Holiday Hurdles! Cookies, Candy & Bread! OH MY! :)

For those of you who are amazing supporters & encouragers of me... thank you! Many of you have been asking when I am going to update my blog & how I am coming on my progress. It has been quite a while and I deeply apologize. I have been very busy and the holidays seem to be full of parties, gatherings, shopping, planning & preparation. Also, along with those... comes food temptation. Nothing rings more true than the title of my last blog post... truly the REAL challenge has begun. Being in the program was a sinch compared to being alone. Not to sound like scrooge but I am ready for the Holidays to be over just for the sole reason of the cookies & goodies to disappear! If you don't have it around- it doesn't tempt you. But when you're not in control of what's around... that's when you're own self-control is really tested.

And yes- I know you're all wondering what my status is and what I have done over the holidays... I have eaten some cookies & things I look forward to every year. Just in moderation... but now it's time to kick it back up a notch. I have been maintaining weight which was my goal for the Holiday season. I finished off with an amazing meal with very dear friends at maggianos in charlotte (which is heaven on earth but not a friend of someone trying to eat well) but now it's time to get running now that the snow is melting here at home and kick my booty in to high gear for the new year & on! Every year, I have been one of those faithful people who set a resolution to lose weight and faithfully follow it with cookies & laziness. I am so pumped about going into the new year with momentum in my goals and really continuing this journey that I desire so much for myself! The next challenge starts in January, too, and I will be mentoring my trainers team! I am very excited about being in that environment again for sure! The Try Sports ambassador team starts racing in 2010 too so lots of things to work towards and keep me motivated!

I know that there are going to be struggles in my journey so I am daily preparing my mind, heart & body for those. I know the success principles that I have been taught though and I know deep in my heart that this is a life long journey for me rather than a temporary "fix it." So I cannot let the speed bumps and hurtles that occur slow me down-- I am looking at them as an oppourtunity, not an obstacle. They have definitely been a opportunity for me to learn!

Thanks for reading & hopefully it won't be as long before my next post. :) I love you all and wish you a very Merry Christmas and blessed New Year! May you all realize the seeds of greatness which the Lord has planted inside of each and every one of you- you're blessed and highly favored children of God!