was okay, I was still pretty thin. After my second baby I was thin and I only gained 24 pounds, pretty good I thought, I was still pretty thin after he was born. Third son is born and I am about 135, not skinny, but for 3 babies I still am looking and feeling good. Now here is where it all changes, fourth baby turns out to be a girl. Well let's just say that caused a bit of friction in our happy home. I still did not gain tons of weight during the pregnancy, but I starting eating after the baby was born and I GAINED weight. This continued with the next two GIRLS and now I am NOT thin, I am ROUND. I am now the soft and cushy weight of 186 pounds. Yuck!

So, now that I am not currently pregnant or nursing and am starting to feel like a normal woman I want to deal with this problem. I have started to exercise with this neat Xbox program called Yourself Fitness, which is like having a personal trainer. I really like it and I'm sure I will see progress physically. But the fact is to lose weight I have to deal with my eating. Why do I eat too much? Because I am bored, or more often, not trusting in the Lord. I don't know why I think eating will help whatever I am worrying over, but somehow I think that a Kit-Kat bar will make it all better. What's up with that?

So on top of exercising consistently and breaking a sweat (yuck), I need to renew my mind and trust in the Lord with all my heart. This can only happen when I am in the Word daily, which I am ashamed to say I have let slip. So, now I will commit to exercise and deal with my overeating by seeking the Lord daily in His Word and trusting in Him. And I will tell all of my children to become the diet police and remind as only they can when I am reaching for something that won't help me reach my goal, which is 135 in case you were wondering.

And as far as the friction because of being blessed with girls, I am happy to say that we are very pleased with our beautiful daughters and couldn't imagine not having them.