February 28 was my birthday..  It was the same day I picked to mark a new journey... a lifestyle change.

I had read a book by Lysa Terkhurst, "Made to Crave".  It is a wonderful book, and I have since re-read a few chapters.

I'm not giving a book review, or anymore comments about the book, just my own decisions that came FROM reading the book.

I decided to give my all to Christ, and do things that pleased him, including what I put in my mouth and how I treated my body.  I have been a christian for 24 years, and never looked at my body from a spiritual perspective.  Even though I had read and heard all the verses about my body being "the temple" they were always directed towards drinking and smoking or tattoos. Never, had I thought that God would want me to make wiser decisions about what I eat and drink and how much I exercise.

SO, I made the decision to

• not bake other than for special occasions, or church functions, and ONLY if I can send the leftover goodies home with someone else
• not to buy snack cakes, cookies, chips, or JUNK
• to limit how many times I eat carbs... I decided to eat potatoes, rice, and pasta, each once a week
• only to cook and eat a FULL breakfast (meat, eggs, grits, biscuits/toast) once a week or if  Mr. Handsome or Monkey requested something. Otherwise we eat fruit, toast, or cereals
• to limit fried foods.. PERIOD.  
• Not eat fast food unless it can't be helped.
• to make fresh fruits and veggies available to everyone
• to drink ONLY water, with the exception of occasional milk or juice with breakfast. 
• nothing to eat after supper

Things have been going good.. until the last 2 weeks.
I started out at 263 pounds! YIKES!  I did have a baby in September, but I weighed this much before she was born..  I got down to 251, and then jumped back up to 254.
I had been having a steady 1 or 2 lb loss every week or two, and this gain of 3 lbs really depressed me. I hadn't paid attention to the calendar, and shortly I knew WHY I had gained weight, and after a week (Eve has ALOT to answer for) I checked the scales again, and was down to 245... but i seriously think I did something wrong, because that was a one day thing. The next day was 252, then today it's 253.

The problem is, I have begun slipping... Mr. Handsome bought some Krispy Kreme, and I helped eat them. I drank a Mt. Dew, we have had lots of family functions lately that require something sweet... and it goes on and on.

Now I feel like I have to start over!  I had gotten to the point where it was not so hard to say "no" to the not healthy stuff, but now I have returned to the bad habit of justifying it!!
I have to go back to making wiser choices and no more excuses!!