Bootylicious is in

I am so glad that so many of us are signing up and I am loving the posts and comments! This is going to be so great.

I spoke in church in November and I spoke on being Self Reliant... something Mom and I learned a lot about last year. One of the ways of being self reliant is in our health. Something I lack is impulse control. Some people have drug addictions and some people are alcoholics. I could easily be both. Thankfully I have the gospel and I am able to avoid those things. I am not so good at controlling my impulses when it comes time to avoid chocolate cake, jelly belly's, butter, etc.

While preparing that talk I also thought about the pioneers. I do not see how anything short of miracle would have gotten me from Bonners Ferry to Sandpoint the way that I am now. I have 2 very active boys. Like, Liz wants to do with her girls, I want to be outside playing with them and still be able to breath.

I too am at my heaviest weight. When I hit 220 I told myself that if I ever hit 230 I'd check myself into a program or something. I weighed myself when I got home from work this morning and I was, I kid you not, 229.9 lbs. First thing that I wanted to do when I saw that number was eat cinnamon toast and climb into bed. I wasn't motivated I was depressed. 

Which brings me to why I am so excited to be part of this blog now. I am going to be honest so that I can be accountable. That is what I need to do. I'm tired of being depressed about my weight. I want to be better not sadder. So that's my goal.

I'd love to be down to 160. That's 70 pounds away. 70! I'm going to do it though. I'm the only one holding myself back.

PS- I weigh 87 pounds more than my husband. That's hot.