Slump Week

Well hello there.  I'm sure that you can tell by the title of this post that this week was not a great one.  Have you ever had one of those weeks that you feel like you were making a conscious effort to do better and yet saw no results of that effort?  That was my week.  I felt like I made a conscious effort to eat better and workout and even started running.  Yet, when I got on the scale and took out the measuring tape, no results.  I understand part of that is probably me retaining water but dang, it discouraged me big time!  I feel like ever since I weighed in and measured on Thursday, I have been dragging. My focus has been totally off!  I know that that is not the correct response to this but it is totally what happened.  I have also been super stressed at work lately and that didn't help either.  I have even been contemplating making some changes in the two jobs department, and when I start to think about going back to one job, I can't help but be excited about all the time that I will have!  I realized this past week that I don't cook much anymore.  I don't even have a desire to cook anymore.  This is crazy!  I love to cook!  I love taking my time, trying new recipes, cooking for other people.  But lately that has not been the case.  I find myself wanting to spend my rare free nights just doing nothing!  That is awful!  And really not productive at all!  I have also noticed that my house has been getting dirtier because I haven't spent time really keeping it up.  I know this may come across as "feel sorry for me that I took on another job to try and get myself out of debt that I put myself into" but it's not that at all.  I have been working really hard to get my debt paid off and I am seeing the fruits of that.  And I really feel like the Lord is showing me that I am taking on too much right now.  The reason I say this is because this past week I found myself wanting to stay home and not do anything instead of being a part of a Bible study and a meeting at church.  Now, before anyone freaks out and explains how awful that is, I know.  I haven't been able to be a part of a Bible study for a couple years now due to me working second shift.  And now I have this great lady at church that wants to meet and do a one-on-one study with me!  Can you believe that?!  She is a mother of 3 young kids and yet wants to take some of her personal time out of her week and spend it encouraging and teaching me!   And yet here I am thinking that I am tired.  I felt like the Lord just really opened my eyes this week to show me where I am placing my importance.  I have been placing more attention on my financial state and not my spiritual state.  With that being said....there are going to be some big changes in the near future so STAY TUNED!  I will place my disappointing weight loss chart here at the bottom of this post.  I really don't want to but, I promised to be honest so....I will. 

	Initial Weight	Bust (inches)	Waist (inches)	Hips (inches)	Right Thigh (inches)	Right Arm (inches)
Starting	244	45	40	51	32	15
Week 1	243.8	45	38.5	50	31	14.5
Week 2	243.3	44	38	50	31	14.5
Week 3	245.1	44	38	50	30.5	15
Difference from Starting	+1.1	-1.0	-2.0	-1.0	-1.5	0