Goes Without Saying...: Back in Control

Thursday, February 18, 2010

Back in Control

I was kind of a downer the other day and just couldn't leave that hanging.

The Proof:
Even if Corinne did disturb life as Gage knew it, they really are good buddies- most of the time.

Gage and Cori as a Wee Babe:

Gage and Cori at Thanksgiving:

It always seems like you complain about something, then immediately after you say it, things turn them self around. So, I felt a little guilty complaining about Gage's behavior when the very next day anything I asked him to do was "sure I will", "you bet", or "of coarse"- I am serious. He was so eager to please me all day (I think he knew how upset I was with him the day before). He also told me I looked gorgeous -this was immediately after I blow dried my hair, and before I had straightened it...if you want to talk FRO you are thinking along the right line- but hey, I take a compliment when I can get it.

Plus, I tend to forgive anyone who tells me I'm gorgeous.

The Weight Loss:
I am feeling pretty darn good this week. I am down 11 lbs., I still don't think it is too noticeable to anyone but me (Joe does give me nice compliments, but I think he is just trying to help me stay motivated), but the point is that I feel good, really good. I am finally back to pre-pregnancy weight but I want to keep going.

The best part has been regaining control of my choices. I get this little high when I am able to resist something I normally would have devoured. And if I really want something, I have it, then try to eat really well the rest of the day. It hasn't been too bad, I think starting is the hardest part for me, getting my head to that place... that obedient place where I am actually conscious of what my choices are doing to my body. Anyway, that is that...it will never be OVER...this will always be a struggle for me, but I am up for the challenge :)

I am headed to an over-nighter with the Relief Society on Fri. and Sat. is Corinne's birthday. So Fun. Still have no idea what to give the little bug, her favorite toys are the boys cars -and heaven knows we don't need more of those.

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Erin MFebruary 18, 2010
I love the pictures of your kids. You get the best pictures and they always look like best friends and so sweet. I need a few more of those sweet pictures. I love them.
You look great by the way. I have noticed that you look really good.
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ShannonFebruary 18, 2010
That first picture doesn't even look like Cori. I have also noticed your weight loss and you look amazing. With your wise words about being in control you have talked me out of eating my third Lindor Truffle of the day ( for the present moment any way).
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The Ballard'sFebruary 18, 2010
You are a hoot. I love reading your blog. Your kids are adorable. I was cracking up reading about your weight loss. I love "that obedient place where I am actually conscious of what my choices are doing to my body" DO YOU HAVE AN ADDRESS for "that place". I always say "I would fast for self control if I could put down the food long enough" :) Hope it is okay that I blurk.
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Kim BinksFebruary 19, 2010
I just love you Steph! Your kids are adorable and you make me smile everytime I read your blog! I am so happy for your weight loss... it is an ongoing battle with me too, so I know EXACTLY how you feel! Keep it up- you are both inspiring and motivating!
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JoFebruary 19, 2010
You go girl!! I think you are so amazing! Good for you for taking control- it IS hard to do! We all have our weak moments! But you are doing great!
And you are such a great mom! Thanks for always being a great example for me to follow.
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Seek first to understand, then to be understood
-Covey

More important than speaking is listening.
-Jeffery R. Holland

If we wish away the moments they will be gone. The things that we wanted to leave-the mess, the noise, the obligations- will be gone, but so will the children! This is true with every moment of life. If we do not see its joys, if we do not make the most of it, it will pass- and so will it's opportunities.
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Sometimes weaknesses challenge weaknesses. Maybe the child who needs patience the most has the trick of exasperating you almost past endurance. Maybe the child with a flaring temper that needs control, repeatedly kindles your own temper. Whether at peace or at loggerheads, the two of you are joined together... You have lesson's to teach each other, and once you've weathered the process, you will each be more of what your Heavenly Father knows you are capable of being.
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Do not find fault with every trifling error that you may see, for this will discourage your family, and they will begin to think that it is impossible to please you: and, after a while, they will become indifferent as to wether they please you or not. How unhappy and extremely wretched is that family where nothing pleases- where scolding has become almost as natural as breathing.
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Obedience brings forth blessings. Exact Obedience brings forth miracles!
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When all is said and done, when you have lived your life and grown old as I am, you will recognize that it is the simple virtues that count, that make the great difference in our lives...

When all is said and done, our success in life will not be spelled out in the money we make, in the honor we attain, in the plaudits of men, but in those virtues which become the essence of that which is greatest within each of us.
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Striking the proper balance is one of the keenest tests of our agency. Therefore, we need to ask regularly for inspiration in the use of our time and in the making of our daily decisions. So often our hardest choices are between competing desirable alternatives (each with righteous consequences), when there is not time to do both at once. Indeed, it is at the mortal intersections- where time and talent and opportunities meet- that priorities, like traffic lights, are sorely needed. Quiet, sustained goodness, is the order of heaven, not conspicuousness but episodic busyness."
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Thursday, February 18, 2010

Back in Control

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