The Next Step...

Its over a week into my goals and you know I am not doing too bad :)

I am getting myself on track on with my courses (that has been hard work but I feel proud of myself), with my budget (be impressed!!!), my indexing is ahead, of course, my sacrament experiences have gone up to a new level (Yay), ahead of schedule with my scripture reading (well into Exodus now), I am even working on being a good VT!!!  Ooh and I made myself a mood / motivation board - in lovely red polka dot fabric and it looks so pretty!! 

BUT...now is the time for the next step!!!

Time to start on the goals to make me a healthy human being with more energy and less weight!!!  I haven't started these ones yet but have set the date for this Sunday as the beginning of it all....Scary!!!

So i need to lose weight (I won't tell you just HOW much yet!) and get myself more healthy.  I have decided to follow the 'old' Weightwatcher points system cos I know it well and I can't afford (with my new budget saving goal!) to go each week...so you are my reporting back system.  I PROMISE to confirm on here every week how I have done weight loss wise...good or bad ;-)

So I will be keeping to my WW points, ensuring I eat at least 5 fruit and veg a day to begin with, when I have those down pat for a few weeks, then i will think re the exercise thing.  Not avoidance...just one thing at a time.

There have been lots of tender mercies this week - new opportunites coming their way (watch this space), a fantastic RS study group which provided answers I was searching for, a good old giggle with friends, an invite out to dinner, some mini eggs before the healthy eating kicks in, and lots of amazing things in between.

Life is good - just think how it will be when I rediscover my energy, there will be no stopping me!!

xxx

ALL your heart...

I have learnt a couple of important lessons this week....

Firstly I ADORE making goals but i am not quite so good at keeping them!  There is one thing in my life I am really trying to change and I was all geared up for 1st January 2012 and.......I woke up still feeling the same way and still had the same problem!!!  I am learning that miracles can happen but it takes time and concerted effort.  But that that is OK, because that is simply part of His plan :)

Secondly I learnt that when there are changes we want to make the Saviour will help us BUT he requires something from us.  He requires the one and only thing that we have to give him and that is our hearts.  And not just some of our heart...he requires the WHOLE HEART.  I have a bookmark which reads 'God will heal your broken heart if you will give him ALL the pieces' and isn't that true!!!  It is only when you take those steps which seem impossible and finally submit your will to His that the miracles can start rolling in.  I am not there yet but I am taking steps ever closer and I can feel the hope coming :-)  I am proud of myself for taking an enormous step forward this week which I never felt I would have the strength to do.

Meanwhile other goals are going much better...

I had decided this year to read all of the standard works and it is only 7 pages a day - I am ahead of schedule and loving it.  I am also ahead of my goal to complete 75,000 names indexed and of course loving that one too.

I ma sticking to my budget, I am spending more time with my friends, I am making myself a lovely motivation board (thanks for that idea Hannah A!!) for my house but also discovered Pin Interest - amazing fun  but I can see I will have to limit my time on there!!!

It's been a challenging week - very challening - but I am still standing and there is a smile on my face :)