Making Strides

It's been almost exactly six years since we had our engagement pictures taken.  When Joel saw them he made some comment about the glory days being over.  It made me laugh.  It's not like we're old and decripid or something.  It may be true that these past six years have not been kind to our bodies, but I also have 2 lovely children that contributed to those changes.  So, six years and 20 pounds later I thought I would give it a go again to get back into shape.  I've tried several times to eat better, work out - you know the drill - but for some reason I could never lose wieght and I would get really frustrated and just give up. 

This time around is actually different - I've lost 9 pounds in 3 weeks (which for me is nigh unto a miracle, because I wasn't able to work out much with Joel out of town for one of those weeks).  I couldn't figure out why all of the sudden it was working when Joel reminded me that this is the first time in a really long time I'm not on progesterone which can cause weight gain.  He's even down 6 pounds after a week of eating really well in New Orleans, so maybe...just maybe we'll get back the "glory days."  :)  Either way I still love us - I love him.  These last 6 years have been wonderful and I couldn't imagine taking this journey we call life with anyone else.  Looking at these pictures make me smile, but I would argue we decide every day whether or not it will be a day of glory, and I'm pretty happy with my life right now, so no offense to my hubby, but I consider the glory days to be on-going.