Those are generally words you hear in a person's vows to their beloved on their wedding day. I said it to my husband the day we said "I do" and many other people have said it as well...
Today as I was thinking on the past 3 years of our marriage, I came to think that those words do not just pertain to marriage. They are fully relevant to EVERY aspect of our lives. Our marriage, our friendships, our commitments, our jobs, ect.
For me? Aside from my marriage...this is especially relevant to my weight loss. I have had so many ups and downs over the last few years with my weight...and the one BIG excuse was "i'm sick." When Daniel and I were first married and i "tried" to lose weight, I got sick. Not deathly ill...just...a cold. What did I do? i used that cold as an excuse to stop working out...to stop eating right... to continue eating all the comfort foods in the world. Its a cycle that I have continually fought over the last 8 years of my life (since I was 14) and it always happens. Every. Single. Time.
Except....this past time. :)
I have finally broken through that cycle and it feels SO GOOD. I may not have worked out while I was sick, but I still did something. I didn't sit around on my butt or lay on my bed/couch and sleep away every day. I got up, cleaned, did laundry, cooked dinners for Daniel and I, got myself to the dr and got meds, and still managed to have time to rest a little to allow my body to recoup. I walked on Monday instead of going to the gym. I felt miserable, was exhausted, but I kept on. I haven't let it get to my eating either. I ALMOST let it get to me last night...(we almost ordered chinese takeout because I was just notttt wanting to cook), but when I thought about it...and thought about the 2.17 miles that I had walked/jogged earlier that day...when i thought about how GOOD I had been while I was sick.... i realized it wasn't worth it. I pouted for a while (because i'm still getting used to the new me... *sigh* i think i fight myself more than i've fought a sibling....thats sad. haha) and then realized that I had made the right choice and instead went and got a bowl of raisin bran and my new guilty pleasure of Stacy's Cinnamon Sugar Pita Chips (holy crap they are sooo good, they remind me a lot of taco bell's cinnamon twists, but so much healthier for you!!!!).
I have learned so much just while Daniel was at BMT. About myself, about our relationship, about life in general. Its amazing how being apart for so long can make you really appreciate everything you have. I have to say, for the way everyone kept saying "oh you wont make it past year one" when we first got married, wow... way to have faith in us and in God. We have one of the best relationships, and I am so So SOOO thankful for it. We communicate about anything and everything. We talk. And boy did I miss that while he was gone. We both would get frustrated when he first got here to Keesler because, even though we could communicate, it wasn't as well as what we were used to. It was only when he got a minute, and if he could get signal/good internet. it sucked. texting for a whole month? doesn't really do much for me.
I am so thankful to have the opportunity to be living with him while he's here at tech school. I have no idea what we would have done had I been forced to stay at home for the next 6 months. God has blessed us so incredibly much while we've been here too. I've made a really good friend with one of his friends' wife... we do our laundry together every tuesday and (aside from this week cuz we've both been sick) we go to the gym on MWF to workout. :) She's awesome. I've also picked up a few babysitting jobs here in the neighborhood, and that helps. Its not a full time job, but I don't need full time..just a little bit on the side to help with everyday expenses and/or random dates, ect. :) i also have gotten us quite a few good deals on a recliner (free), desk (10), and coffee table (10)... just from keeping my eyes and ears open.
It looks like we'll be coming home for RAP (recruiter assistance program) around September 15th...ish. Dont book me on it though because with the military, anything and everything is bound to change up until the day we arrive. haha. We also do not know where we are going yet. We should find out here in the next 4-6 weeks. (hopefully closer to the 4 week mark).
I do have some new goals for you guys and an update on my weight as well. :D Which I haven't really done lately mainly because of all this moving stuff has wreaked havoc on my weight loss. haha.
