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Hi everyone,
I’ve been wanting to update this blog for awhile now, and I’m getting started today. It probably won’t be completely finished today, but pretty close. I hope! I just wanted to give you a heads up in case you visit and things look a little weird. 
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Wow. Week 11. It’s been eleven weeks since I began this weight loss journey. Time does go quickly, doesn’t it?
Well, I’m happy to report that I’ve lost another pound. That puts me at a weight of 215lbs. and a total weight loss of 13.5 pounds thus far. I’ve come to terms with the fact that I’m not going to lose two pounds each week. I’m going to have to settle for half a pound to one pound of weight loss each week. I’m okay with that. As long as I continue to lose weight at this pace, I’ll be able to reach my 50 lb. weight loss goal for this year.
I’ve picked the homemade frappe habit back up to every day. I couldn’t help it. Last week was a rough week because of all the doctor’s appointments and the constant pain that David was in. I’m telling you, none of my children has ever been in the kind of pain David was suffering for more than a week. It was horrible. It was like he was a stranger to us at times. That virus was wreaking havoc in David’s mouth and in our family. But I’m glad it’s on its was out, and David is back to being David. Thank you to the friends who prayed for us last week.
As promised, here is an updated picture of me so that you can see the progress so far. This first picture is of me when I started on this journey:
11 weeks ago
This is me today.
today
Are you on a journey to lose weight? I’d love to hear about it and know what you’re doing to get the weight off.
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I have nursed everyday of my life for four consecutive years. I nursed one child while pregnant with another. I tandem nursed for about three weeks before my then two year old abruptly stopped and from then on, I nursed our newborn who recently turned two years old himself and like his brother – abruptly stopped nursing.
It’s over.
It wasn’t without pain as my body wondered what in the world was happening, and I wondered whether this was really the end or not. But it is. I’m a way, I’m glad. I have my body back, and I just realized that I don’t have to suffer through colds anymore because of the very limited selection of medicine I had while nursing. Happy about that!
In it all, though, I am ever so grateful to the Lord for giving me this most wonderful blessing in being able to nurse our last two boys for two years each. I’m more aware of this blessing because nursing didn’t come easy for me. We have four children, and I only nursed my our oldest for about 2 weeks. I nursed our second child for about 6 months. Progress.
Then we had a four year break being having baby number three, Isaac.
I knew I wanted to nurse, but I was working part-time and my maternity leave wasn’t going to last forever. I knew I would have to persevere through the struggles that come with nursing again for the first time in four years to get this thing really established before I had to go back to work.
I gave it my all, and it worked. Then I got pregnant again, and nursed all through my pregnancy and every day then on up until about one week ago when a terrible, vicious, nasty virus settled into the mouth of our littlest guy, David, and caused us to have to visit Urgent Care twice in one day, the Emergency Room the next day, another doctor a few days later, and a dentist the day after that. David is finally feeling better and acting like his happy little self again, but the nursing has ceased.
We are settling into new methods of doing nap-time and bed-time. It’s good. And I’m thankful for what the last four years have brought. Precious memories that I’ll cherish forever.
I know that not everyone can nurse, so, this post isn’t written to make anyone feel negatively about not being able to nurse or possibly not being able to nurse as long as you would have like to. I’ve been there, and I’ll be the first person to tell you that breastfeeding is HARD work – especially when you are new to it or starting again after a long break. It’s challenging. It’s painful. It can hurt. A lot. So this post isn’t meant to judge you in any way. I’m simply writing to recount my journey and give praise to the Lord for allowing me to experience this wonderful blessing and bonding experience of mother and child.
If you are pregnant, nursing, or think you may have children in the future (doesn’t that totally sound like one of those drug commercials?! Sorry!), here are some wonderful resources to keep in mind for information about breastfeeding:
Kellymom.com is an excellent resource for nursing moms. There’s a wealth of information here and one of the first places I look to find answers to my questions about breastfeeding.
La Leche League is another good resource for information.
Breastfeeding.com has tons of good info., too.
If you have any questions about nursing or need some encouragement, I’m by no means an expert, but I have a lot of real-life experience that I’d love to share with you anytime as well.
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Last week was a pretty good week as far as eating goes. I lost .5 lbs. which brings me to a weight of 216 lbs. and a total weight loss of 12.5 lbs.
This week we are going to concentrate on eating more raw foods. I had been doing a pretty good job of this a few weeks ago, but when school really picked up, I put this on the back burner and concentrated on quick and easy meals. I’m going to go back to my raw foods recipe book and choose some recipes to try this week. I’m planning on making grocery shopping trips to Whole Foods and Trader Joes tomorrow to gather the ingredients I’ll need.
I’ll post an updated picture next week to show my progress so far!
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