Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Prioritizing...

So the past few days I've been trying to figure out what's most important in my life...

I have always put my kids and my husband before myself, and then find comfort in my sewing, when I can sew. But the truth is...I'm just burying how I'm really feeling; using my family as a front for not being happy with myself. I've been feeding myself this lie (and peanut m&m's) that as long as I'm able to be creative in some way, I'll be happy.

Enough is enough!! The other day I told my sister in law that I was going to take a hiatus from sewing come April...because that should give me enough time to get some projects done that I need to get done. For some reason I can only focus on one thing at a time...well, it's time to focus on me. I do have a few projects that need getting done, but I can easily manage those on the side.

The most important thing is for me to focus on me, to get healthy, to get happy, to get a life outside of this bubble that I live in (called my super messy house).

Today I visited a blog that I've been a follower of for a long time...I've been so busy I haven't caught up in Google Reader in a couple years...oops. House of Smith's is the cutest DIY blog out there and the writer/owner Shelley Smith has been on a weight loss kick since last year. She has lost 70 lbs. and seems so happy! I want that. Although I could stand to lose a full 65 lbs. I'd be happy with the 45 (or even 30!) that I have gained in 8 years of marriage (this April).

So I'm doing it. This is it. I don't want to lose any readers over this and I don't plan on posting a whole lot to the blog over the next few months but I do feel that blogging about it may prove to be helpful...hold me accountable. And maybe someone, even one of you would be inspired to do the same. I don't usually finish things; one of the reasons why quilting/sewing is so satisfying. But this is really important.

My goal is to lose 45 lbs. by October 1st. That's possible. That's only 6 pounds a month!

I won't share much more information except that I am 5'9 and am a size 18. I'm posting a couple before pics so that if you're interested in following any progress you can see it as well (oh goodness this is really starting to sink in...).



And since I don't want to have you leave the blog on a fatty note, here's a couple pics of sewing related things. I received my swap package from the Doll Quilt Swap, and I just dropped off that queen size quilt to my local long arm quilter. I will FOR SURE post pictures of it when it comes back.




6 comments:

  1. Good luck with your weight loss.I will be watching .xx

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  2. Good luck! Please post your progress...it might modivate some of us including me!

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  3. You are brave and you CAN do it! I did WW 18 months ago and lost half of my goal... now I'm getting back on it for the rest. It was worth it - even halfway I feel so much better and you will too!

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  4. Good for you. I have told myself the same lie. My mom bought a total gym and today was day one. We have very similar goals. We can do it:)

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  5. hooray! You're roughly my size. people don't believe my weight because I'm tall, so what makes me look pretty heavy is a number they think of as massively obese on your five- foot- two woman. I was fortunate (?) to be sick all through pregnancy, so I weigh less than before the baby was born, but I've still got forty lbs to go to wedding weight and another twenty to my optimal ( which is still more than textbook ideal, but I'm German and start to look gaunt in the 150s). I suppose my main goal is to weigh less than my husband... hopefully, as the kid's learned to walk, I'll start to get a bit more exercise just chasing her around! here's to success for both of us.

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