B+C+B+C+B+C: Motivation

Tuesday, June 8, 2010

Motivation

[warning: this is another pregnancy-whining post. Read no further if you are already disgusted with my lack of gratitude at the blessed gestational condition I'm in]
A month or two ago Brianna helped me fill these two storage containers with all my too-small clothes:

I can't lie... it was depressing. I had to put some cute articles in there, unsure of whether I'd ever see and adorn them again. I'm not one of those girls that magically zips back into their size 2 pants a couple weeks after popping a baby out. At least that wasn't the case with my first pregnancy. Maybe I'll be better behaved this round. But the fact is that I can't restrict calorie intake too much, or I won't produce enough milk to exclusively breastfeed. I won't have time to count calories, so it's all going to be a guessing game. The best option would be to just throw in as much extra cardio as possible - but when exactly will I have time/energy for that?! A couple weeks ago I entered the wearing-Brian's-shirts stage. Quite demoralizing. But comfortable, which is a priority in this summer heat. It may seem trivial and petty to be complaining about something so superficial, but the fact is that I've spent most my adult life being very fit. To go from fit to flabby is no fun. So those bins will stay there at the bottom of my closet as a constant reminder of the reward for some serious self-discipline and effort.

1 comment:

The Bensons said...: While pregnant with baby #2 I was feeling a little nervous about getting my body back and so I invested in a spanx. They are kind of expensive, but completely worth it (even my sweet dear penny pinching hubby would agree). After a week I was starting to fit into my pre-pregnancy clothes (and that DID not happen that soon after baby #1). Basically when your body is still a bowl full of jelly it helps everything go back to where it belongs (specifically hips and tummy). Here is the website with the one I recommend http://www.spanx.com/product/index.jsp?productId=4058277&cp=2992553.4083694&parentPage=family They never ever go on sell (high demand) but I did find it for a bit cheaper on ebay.; June 16, 2010 at 1:39 PM

Quotes I want to remember

"The Lord knows our bearing capacity, both as to coping and to comprehending, and He will not give us more to bear than we can manage at the moment, though to us it may seem otherwise. Just as no temptations will come to us from which we cannot escape or which we cannot bear, we will not be given more trials than we can sustain."
- Neal A. Maxwell

"It is a fundamental truth that the responsibilities of motherhood cannot be successfully delegated. No, not to day-care centers, not to schools, not to nurseries, not to babysitters. We become enamored with men's theories such as the idea of preschool training outside the home for young children. Not only does this put added pressure on the budget, but it places young children in an environment away from mother's influence."
-Ezra Taft Benson

“Perhaps there has never been a time when we had greater need to pray and to teach our family members to pray. Prayer is a defense against temptation. It is through earnest and heartfelt prayer that we can receive the needed blessings and the support required to make our way in this sometimes difficult and challenging journey we call mortality.”
-Thomas S. Monson

“Live the gospel as conspicuously as you can. Keep the covenants your children know you have made. And bear your testimony! Don’t just assume your children will somehow get the drift of your beliefs on their own.
-Jeffrey R. Holland

"We hold in our arms the rising generation. They come to this earth with important responsibilities and great spiritual capacities. We cannot be casual in how we prepare them. Our challenge as parents and teachers is not to create a spiritual core in their souls but rather to fan the flame of their spiritual core already aglow with the fire of their premortal faith."
-Neil L. Andersen

"Certainly there are times when getting the family together to read the scriptures does not stack up as a spiritual experience worthy of a journal entry. But we must not be deterred. There are special times when the spirit of a son or daughter is just right and the power of these great scriptures goes down into their heart like fire. As we honor our Heavenly Father in our homes, He will honor our efforts."
-Neil L. Andersen

President Hinckley admonished both men and women to be nurturers. He said, ‘How much more beautiful would be the society in which we live if every father . . . and . . . mother regarded [their] children . . . as gifts from the God of heaven . . . and brought them up with true affection in the wisdom and admonition of the Lord.’ ”
-Susan W. Tanner

"Children are like trees. When they are young, their lives can be shaped and directed, usually with ever so little effort. Said the writer of Proverbs, 'Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it' (22:6). That training finds its roots in the home. There will be little of help from other sources. Do not depend on government to help in this darkening situation. Barbara Bush, wife of former U.S. president George Bush, spoke wisely: 'Your success as a family, our success as society, depends not on what happens at the White House, but on what happens inside your house.' "
-Gordon B. Hinckley

“I give counsel to husbands and wives. Pray for the love which allows you to see the good in your companion. Pray for the love that makes weaknesses and mistakes seem small. Pray for the love to make your companion’s joy your own. Pray for the love to want to lessen the load and soften the sorrows of your companion.”
-Henry B. Eyring

“Reverent behavior is not a natural tendency for most children. It is a quality that is taught by parents and leaders through example and training. But remember, if reverence is rooted in love, so is the teaching of it. Harshness in our training begets resentment, not reverence.”
-Margaret S. Lifferth

"There is no one perfect way to be a good mother. Each situation is unique. Each mother has different challenges, different skills and abilities, and certainly different children. What matters is that a mother loves her children deeply and, in keeping with the devotion she has for God and her husband, prioritizes them above all else."
- M. Russell Ballard

“As parents, we should remember that our lives may be the book from the family library which the children most treasure. Are our examples worthy of emulation? Do we live in such a way that a son or a daughter may say, ‘I want to follow my dad,’ or ‘I want to be like my mother’?”
-Thomas S. Monson

“Security for our families comes from learning self-control, avoiding the excesses of this world, and being temperate in all things.”
-Kent D. Watson

Tuesday, June 8, 2010

Motivation

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