This Weeek: Lows and Highs - Weight Loss and Savvy Blogging

This has been a week of ups and downs. We had a fabulous Memorial weekend with many family members coming to visit us and see the new house. There was lots of checking things off our checklist as we rolled up our sleeves and got work done. That was all fabulous. But it was also an emotional, frustrating week for me in another way...


LOWS

I have been working hard to become healthy and lose the extra weight I've carried the last 2 years. I've been jogging 3 days a week on the Couch to 5K program. I have completed week 8 of the 9 week program. I am really proud of that accomplishment. BUT, I weighed myself for the first time in a long time and found rather than losing weight I GAINED 3 POUNDS!! Gained! How did that happen?

I realize I may be losing fat and gaining muscle, but it was a rather discouraging discovery.

I spent a few days in a "this is stupid, why am I killing myself getting healthy if it's not gonna shrink my fat behind" funk. I felt like I had been working really hard for no results and I almost gave up.

Instead, I checked in with my amazing get fit support group made up of Jamie, Carletta and our newest member Honey. They helped me realize that it's not all for nothing, the weight will eventually come off and the fact that I can jog 28 minutes non stop when 8 weeks ago I was alternating 60 second jogs then 90 second walks proves that I am making progress!

THANK YOU LADIES, I SO APPRECIATE YOU!!

So I'm not giving up. I'm either going to add a second jog in the evening on workout days, or maybe do some muscle toning exercises on the days I don't jog. I'm also going to get really serious about bettering the way I eat.

I'm gonna give my metabolism the kick in the butt it needs!


HIGHS

After all that down in the dumps, self pitying, God blessed me GREATLY. And I mean GREATLY. Guess where He's sending me?

To the Savvy Blogging Summit!!!! I wanted to go last year so so so badly. I applied, made the cut but then couldn't secure a sponsor, without a sponsor the trip just wasn't possible. The same thing happened again this year. I had given up - I wasn't going to make it to Savvy this year either. I told myself to email the Savvy team and tell them I wouldn't be able to make it, please give my spot to someone else. But I didn't.

There was a little tickle in the back of my mind telling me to wait. So I did, and as I waited I told myself over and over that I was stupid for waiting, I needed to just let it go.

But now I know that tickle was God.

Yesterday, quite unexpectedly, I was blessed with an anonymous sponsorship which covers a large portion of the costs!! I can hardly believe it, it's too good to be true! Months ago, there were so many companies I was willing to jump through hoops for and give up half my blog in ad space just so I could get there to learn.

And yet here is someone, with Christlike kindness, offering me a gift with no strings attached. And I am so thankful. So very thankful.