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Love the skin you are in. Do you remember that marketing campaign? I believe it was for Jerggins or another line of skin care products. Lately, I have been really concentrating on the health of my skin. As I may have explained before, my third pregnancy brought about ever lasting hormones (or so it seems). So I am constantly on a search for the next hot thing in skin care and anti-acne products such as acne treatment lotion.

Because you see… as I get older, I realize how imperative it is to take care of my skin. I need to keep my skin well-hydrated and moisturized as well as pimple free!

Love the skin you are in.

My grandpa died from a form of Mesothelioma on September 17, 2001. It was a sad day. We knew that he had lung cancer three months prior to his death.

Six months after he died, something within me awoke. At first, I felt so devastated that he was gone. I was sad, depressed, and self-medicated with food. He was the glue that held our family together.

But then, six months later, I realized that I needed to take charge of my life and of my health. Toward the end of spring, I got my first apartment. Thereafter, I began a journey to better health. And because of it, I lost 70 pounds.

I don’t know what to say.  Things have been crazy around here.  In a matter of three days, life has gone from solid and sure to absolutely crazy.  I think I jinxed myself by commenting on Diane’s post that the weekends were usually a-okay for me diet-wise.

And then came this weekend.  For starters, the kids had been sick all week and then pink-eye hit both my oldest and middle children.  My husband had to work on restoring servers for a client.  Oh and we found out that our offer on the short sale we bid on got accepted… BUT.  And that’s where it is at the moment.  We’re not sure at this point what the endgame will be with the house.  We were given 5 different scenarios on Friday and since no one thought to call the bank between Thursday and Friday to iron out the details… we are stuck in limbo.  I HATE being stuck in limbo.  Probably because of my literal personality.  Oh and maybe because we have been waiting on this for awhile now.

So between the 5 different scenarios, 2 would work and three of them wouldn’t.  We should have an answer today on which of the scenarios is the right one.  I pray that it is one of the two that we can do.  Otherwise, we’re back at the starting line.

If it is a go-ahead, then well… I have to end my gym membership until we get to the new house.  We’re moving to a different city and if we’re going to get stuck with a crappy scenario, that means more money out of pocket and so… bye bye gym membership.  For now at least.

BUT

Even though life is changing, I haven’t veered from my path.  For the next month… i’ll be doing this from home.  Taking walks, heavy cardio on my exercise bike, stretching and doing situps in my living room and basically making exercise an easy-access thing that can be a part of my life no matter what.  I might even do lunges and squats.

I’m not gonna lie though.  I’m going to miss the gym.  All of that equipment I used to push myself to the limits.  Gah.  It’s good stuff.  And the month i’m going to be away from it will be challenging.   But hey, people have lost weight long before gym memberships and they will keep losing weight long after.

I did well with my eating this weekend and am very proud of the kinds of meals I have made for my family so far on this journey.  The fact that I know they are healthy meals and the fact that they taste great, is all the more motivation to keep me going.

Oddly enough, I don’t find myself starving.  However, I do try to load up on Fiber and Protein.  Maybe that’s why?   Of course, I have also been more in-tune to my body’s needs.  I allow my body to tell me when i’m hungry.  And I eat smaller meals throughout the day instead of big ones.

My focus, my positive attitude and my drive are strong as ever.  A game-changer was thrown into the mix, but it’s not a major path changer.  And if this all goes the way I want, then it’s all good stuff!