Sunday Gratitude and weekly report

(another late report - oh well, at least I'm getting it done)
Sorry about the weird black writing on white background thing going on here - I have no idea how that happened. I tried once to get rid of it, but it didn't work, and I don't care enough to keep trying...

I am grateful for:

good friends

great kids

a clean kitchen

SPRING


Weekly report -

I'm changing #1 to being a better HOMEMAKER, rather than a better housekeeper. I know that it is much more important to focus on creating a "home" environment, not just emphasizing cleaning. Each day I've listened to Sister Beck's talk on being a "Mother Who Knows," and I'm trying to focus my efforts in a more spiritual direction. I'm still working on establishing a house of order and cleanliness, but in the perspective of creating a "HOME."

#2 - scripture study. I'm almost done with the book of Mosiah. I'm currently 4 pages ahead of the Hinckley challenge reading schedule. Family reading is about the same, missing a few days here and there, but still doing better than in recent history.

#3 - personal health. I started following the 40-30-30 nutrition plan (aka DIET) yesterday. I may regret this, but I will state here, just for the record and so I have a definite baseline to check progress - I currently weigh 150lbs and wear size 14 jeans. For my height, this is about 15-20 lbs over my ideal body weight. (I know some people wouldn't be too concerned about 20 lbs, but diabetes runs strongly in my family and according to everything I've ever read, every little bit of excess weight increases my chances... I figure that for me it is more a matter of WHEN, not IFI develop the disease - so I'm trying to postpone it as long as possible)
The main 40-30-30 (Zone) plan follows the premise that you need to get 40% of your daily calories from Carbs, 30% from protein, and 30% from fats (healthy fats). Even though I am putting my weight here, the book emphasizes that you should NOT use weight as your mark of progress, because this plan burns FAT and helps build muscle. (and we all know that muscle weighs more than fat) The book shares the story of one man who didn't lose ANY weight as far as the scale, but went down 8 pant sizes. They suggest that you use the "naked body in the mirror test" and the "try on the pair of pants that are too tight" test. (both are pretty self explanatory.) Since I would never let any of you be present for my "naked body in the mirror" or "skinny pants" testing, you'll just have to check out the weight and pant sizes to keep track of my progress.

OK, my kitchen is clean, but there is laundry waiting to be folded, so I'm off to conquer another week. GO ME!!!!