Beckys Blog

I've been asked this a lot in person too, not just on here. So I thought I would actually write about it. Maybe some of my experience can help someone else. If you don't need to lose weight, feel free to skip this post. First, I don't want to be accused of plagiarism, so I need to mention that much of what I have learned about weight loss I learned from the book "Optimal Health Revolution" by Dr Duke Johnson. If you are interested in life long health and reducing your risk for heart disease, cancer and diabetes, andnot just weight loss, I highly recommend that book. Ok...on with the topic at hand. Losing weight is simple really, if you understand how it all works. A calorie is a unit of energy. If you eat more "energy" then your body uses, your body stores the extra as fat and you gain weight. If you eat less "energy" then your body uses, then your body uses it's stored energy (fat) and you lose weight. So the only real trick to l...

Delayed Gratification is a concept that I think has been mostly lost in our industrialized society. We have everything at our finger tips at a moments notice, why wait for anything? You can order a pizza online and have it delivered to your door within 30 min, drive through coffee and fast food, etc. A couple years ago, Thad and I set some very specific goals for our lives over the next few years. We set a very strict budget and have been nazi's with it ever since. As part of this, we do not spend ANY money without consulting with each other first. Thad will call me from work to ask about getting a burger off the dollar menu if he didn't pack enough lunch to keep him full. If there is a sale on a favorite type of cereal, I will call and check with Thad before buying an extra box of it. As a result of being very goal oriented, we have been able to pay off a significant amount of debt in the last couple years (4 maxed out credit cards, the car, and about $6000 in medical b...

I had planned on waiting until after our trip to San Diego this summer to potty train Titus because I did not want to have a 2 year old in underwear needing stops every hour on the drive. It has now become apparent that he is not willing to wait that long to be done with his diapers. Titus looks up to Raquelle. He copies everything she does. At a church potluck a couple weeks ago, the kids were all running laps around the big room. Raquelle tripped and fell. She said "OWE!" and got up and kept running. When Titus got to the spot she fell, he sat down, said "OWE" got up and kept running. About 2 weeks ago, Titus noticed something. He noticed that Raquelle wears panties and he doesn't. He noticed that she goes potty on the toilet and he doesn't. And he started having fits about having to wear a diaper because he wanted "panties" like Raquelle. He started telling me over and over "Ty big boy! Ty Pannies!" So we went to the store...