Last Tuesday Steve and I started back on the healthy bandwagon, making it to the gym for 90 minutes, 6 days out of 7 and some very yummy homemade foods including a fabulous chicken salad, interesting turkey meatloaf and some mouth watering cod. I have found over this weekend that its quite enjoyable cooking with Steve. Speaking of food, back in Missouri, Andrea and I had this rule that we could have one cheat meal a week, which usually fell on Thursday nights when we ordered out at work. On Saturday I was craving pizza, and talked Steve into having a cheat meal. Umm the plan so back fired in my face because the pizza was nasty and my stomach so didn't agree with it! It's like a slap across the face reminding me that I don't need crappy food as a cheat meal, instead learn how to make it healthy.
I wasn't entirely motivated at first to jump back on the bandwagon but lucky for me I have a great man that knows the desires of my heart and knows how to gently nudge me into motivation. I love that we share the desire of getting healthy and are working on it together. We must have done something right the last week for he lost 2.8 lbs but I bypassed him with a mouth dropping 4.2 lbs. I think I got on the scale like 4 times double checking it! It was easy to jump back on the bandwagon this week thanks to it being my short week but I am kinda concerned on how it will be this week due to it being my long week...I know sleep effects weight loss, and during my long week I never sleep 8 hours in a row, but in short segments instead. But I am bound and determined to make this work, so we shall see. I do however feel like I for the first time since moving here am actually on track.
On another random note I have found that I love playing the role of a "housewife". Sure we aren't married, but we still live under the same roof. Little things like packing his lunch today, cooking for or even with him, doing the laundry, making the bed. Little things that don't mean much, but when it's associated with him I find I really enjoy it and find I pay more attention to the details of it (like my ocd of color coordinating his closet haha). I can't wait for one day to actually stop playing the role of a "housewife" and actually be one. Oh well patience is a virtue, right?
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it is :) Reading the last part of the post reminded to me appreciate Joe a little more. After 3 years of marriage, it becomes mundane. I think that we should be comfortable in our marriage but still try to pursue each other & be so thankful for one another
First of all, I love you so much! I praise God that He loves me so much that He would bless me with a woman like you. I personally find that when we can do things for each other (i.e. when you pack my lunch or do my laundry when I have long days at work and school) we can do those things to glorify God. It's pleasing to Him when we serve others and have that kind of unconditional love toward someone else. They might be little things, but when I open my closet and see my laundry hung up (and color coordinated [haha]) it tends to remind me that I'm loved. I walked through the door thinking about how long this day was and then realize how incredibly blessed I am. So thank you.
As far as being concerned about working out on your long weeks, don't be. I'll wake up at 6:30 every morning and we can go to the gym. I believe this will help you relieve stress from work and will allow you to rest well, too. :)
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