Christmas Eve

Started the morning off with 4.81 miles on the treadmill...had to start the day off right so I was ready for all the Christmas goodies!

And then it was time for family Christmas gatherings to begin!

Yup, I'm madly in love with him!

The cousins (minus one who wasn't there)

Kristen, Jennifer, Trisha, Megan, Clint, Wesley

The cousins...a few years earlier...

1984ish

Tad, Wesley, Trisha, Megan, Clint, Jennifer

 1993

Clint, Wesley,Tad, Trisha, Jennifer, Kristen, Megan

Week #46

Week 46 - December 21 - lost 3.8 for a total of 67.9

Start Weight: 250.4
Current Weight: 182.5

December Sunrise...

on the Trails! Enjoyed a 4 1/2 mile hike on this gorgeous Sunday morning in December!

Geese swimming at the side of Goose Neck Trail on the North Loop

Deer were just waking up as we hiked up to the Keebler Plateau.

Entertainment is good

A little entertainment while walking tonight — watching Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas while walking at Planet Fitness

Oh It's A Tiara!

This week is Spirit Week at IBES and today is Fancy Day, so I was I am a Princess!

Big Bang Theory had the best way of expressing my feelings of wearing a tiara...

Family Pictures

2015 Family Photo

2010 Family Photo

2009 Family Photo

2007 Family Photo

2006 Family Photo

Moods

I don't know what in the world is going on with me lately. I can only assume that with the weight loss has come hormone changes and with hormone changes the mood swings. Ugh, so annoying. I feel like I want to cry all the time, but I'm really trying not to. I've been off, moody, out of it. I almost feel like I'm depressed. Is that possible, that weight loss, something that makes me healthier and in the long run happier, can make me depressed?

I'm really working hard to lose the weight and I know I've come a long way, but when I look in the mirror, all I see is how far I still have to go...and it's such a long way. I want to look good and feel good about myself, but I don't feel like I ever really will. Clothes can only hide so much.

Either way, I will keep working at it and give this over to God, but I really wish I could stop feeling this way. I know that God is in control of all of this and that he will take care of me if I will just focus on my relationship with him and focus less on the me in the equation.