Tempo Bom

Queria comecar agradecendo pelos e-mails que tenho recebido me dando forca e animo nessa fase de vida tao importante. E dificil passar noites sem dormir direito e nao ter o corpo que tinha antes, mas vale apena ter um filho saudavel e viver o momento com a alegria do Senhor que e a minha forca.

Nos ultimos dias deixei esse negocio de reducao pra la. Estou comendo mais vegetais, legumes e frutas que nunca. Semana passada foi tao doida que nao caminhei, essa semana quero caminhar pelo menos 3 vezes, mas ainda nao consegui.

Estou lidando com varias mudancas. Alem das que vcs ja sabem, resolvi nao voltar a trabalhar, vou ficar em casa cuidando do meu marido e filhinho. Orei e sei que esse e o melhor de Deus pra mim. Quero ser obediente e sei que ha bencaos quando obedecemos a Deus. Sinto muita paz nessa decisao, nao me sinto mal, sinto que estou onde Deus me quer e onde minha familia mais necessita agora. Deus e bom e estou feliz com essa bencao.

Sexta tiramos nossa primeira foto oficial de familia. Foi legal. Iamos tirar mais fotos do nenem sozinho mas ele comecou a chorar, entao como meu objetivo era tirar fotos de familia, fiquei feliz com o resultado. O pacote que eles oferecem e carissimo, vc tem que ter cupom e saber o que quer antes de ir pra la.

Com dois meses o Zion esta tindo muito mais. Ultimamente estou prestando mais atencao pra ver se ele entra numa agenda mais 'rigorosa' mas ele esta tao novinho que isso esta acontecendo mas muito lentamente. Nos temos visitado nossos vizinhos e alguns amigos com mais frequencia. Ele esta ganhado peso, e nos reconhece quando outras pessoas estao segurando ele. Ele esta se dando bem no bercario da igreja - dorme o tempo todo.

Tem sido uma alegria cuidar do Zion, sou agradecida por essa fase que esta passando bem rapido.

Estou falando portugues com ele, sou a unica pessoa que vai fazer isso todo dia, entao se Deus quiser ele vai saber bem.

Continuem orando por mim pra que eu continue buscando a paz e a alegria do Senhor nessa fase da vida. Perder peso nao e tudo na vida, viver e fazer parte da vida do meu marido e filho e muito mais importante. Buscai primeiro o reino de Deus e a sua justica e as outras coisas vos serao acrescentadas.

Um grande beijo!

Another devotional on PEACE

*This one came from my church. Simply Cintia Ephesians 1: 2 Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ While I was on my sabbatical I really hoped to find some peace in my life. I felt like my gas tank was constantly between empty and a quarter of a tank. I could hear the gears grinding. I really needed some rest and truly wanted to discover why I was lacking peace in my life. What I discovered was life changing. I didn't have peace because I wasn't restraining my activities to the areas where He had given me grace! God has created each of us to function in certain ways. When we engage in activities we weren't created for or that God has not blessed, we will quickly lose our peace. So, if you need peace in your life; start looking for God's grace. Read Ephesians Chapter 1 today and see if God does not bless you in the reading of His Word!

Peace

"A heart at peace gives life to the body, but envy rots the bones." Proverbs 14:30

I've had a difficult time with weight loss after having my baby, mainly because of the lack of the essential ingredient for successful weight elimination: peace. I looked at myself and noticed that the many times I unsuccessfully tried to lose weight I did not have peace. I was desperate, overcome with guilt, anxiety, you name it.

The first time I attended a weight management class they talked about wrong times to successfully lose weight and they were included situations where you don't have peace in your life.

I have blogged about peace before and I will probably continue to do it because the Bible encourages us to pursue and seek peace. Peace just does not fall on your lap, you have to go after it with all you have. The world out there has lots of stress to offer but the Prince of Peace wants to give you the gift of perfect peace in all areas of your life, weight loss included.

I need to find peace before proceeding with any efforts to change. I have found peace, now let me cultivate it.

Ephesians, Parabens

I'm reading the book of Ephesians this month:

"Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us..." more

Parabens Lu Francesa! Artigo sobre ela aqui

eu uso oculos!

