Setting Goals

I have decided that I really want to get in better shape and lose some weight.  Chris and I have recently decided to join Weight Watchers.  I love the new points system.  All fruit and most vegetables are free points.  Which would normally not effect me because I don't eat fruit or vegetables, but I am really making an effort to eat more of these to become healthier.  So far this week, I have had apples, bananas, watermelon, sweet potato, corn, peas, and grapefruit.  This is way more than I would have ever have ate.  This week I will be making acorn squash, though I still don't know how to make it.  I'm going to google some recipes to bake it in the oven.

For exercise, I am starting to run.  I have registered to run the 5K in the Mini in May to help keep me focused and something to work towards.  I am using a 5K app on my iphone to train me to run for the full race.  On alternating days of running, I am trying to do workout videos.  I have been using the 30 day shred, Taebo kickboxing, and Zumba.  I really enjoy working out.  My favorite is being outside running though.  It has been hard to get out and run with the weather being so awful lately.  It's hard to run in the snow or ice.  My goal is to run the full 5K and hopefully with 30-35 minutes. 

I really have to stay focused on the goal of losing weight and getting in shape.  It's easy to fall off the wagon and just give up and eat whatever I want.  My goal is to lose about 30-40 lbs.  Chris needs to lose about 15 lbs.  I think between eating healthier and exercising daily that this will help me in achieving this goal.  I will keep you updated on my progress as I am going through this.          

Update on the Fresh's

Top News is that Kyndal is doing great with her potty training!  She has only had 1 accident in the last 7 days!!  I have been using the 3 day potty training system.  I started over Christmas and she has got it down now!!! 

The kids have been doing great at school!!  I am homeschooling all 4 older boys and they are enjoying studying about creation.  I can see the boys growing closer and closer to each other.  Kyndal and Mason really love having all of them here all day.  Kyndal loves to sit in their laps when we are reading.  She tries to get up there and do school too!

 

Zachary just had his 8th birthday!!!  He is getting so big.  We moved to Fishers 2 weeks before Zachary was born.  This is the longest we have ever lived in one place!

A Challenge From My Time Management Blog

A few months ago I chose a reading plan off of youversion and I loved it!  I was amazed at how fast I read it, I actually read it while I was getting my hair done!  After I started reading some small plans, I decided I wanted to read the bible in 90 days!  I didn't make it through all the way because I started school, but I did make to around day 30 of the reading.  It was amazing!  I gained so much more knowledge and understanding of the bible and about God!  I could feel my relationship growing closer and closer to God.  I read a lot more of the bible from my class, old testament survey than I did on the 90 day challenge.  When my class ends in 2 weeks, I have about 20 days off before my new testament survey class starts in January.  I am going to read the new testament in 30 days.  Some of the days there is no scheduled reading in this plan, there is only 20 scheduled days of reading in the plan.

I have a challenge for everyone this week that goes along with my last blog about time management! Find a reading plan on youversion. It doesn't have to be a long one, some of them are 2 days, reading about 3 chapters a day. Then I want you to comment on here what you picked to read and how it went. 
Here is the link to the reading plans on youversion: https://www.youversion.com/reading-plans
You can read it on the computer or on you smartphone!