Wednesday, 10 April 2013
Higher Learning
Today I am grateful for my biology and experience that has made me love academics. I was born ready to learn, but I consider it truly remarkable that at 32 years old I still have an inherent thirst for knowledge.
Saturday, 6 April 2013
Date night
Grateful today for my amazing husband who bowls like a total bad ass. I always hoped I would marry my very best friend, but I don't think I ever realized how truly wonderful it would be.
Wednesday, 3 April 2013
Risking to much information
I have always had what I would call bladder issues. When I was a kid I would forget to go and often wet my pants on the way through the door from the bus. I never wet the bed, or wet myself at school, just always getting home as if some sigh of relief caused my bladder control to fail.
After I had my daughter, it got much worse. I have been wearing Poise pads every day for more than three years. It's quite embarrassing really, but mostly very inconvenient. I hate always trying to remember to pee before I get in the car, since I frequently can't make it to a bathroom.
Last month I had a miscarriage. More on that another time. After I healed physically from a D&C, I put on my pants and could barely button them. I stepped on a scale and realized that my weak 5'4" frame was attempting to support 193 pounds. I was scared and totally disgusted. How on earth could I have just stopped taking care of myself like that? I had gained 30 pounds in just 8 months.
I joined Weight Watchers online, and dusted off my 30 Day Shred video. Surely Jennifer Hudson and Jillian Michaels can't be wrong, right?
Just a little more than 4 weeks later, and I am down 10 pounds. My pants button again! I feel awesome! My soft mommy belly is tightening up.
And, unexpectedly, my bladder control has improved in spades. Like, I can actually make it to a bathroom! If I keep it up I think I might be able to give up those Poise pads.
So today I am grateful for that moment where I decided that life is too short to let myself spiral out of control. So very grateful that I feel so physically and mentally whole again after the past four weeks of nurturing myself. And grateful for a normal wait in a line for the bathroom that did not involve panic and embarrassment as I tried not to wet my big girl panties.
After I had my daughter, it got much worse. I have been wearing Poise pads every day for more than three years. It's quite embarrassing really, but mostly very inconvenient. I hate always trying to remember to pee before I get in the car, since I frequently can't make it to a bathroom.
Last month I had a miscarriage. More on that another time. After I healed physically from a D&C, I put on my pants and could barely button them. I stepped on a scale and realized that my weak 5'4" frame was attempting to support 193 pounds. I was scared and totally disgusted. How on earth could I have just stopped taking care of myself like that? I had gained 30 pounds in just 8 months.
I joined Weight Watchers online, and dusted off my 30 Day Shred video. Surely Jennifer Hudson and Jillian Michaels can't be wrong, right?
Just a little more than 4 weeks later, and I am down 10 pounds. My pants button again! I feel awesome! My soft mommy belly is tightening up.
And, unexpectedly, my bladder control has improved in spades. Like, I can actually make it to a bathroom! If I keep it up I think I might be able to give up those Poise pads.
So today I am grateful for that moment where I decided that life is too short to let myself spiral out of control. So very grateful that I feel so physically and mentally whole again after the past four weeks of nurturing myself. And grateful for a normal wait in a line for the bathroom that did not involve panic and embarrassment as I tried not to wet my big girl panties.
Friday, 3 August 2012
Wednesday, 1 August 2012
Subscribe to:
Comments (Atom)