What's happening today in my life...

Today started off like any other weekday (keyword is started). Nurse Nico, shower, read my devotion, sip 3/4 cup of my coffee, nurse again, prepare Mateo's school, eat breakfast, two older kids wake up, make them breakfast, Mateo sits down to start school and gets an attitude, send Mateo to go clean until the attitude is gone. I receive an email for the second time this week about decluttering my life and home. I took this as a sign to get serious and declutter our house, this starts today. "Kids get dressed we are headed to Lowe's for boxes." I got some great decluttering ideas from Pinterest, purchased my boxes, and brought the boxes, packing tape, and a permanent marker in for labeling. That is as far as I got before it was time to nurse Nico, fold a load of laundry, make lunch for the boys, and play phone tag with a very important lady friend. Everyone was taken care of, the two older boys are eating lunch, Nico has a full belly and is army crawling all over the house, and I got on the phone for maybe ten minutes. The phone call gets disconnected, I pick up Nico to return him to his toys in the living room and discover Jacoby has found the permanent marker that is supposed to be used by me for labeling my boxes and he has managed to get the lid off and scribble on our dining room table. EEEEEEEKKKKKKK that is really what I sounded like. After alternating between scrubbing and soaking with different cleaners I got if all off. Praise God! I might have taken some of the stain off the table with the green marker but thats okay, our guests won't notice. Now back to my day and this phone call. This phone call was about some big changes that have been happening in both my family and my life for the last 6 weeks. About 8 weeks ago someone asked me if I was interested in working out at home. I said "no" and listed all the reasons I just couldn't (or won't) workout at home. Haha jokes on me. For the last 6 weeks I have been doing just that. My life has been forever changed. I have always been active in either running or working out at the gym. I have felt like going to the gym was my "me" time. But since having our third child it has been quite hard to get everyone ready and out the door and make it through an hour long workout uninterrupted. So, I talked things over with David and explained that I felt if I was going to get in any exercise it would need to be at home. With this challenge to workout at home came a healthier way of eating as well. The day before the challenge began I wrote out some meal plans for the next week, went grocery shopping, and came home to meal prep for the week. I have been clean eating with one cheat meal (including a sweet treat) a week for the last 6 weeks and I feel great. As of last week I was down 7 lbs and 6 1/2 inches!! Yay! I have had three kids and gained almost 50 lbs with each pregnancy. For the most part the weight has dropped off pretty quick, but it takes a lot to be comfortable in your skin after even one pregnancy. I have to say I am so excited on where I stand today. I may not have abs (yet), but my family and I are eating extremely healthy (with the exception of my Husbands weekly chicken wing addiction), this is such a wonderful lifestyle change for us all. 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 says, " Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body." I want to take care of the one body that I have, and not with any temporary diet, a miracle pill, or a daily wrap. I want David and I to teach the good habits of both diet and exercise to the children so they can live long healthy lives. To all the moms out there, just because we birthed children that is no longer an excuse to not be in shape and love the skin we are in. To my family and friends who don't have time to go to a gym or are intimidated by the gym equipment this is for you. To those that want to eat clean and don't know where to start call me, email me, message me on Facebook and I would love to further share my journey with you. Now back to the regular scheduled program called life. Naps are over, dishes are screaming to be done, children want to be loved on, and I still need to get my daily workout in. Have a blessed day!