Are You Taking Care of YOU???

With the holidays over, it seems like we have gotten a nice little break.  But it never lasts very long.  We have had homework, conferences, projects, appointments…you name it!  We stay on the go.  There are tons of wonderful things to be thankful for, but let’s face it.  If you are woman – I don’t care if you’re a mom or not – you are busy!  Most of us have this built in switch that automatically says, “Yes” when asked to do something.


No matter how much time or energy we have, we almost always commit to things we know we don’t have time for…Gosh, that’s a whole other post!
Lysa Terkeurst even wrote a whole book about it!!


And I am all for helping other people out!


Serving others and giving back.


Creating experiences and memories for our children.


But in the midst of it all, we lose sight of ourselves.

I struggle with this a lot.  If you’re a mom, I am sure you do too.


It seems selfish to focus on ME.


To take time for making sure I have what I need to keep going.


To actually spend money on ME!!!!


But can I share a little secret I have learned over the last 18 months?????

I first began to read Lysa Terkeurst’s Made to Crave when I started the 21 Day Fix in May of 2014.  And I quickly realized that my spiritual health needed rehabbing just as much as I needed to drop some weight.  I needed to get real and dig deep and find out WHY I was struggling with over eating.  WHY I did not have the self-worth and self-respect to take care of myself on a consistent basis. WHY a lot of times, I chose food, tv, shopping, etc over time with God. (Some of you are probably thinking this seems deep for a post about fitness, but stick with me…)

Me and my Matt