My son reminded me this morning that it was Thursday - my weigh in day. No change in weight this week. It's no fun having a six year old ask why there aren't any more glass stones in the Pounds Gone vase. He is so sweet about it. "You'll move some next week, Mommy."
Everyone says that I have to lose weight only for myself. I disagree. When I look at my kids I know that, yes, I need to lose for myself, but I need to lose it for them too. I want their childhood memories of me to be of an active Mom who did things with them. I don't want to be remembered for just watching. That's not to say I'm not an involved Mom now, just not an active one. I help in their classrooms, I take them to classes, take them to parks, etc. But I sit on a bench at the park while they play. I sit on the front porch while they ride their bikes and I read a book while they practice sports. No, I will probably never play sports with them, but I can play catch with them, I can go for a bike ride and I can play with them at the park. I need to do those things with them.
I must keep moving forward instead of letting the the number on the scale get me down. So, once I finish loading the dishwasher I'm headed out for a walk before I have to be at the bus stop. This afternoon I'll pick up the back yard so the kids can play out there without having to watch for dog stuff.
Thought for the day:
"Fear less, hope more; eat less, chew more; whine less, breathe more; talk less, say more; love more and all good things will be yours." - Swedish Proverb
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