A lot has happened since my last post.  My journey has been going great.  My Heavenly Father has helped me so much in these past couple of weeks.  He has really opened my mind to a lot of possibilities and I am so grateful for that. 

I really have been working hard on my health.  I have been eating much better, and I have been packing my lunch every day.  I have actually been getting up and doing what I need to do in the morning.  I have been doing better with my scripture study.  I am not at 100% yet, but I will be.  I know that when I read my scriptures in the morning before I go out the door, my day goes so much better.  Reading the scriptures is like fortifying myself for the day.  It is inviting the Spirit to be with me for the day. 

I haven’t done the best with my exercise regime yet, but that is coming too.  I walked two days last week.  I went to Disney’s Boardwalk Resort with my husband and walked a lap around the boardwalk.  I would have done two laps, but I had the wrong socks on and my feet started to blister.  (Note to self, wear wicking socks when you are walking.)  It has been a while since I have been walking, so it was more challenging than I expected.  I did okay, but my muscles and lungs were in shock for a minute.

The biggest change has been my eating.  I have really committed to eating healthier, and it has gone very well.  A couple of posts ago, I wrote about the scale incident.  I couldn’t weigh myself on my scale because I had gotten too heavy, so I went to Publix to weigh on their scale, but I was unsuccessful because of my weight.  Every time I would get on my scale, an E would come up because I was too heavy for the scale.  Periodically, I would get on the scale to see if that dreaded E would come up, and it did every time.  So the other day, I got up to get ready for work, and I looked at the scale.  I turned my head and convinced myself not to get on it, but something told me to stop and get on it.  So, I did.  I closed my eyes for second, and then I looked down, and to my surprise, a number was on the scale.  It read:  361.80.  I couldn’t believe it.  I am finally not a letter any more.  I am a number.  That is about a 9 pound loss.  My commitment to myself this week has gone very well.  I am back on the path, and I don’t plan to look back.  Eyes forward only.  That is my goal.