God's plan.. not mine

Well yesterday we start what seemed like a GREAT IDEA (at first) a sugar-free diet. We did great, Green Tea with egg, spinach omelet, chicken tenders with veggies, and dinner was Rolled Oats Meat loaf (which was good and had zero sugar) with corn. Dessert was apples with honey. I was a little tired, but was feeling good!
Today, not so much...
Started off with Green Tea with Acai Berry tea, and spinach and onion omelet. While making breakfast I noticed I started to get tired. So tired I dozed off while cooking, I tried moving around and getting blood flowing. Then while sitting and getting ready for story time/art time I just couldn't bring myself to stay awake or even aware of what was going on. I am blessed to have Children that know how to behave (LOL). I quickly realized that not only did I need to do something about this, but also this is not good for my children. To not have me alert like I should be.
Sat up, and started praying

"God I want to do your will with our health. But I feel like I am not meant to do this like this. Please help me know what I am to do. Amen"

And at that moment I got an email from a friend who saw my post about the day and plans to better our eating. And it simply stated

"Tina, I am following a new diet plan...actually lifestyle plan and seeing some of the stuff you post made me think of you.  It's written by two homeschool moms that are a little older than I am. They've studied nutrition for years. I weighed myself yesterday and had lost 6lbs (after just 8 days of this plan) and I haven't even started exercising yet. It's all about balancing what you eat together because foods react together a certain way when mixed in your body. They use a lot of flax seed mill, coconut oil, and stevia as the sweetener. The book is pricey ($35) but also has a recipe book included. (the book is 600 pages and even covers female hormones, etc)
I've been reading their mom's free magazine for years. She's an older, sweet homeschool mom. So..here's the link to the free magazine. You'll be encouraged and blessed in your role as wife and homeschool mom.http://www.aboverubies.org/
And here's the book link on amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/Trim-Healthy-Mama-Cravings-Energize/dp/193894500X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1363618807&sr=8-1&keywords=trim+healthy+mama"

I knew this was God answering me, and guiding me with what we were praying for, BALANCE! Yes, we will get there and YES, we will make it our life goal to eat clean and be healthy. Just not all at once.
So yes it was one step back but many steps forward. To me my children come first, life goals that cause disruptions comes second. One step at a time, God's plan will come.
Blessings
Tina

Another month and another success!

Wow, can't believe another month has passed! Where is this year going?

But I have successfully defeated another couple pounds! 

I feel like March has been very hard to keep my workout schedule, between sickness, allergies and crazy life!

But I have not changed my eating habit, and the weight is still coming off and still staying below my "Highest weight"!

I encourage you all not be defeated, and not give up! 

Just because you can't make it to the gym doesn't mean you can't be active at home and eat healthy!