Getting healthy

Ok, I am not one who has ever taken a diet seriously until now. For the past 2 years I have been putting on some extra stuffing around the middle, and in the past couple months I have really been having a little wee bit trouble getting into my jeans. So I decided that I needed to change my eating habits and I am now on day 4 of the new healthy me. I have been actually having a lot of fun and enjoying the challenge it provides me. Being self disciplined has helped me in more ways than one and I am grateful, that I am finally learning this value.
I am cutting back on the sugar for the kids slowly, and they whine and say this doesn't have enough sugar and I say, you just have to get use to it, our family is going healthy.

Kierstin & Tanner haven't eaten dinner for two days now, the younger three I can still tell them, well then no dessert. I am not going to be a fanatic about no sugar, but we have gotten into this cycle where that's about all they eat.

Jerott is on Medifast, a lot of his family have lost a lot of weight and are now maintaining it and staying healthy.

My kids don't need to loose weight and I am hoping that as we eat healthier, they may actually gain a little.

Life is Good

Ok, so Jerott & I are entering a whole new stage of our lives, Kierstin graduates next year and my baby goes to school all day long. As I was reading a friends blog, I was reflecting on those days gone by: babies, diapers, and little ones messes. It seemed everything at their eye level had to be below them on the floor, there were the spills, crying, throwing themselves to the floor, and yes even an running out onto the front lawn stark naked. Wow, how those days have flown by so fast. I miss those days sometimes, my kids loved me, they gave me hugs and kisses, they would listen to me and believed me when I told them something. Don't get me wrong, I love being a mom, but it's a lot more emotional draining raising teenagers. The physical drain was hard, but now it's amazing how independent they want to be.
We have been doing a lot of reflecting, I like to reflect, and realized we need to be kinder in the way we speak, look, and listen with our kids. We are not super mean people, but the wear and tear of everday life takes a tole on your emotions and soon you don't sound too happy or nice, especially to the ones you love.
Another area we have been working on is finances, it is awesome. I grew up in a home where everything was handed to me on a silver platter. I realized that growing up and I tried super hard not to be one of those stuck up rich girls. Well, none the less it didn't help me have self control when it came to money. I have been practicing not spending money on things that I don't need. I was in the store the other day and I had the cat food in the cart, cream rinse, and bananas. I saw the Easter clearance isle, so I went to browse and found 5 little stuffed animals with a package of jellybeans. Only .75 cents each. So I gathered them up and stuck them in my cart and off I went to retrieve another needed item. I got that feeling you get when you know you really don't need something and you try and justify it. So I started to pray and asked if I should get them. I heard in my mind "you should go put them back". So as I strolled back to the shelf, many thoughts flooded my head this time favorable ones like "Those stuffed animals, wrappers, and candy will just end up all over the house." And then one golden one "It would mean more to your kids to have you sit next to them and read a story or play a game with them." This may be a trivial thing $3.50 really isn't much, but it was one of those little choices that will bring about a greater change.
Just felt like sharing........