Battle

I was thinking this week... a dangerous thing, I know. Anyways I was thinking about when I get pregnant again, will I gain a bunch of weight again? I know that you are supposed to gain 25-35 pounds for a avergage size person, but I gained double that. What if I do it again? I really don't want to gain that much weight, but when I was pregnant I was truly very hungry and had very strong cravings! So I am worried, because I do not want to be in the same place again where I was at just a few months ago. I am 8 pounds away from my goal and it has taken over 10 months to get to where I am today... and it will probably take another 2 months to get rid of this last 8- a whole year to process all of this extra weight off of me... and then to have it happen again worries me.

Which leads me to what I was really thinking about. Cravings, self discipline, awareness, exercise, knowledge and accountability are all components of this battle. The battle to stay at a healthy weight. The battle is very hard. Sometimes it really exhausts me and I think, why not throw in the towel!?!?! Eat whatever I want and just deal with the consequences. Why not give in, enjoy myself and not worry about what the scale says. Well I can't give up. I feel the BEST when I am at a healthy weight. I have more ENERGY, my body is HEALTHIER and I feel more CONFIDENT in myself when I am slim.

So the battle rages on. And probably will continue until I go to Heaven. Then, I will eat whatever I want, because you can't get fat there :)

Hair

At the gym last night I witnessed quite a phenomenom... 2 different ladies exercising with their long hair down... did you catch that? Long hair down, not up, down. To add to it, their hair was beautiful - looked like it just got done being primped at a salon. So maybe they are trying to not to dent their hair by pulling it up... but we are at a gym- aren't you going to shower after you work out anyways? You'll have to pull it up then? Also where else do you have to go tonight? On a date? To a meeting? We are at a gym right? Everyone looks sweaty and gross, what right do you have to look beautiful?!?!?!

Also how do you exercise with all that HAIR in your way? One lady I saw was riding a bike, so I could somehow fathom not needing to pull it back... but won't your back get sweaty? And in turn your hair that's resting on your back? The other lady was lifting weights- how can she see when she bends over? (That actually reminds me of when I was little. I would play basketball at recess and if I didn't have a rubberband I hated it because I could hardly see the ball with all of my hair in the way when I was trying to dribble down the court)

Anyways I say to all you glamorous gym ladies... if you need to borrow a hairband, I usually have an extra one, so just ask. I am happy to help.

Look- even zach wears a ponytail to keep his hair out of his face!