I am currently 234 (as of Wednesday when I went to the dr.). Thats a total of 16lbs lost. I would like to be under 200 by August 1. I believe it is possible, especially with my awesome hubby. He runs with me on Saturdays and helps push me to go further, hold my planks longer, and just encourages me day in and day out. :) my hero AND my cheerleader. best of both worlds! We also are planning to run a 5k at his first duty station. Once we figure out where we are going, we're gonna look into ones where we can run together in that area and sign up. I'm SO EXCITED. Its been a dream of mine for the past year or so for us to run together. (hence why i enjoy our saturday excursions in the neighborhood. haha)
We are so thankful and blessed to be down here. It is beautiful (when its not a nasty rainy day like today! haha) and so much fun. Its also amazing to just be us. by ourselves. in our own HOME. its so weird and awesome all at the same time. :)
anyways. i best get back to cleaning. :) hope you all had a fantastic week and have a great weekend! I'll post more whenever i have something new to update with or whenever i think about it next--haha it just comes randomly to me nowadays!
love ya'll!
-Beth-
Friday, April 19, 2013
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
Busy, busy me
Goodnesssss! I've been busy since moving down here (as it was to be expected)!! soo now..3 weeks later, i'm finally posting a blog. :D The move went smoothly, I got down here, and now Daniel is living with me! (He got SEPRAT last week). It is a good feeling to be living together again. Sure, getting up at 4a isn't easy--and its about to be even earlier... but i wouldn't trade it for the world. every minute i get with him, I'm soaking it up...we don't know what the future may hold. At the moment, we are both just enjoying being together...for the past 3 weeks, my main goal is to make sure the house is clean and that i have a dinner plan for whatever night it may be. I also have to go to the laundromat to do laundry (which is a pain in my ass, to tell you the truth--there is so much i could get done when i'm stuck there for 2 hours bored out of my mind!)...and i'm desperately searching for a decent priced washer and dryer. If we knew where we were going, we would probably purchase a brand new set from Lowe's or something...but we don't know where we'll get stationed and if its overseas--we can't take it with us. booo. so for now, i'm scouring craigslist and various fb pages for a set...with no luck.
Last week I attempted to start back working out...did C25K on Monday...thennnnnn the rest of the week went to the toilet. It rained for 2 days, i was sick for 2 days... and so yeah.. HOWEVER. One of Daniel's friends here at Keesler is married--and his wife just got here this past Wednesday. SO HAPPY. :D We are starting "girl's PT" on MWF--which we did yesterday and BOTH OF US were sooo much happier afterwards. so yes. i started back. hooray! and now i have a workout buddy so its gonna be harder to back out! lol thats a good thing. so on MWF, I'll be doing elliptical/stationary bike and my weights routine (which i am so incredibly sore and so thankful that Lori and Elle told me to start back with 5-lb weights because i would have died if i had attempted 8-lbs!!!!) and then on Tu/Th/Sa I'll be doing C25K and/or walking the neighborhood twice. (its about 1.25mi for the circuit i do...sooo thats 2.5 mi if i do it twice) and on Saturdays, Daniel said he would do it with me--so that will help. :)
Daniel and I are also starting a date night regimen...since we're trying to conserve and save money--we're doing it every other down friday (so 1x month), and those will be planned date nights and we will alternate who plans it. :) then on the other down fridays, we'll still go to dinner, but that one will be a joint effort. haha we want to try some of the local hole-in-the-wall restaurants...so that will be a good way to do it. :) down fridays are great days--and now they just got even better! hahahaha.
We have been to the beach once already, and it is beautiful. we are sooo incredibly lucky to be stationed down here through the summer (i may take that statement back here in the next couple months when the temps reach 98-100...buttttt for now, i love it!) We can't wait to go back to the beach once the water warms up. It was FREEZING. we like...put our feet in it...then were like "nope" and went and laid out on our towels and read. very relaxing. :) its nice to just be us. We haven't had this much alone time in FOREVER. its nice. I'm thoroughly enjoying it thats for sure! :) as for everything else, well...there really isn't much to say about it. haha. Our house is beautiful, and its weird to have a house. lol. we even have a small backyard...that is mostly sand and weeds...but its a yard! haha. we have some pictures up and we, for the most part, have our little house set up. :) theres a few things here and there that still need to be done or unpacked, but for now, we're good.
