So a friend and I decided last week we’d have a competition to see who could lose the most weight by November. Ugh! Can I just say loafing this weekend didn’t help!? I gained the 5lbs back that I’d lost… So what did I do today? Kicked my butt!! That’s right!!! I feel like I’m gonna puke, but who gives!
I cut out caffeine and wow have I seen an effect. Today was the work BBQ. Yes, I only had 1 hamburger with lettuces and catchup…. and one 1″x1″ brownie … and half a personal sized bag of regular potato chips… (shoot, that’s what I just burned off probably! GRRR)…. Anyway… I grabbed a can of orange soda, which I’ve decided today to totally cut out all soda. I was dead tired when I got to work but oddly at lunch I had so much energy I couldn’t sit still. I brought the can back to my desk and a co-worker pointed out “You know that has caffeine in it, right?” …. WHAT?!! Oh and believe me did I feel the crash. Honestly I’d never felt the effect of caffeine on me. I did today. Mainly because I hadn’t had it in a while… Ugh… I don’t want that crash anymore. I just need more sleep every night.
When April came to get her wedding photos last week she said something to me that I actually decided I’d try and do. “Read 10 pages of an uplifting book every day.”… Well I started! I’m reading a book called “The Five Love Languages: Singles Edition”. So far so good! I’ve only just started but what the guy is saying makes a lot of sense. There are 2 stages of love. The Obsessive Love and the Covenant Love. Obsessive love is where you can’t live without them, you love everything about them. Some people can’t concentrate on school, work, etc… Don’t forget the ignoring outsiders view as you’re obsessed with only what you can see. You see no wrong in them. Forget that they’ve been married 4 times, they have children with 7 other women, or that they’ve never held a job longer than 3 months. (Commitment issues!)… Or that every time you’re together he just wants to make out. When you ask him stories about himself he only talks about sex. Or he thinks the best thing about you is the fact that you have a great [insert specific body part]… (time to see the bishop ISSUES!!)
Most of the time people get married in this crazy, obsessed love stage.
Covenant Love comes when the honeymoon is over (which usually lasts around 2 years) and you realize you’ve got to choose to love this person. No matter what. No matter if now you’ve realized he snores like a Mac truck. His favorite place to put his dirty socks aren’t in the laundry basket but are in the middle of your bedroom or livingroom. Their bad habits are displayed and finally you understand the advice that your friends had given… “He’s been married 4 times.” or he grabs your butt in the middle of talking with friends…
So far, I like the book. Speaks truth to me! I’m on chapter 2 so I’ll let you know more as I keep reading!
PS: Sunday I got a priesthood blessing from my dad. I’m supposed to start planning to go back to school. It’s going to take a lot of planning and dedication (financial & time) on my part but it will benefit me and my future and I need to do it. I also need to stay here – I’m not supposed to move right now. I’ll know when the time is right to move though. I was blessed that I’d be able to feel the spirit’s guidance.
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