The Beginning of the New Year

Well, okay. I've wanted to get on here to blog for quite some time now. Having kids around doesn't help that much. So now I'm getting to it.

I've been so freaked out lately about heart attacks and heart disease. I think it might be the forwards that keep circulating about female heart attacks and reading that you could have one and not know it. So I have gotten anxiety about any little pains I get in my chest. I think they're almost anxiety attacks, but I don't know. I haven't talked about this with my doctor. I did, however, go online and do an online assessment that St Joe's Hospital offers for heart disease risk. I actually have a 1% risk of developing heart disease in the next 10 years. This includes heart attack too. So good. I don't have to worry about having a heart attack while I'm driving. My biggest risk factors were my weight and my activity level (or lack thereof). So to drive down these risk factors, I am embarking on my...

weight loss journey! I have signed up for a 30 day sugar free challenge on Facebook, and I have signed up for Discovery Health's National Body Challenge. I need to lose these pesky 20 pounds once and for all! I'm back up to where I was two years ago. Being sick for the past month or so hasn't helped much at all. So I'm getting back into good health. So here we go. I haven't been sugar free today, but I am much better today than I have been. I'm taking it in little chunks. The point is to eat more fruits and veggies and less sugary junk food. Oh, yeah. I need to cut the coffee out and drink more water. I like my coffee though, so I might just focus on going black again. I just know I can feel better than I currently do, and I want to get to that place and stay there.

My other goal for the new year is to get back on track with God and (try) to read through the Bible. I found a chronological reading plan that will get me through the Bible in one year. I think coming from a historical standpoint might be interesting. We'll see how I do. I wrote in my status on Facebook that I felt like the seed sown in the thorns. It's true to an extent. I have the seed (the gospel of Christ) sown in my heart, but lately I've been so focused on the external things of the world. I've put all my energy into school and learning about autism and categorizing my son, that I have put God on the back burner. This is going to be a huge challenge, but I read this morning that I need to be willing to change. It's true. Nothing in my life is going to change unless I am willing to make changes within myself. The externals can change when the internals have changed.

So I'll let you know how I'm doing. For now, it's time to get back to taking care of the house. Happy New Year!