I did find out that we should know where his first duty station is in June sometime...so... i just have to wait 2 more months. haha. I think we're both anxious to find out. We decided that anywhere we go we'll be happy as long as those orders say ACCOMPANIED (meaning I can go). lol we're not quite ready for him to be deployed just yet. We know its a possibility, we also know theres a high chance of it... but we can hope and pray that they hold off a year before sending him off. haha
thus begins our lives as a true military family--nothing is guaranteed, nothing is set in stone, nothing happens fast, everything can change in the turn of a hat, and everything is a big HURRY UP AND WAIT. lol. but its our life, and we do what we can. As long as we have each other, we will be a-o.k. :D
and i do believe this concludes today's post. :) but i'll leave ya'll with a couple pics of the house. :) i will try to post again as soon as i remember. haha or something changes.
Last week I attempted to start back working out...did C25K on Monday...thennnnnn the rest of the week went to the toilet. It rained for 2 days, i was sick for 2 days... and so yeah.. HOWEVER. One of Daniel's friends here at Keesler is married--and his wife just got here this past Wednesday. SO HAPPY. :D We are starting "girl's PT" on MWF--which we did yesterday and BOTH OF US were sooo much happier afterwards. so yes. i started back. hooray! and now i have a workout buddy so its gonna be harder to back out! lol thats a good thing. so on MWF, I'll be doing elliptical/stationary bike and my weights routine (which i am so incredibly sore and so thankful that Lori and Elle told me to start back with 5-lb weights because i would have died if i had attempted 8-lbs!!!!) and then on Tu/Th/Sa I'll be doing C25K and/or walking the neighborhood twice. (its about 1.25mi for the circuit i do...sooo thats 2.5 mi if i do it twice) and on Saturdays, Daniel said he would do it with me--so that will help. :)
Daniel and I are also starting a date night regimen...since we're trying to conserve and save money--we're doing it every other down friday (so 1x month), and those will be planned date nights and we will alternate who plans it. :) then on the other down fridays, we'll still go to dinner, but that one will be a joint effort. haha we want to try some of the local hole-in-the-wall restaurants...so that will be a good way to do it. :) down fridays are great days--and now they just got even better! hahahaha.
We have been to the beach once already, and it is beautiful. we are sooo incredibly lucky to be stationed down here through the summer (i may take that statement back here in the next couple months when the temps reach 98-100...buttttt for now, i love it!) We can't wait to go back to the beach once the water warms up. It was FREEZING. we like...put our feet in it...then were like "nope" and went and laid out on our towels and read. very relaxing. :) its nice to just be us. We haven't had this much alone time in FOREVER. its nice. I'm thoroughly enjoying it thats for sure! :) as for everything else, well...there really isn't much to say about it. haha. Our house is beautiful, and its weird to have a house. lol. we even have a small backyard...that is mostly sand and weeds...but its a yard! haha. we have some pictures up and we, for the most part, have our little house set up. :) theres a few things here and there that still need to be done or unpacked, but for now, we're good.
I did find out that we should know where his first duty station is in June sometime...so... i just have to wait 2 more months. haha. I think we're both anxious to find out. We decided that anywhere we go we'll be happy as long as those orders say ACCOMPANIED (meaning I can go). lol we're not quite ready for him to be deployed just yet. We know its a possibility, we also know theres a high chance of it... but we can hope and pray that they hold off a year before sending him off. haha
thus begins our lives as a true military family--nothing is guaranteed, nothing is set in stone, nothing happens fast, everything can change in the turn of a hat, and everything is a big HURRY UP AND WAIT. lol. but its our life, and we do what we can. As long as we have each other, we will be a-o.k. :D
and i do believe this concludes today's post. :) but i'll leave ya'll with a couple pics of the house. :) i will try to post again as soon as i remember. haha or something changes.
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| the front of our little home |
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| us standing in front of our front door. :) |
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| our itty bitty backyard. lol |
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| the kitchen! the little lip over the sink is actually a bar-area sorta..you can put barstools up to it |
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| our back patio |
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