Finding It Out: Life, Lessons, and Living Well

With the house construction going on, life feels out of CONTROL. I clean the house as best I can, and when I come back home my house is a MESS – sheetrock everywhere, dust everywhere. Today when I came home, I had planned on making meatloaf, but my stove was taped off with plastic sheeting… can’t be annoyed, gotta ride the wave!

I am currently feeling so out of control, and honestly, I’m at a point to where I am thinking, ‘I need to control something!’ So, I last night I sent a text to my work crew asking if anyone in interested in a 60 day weight loss competition… and 6 people are in! Excited to kick some butt.

Today, I will start blogging daily about my heath journey AND my home construction. Something I am hoping to look back on and enjoy seeing the results of.

For the next 60 days, I will stay away from SUGAR and artificial sweeteners, eat well, take care of my body, exercise and document the results!

So, if I am going to do this, I will do this RIGHT… take my measurements, check my weight, a few before photos, and get a quick workout in.

So here they are. My measurements for Day ONE: (3/25/2025)

MEASURMENTS: Chest: 34.75″ | Waist: 32.5″ | Fattest Part of my Gut: 38″ | Right Thigh: 23.5″ | Right Arm: 13″

WEIGHT: 162.2 lbs.

BEFORE PHOTOS:

Now, you may be thinking – “Damn! She needs to clean up around her cable machine!”… and you would be right. But we are REMODELING… and random crap is everywhere!

In addition to taking care of my BODY, I am also going to spend time to take care of my SOUL and MIND. Currently I am enjoying a book written by Sister Josephine Garrett, called Wilderness Within.

I am really enjoying it. While doing some of the exercises in the book, I realized that I am always so disappointed in myself… letting myself down, never feeling fulfilled. Many times I think the feeling will go away if I just buy this, or go here, or book a vacation. Well, what I am finding is the disappointment comes from me being so frustrated with MYSELF on never following through with anything I start. So, this health journey in the midst of a total remodel is a little insane, BUT it will be good for me. It will cause me to really push through and show myself I can do anything – regardless of circumstances!