Just doing a lot of rethinking... while having fun with baby boy. 10 weeks already!!!

Entendo

Agora eu entendo porque a nutricionista no hospital tinha uma lista de pessoas que nao sao bons candidatos pra perder peso. Maes com bebes novinhos estao na lista. Porque? Muita mudanca esta acontecendo e colocar mais uma nao e realista. Eles tambem te dizem que vc nao vai seguir o programa com perfeicao porque perfeicao nao existe. Quantas vezes vc tem que tentar algo pra ter sucesso? Bill Cosby disse que ele nao sabe o segredo do sucesso mas o segredo do fracasso e tentar agradar a todo mundo.

Ainda estou refletindo no que e importante agora e no que pode esperar pra mais tarde. O importante agora e manter um bom ritmo de descanso e trabalho com o bebe, e o resto e o resto. Ainda estamos na fase imprevisivel, nao tem horario fixo pra nada, entao sem ajuda, nao da pra fazer tudo como eu fazia antes. Isso e apenas uma fase e vai mudar. Outra coisa que tb sei e que aprendi muitas coisas que podem ser adotadas em uma epoca como essa:

* Comer bastante legumes, verduras e frutas em todas as refeicoes;

* Comer ate ficar satisfeita e largar o resto pra la;

* Fazer exercisios pelo menos 3 vezes por semana.

As vezes a gente tem que focalizar no que e importante.

Carefree

I have great expectations for this upcoming week. I took the first step by embracing the changes God has allowed to come to my life. Change is the word and acceptance or adaptation to these wonderful changes are the next step. I told yall I tried to do the whole menu, food pyramid thing and I found out I just don’t have time to dedicate to that at the moment. I don’t know if I even need to pursue that again. I decided to pray, be at peace and go back to what God told me in the beginning of my journey. Food pyramid was an education tool. I’m not supposed to be in school forever. I graduated and now it’s time to apply what I’ve learned. Writing down everything I eat and counting stuff for the rest of my life is bondage. It may work for other people but it doesn’t work for my current lifestyle. I had to even revise my current exercise goals. 26 miles was doable in the past when it was just me and Zeke but now with the baby it takes crazy dedication to walk 22. It does help with stress, health and weight loss but it becomes I kick on my behind when exercise becomes an idol, something I have to worship and brings condemnation when I don’t serve it properly. I trust God can do it again, He can and will help me gain my health back but it will be through a path of peace and what worked in the past is not going to become my religion. I’m still on discovery mode but I know what God requires of me. I need to make sure He stays on the throne and I don’t put Weight Watchers there or some other weight management plan.

The holiday weekend was sweet at our home. My husband was gone on a business trip for a couple of days this week so it was so good to have him back this weekend! It was the first time I was totally by myself with the baby and thank God we managed to do well together. I also realized and appreciated the role of my husband in our family. He’s a great husband, father and friend. We went to a friend’s home for lunch on Saturday. We have spent several holidays with them and we just love being together. Their neighbors’ dog had 11 puppies and they were giving them away. My judgment on things is not quite back to normal so I stayed away from the puppies cause I would be tempted to bring one home and then dislike my decision. A baby is enough for now. We took some cute pictures with Zion. I still haven’t had the time or money to go to a photo studio. They send us flyers all the time and I really want to go one day but for now we’re doing well with our own little camera at home. My baby is starting to smile more, I hope he’ll enjoy the camera as the months and years go by. So far I wait until he’s in a good mood. He can’t deal with too many changes of clothes, so we have to work with one outfit at the time while he’s awake. I enjoy taking photos of him and Zeke but sometimes I make sure I get my share of poses with my son. I don’t want to look back and see that we don’t have enough photos together because of my current weight. Whether I believe it or not, all this weight and more will be removed permanently. I started volunteering in the church nursery yesterday. My shift was easy cause my baby was the only one there. They have an awesome, smooth operation going on in all the nurseries (we have 3 different ones). I find this ministry to be of great services for me. I am happy to volunteer and give whatever I can because it just blesses me and my husband so much.

I want to have a care free week – my last before returning to work. I want to have a week of peace. The only way that will happen is if my mind is stayed on God.