Day 6: Lent Begins

Happy Ash Wednesday!  Ever since I could remember I have given up something for Lent, whether it be swearing, chewing gum, drinking pop, ect.  Well I was thinking about things to give up this year and this year it was going to be different because it was going to be something that was going to help with me achieving my ultimate goal:  Be a Skinny Mom :)

So I pondered the idea today and I thought about things that I could give up, I came up with the usual things; swearing, drinking pop, chocolate, sex and so on and so forth.  I thought about each of them and realized that I would be kidding myself if I tried giving up on the last one for sure ;)  Come on have you seen my husband, I mean that would be just pure crazy!  Plus that is physical activity and I need physical activity!!  Although with 3 babies already I probably should consider it a little further ;)  Ok, enough joking, in all seriousness I needed to figure something out, so I thought about things that I do way too much and that I know would be difficult to give up but that it would benefit myself and my family and the result was...FAST FOOD!  It is often times way too easy to just go through the drive-thru when Tim and I don't feel like cooking or I don't feel like packing a lunch for work.  Well what kind of example am I setting for my children???  Not a good one.  Plus what am I doing to my body!

They say it takes 21 days to form a habit, correct?  Well, Lent is 40 days long so that is perfect, by Easter I will have not eaten fast food for 40 days, that will be awesome.  Plus it will save on the ol' pocket book too!

I have been told by countless people that my blog has inspired them and that they cannot believe how honest I am being.  That there is no way that they could be that honest.  I thought to myself and tried to figure out why I am being so honest because yes there are people out there that probably could care less and are gossiping about my weight but I realized that I don't care anymore.  What I care about is getting healthy, having a support system around me and making myself feel accountable for my actions and plans.  I realize that there is no one there watching my every move every second of the day to make sure I don't fail but I do know that there are a lot of people out there that are wanting to know if I can succeed.  Well keep watching, you will see this mom do it!

When I left for the Army I cannot even count how many people thought I would fail, that there was no way a 5' female like me was going to hack it.  I remember my mom and dad coming to my graduation from boot camp and my dad was video taping me and he asked me "what is something you would like to say to every one back home?"  I looked right in that camera and said "I Did It" and I turned away.  I know there are people who think I will fail at this but like I told them before, I will tell them again, I will do it!

I hope that my blog has inspired others to change their habits and health along with me :)

Thank you again for all the positive comments!