Days when I go through a lot of stress worrying about money and life in general, I calm myself down by reminding myself these three things:

I have a roof over my head
I have food on my table
And I have a family that loves me.

Works every time.

Right now I am thankful for therapeutic blue gel and Aleve. I had on flip flops at work today and it was hard on my back walking on the hard floors.

Love this post! I've been in a funk this week, and needed to see this uplifting set of messages. Thank you for encouraging me.

I'm grateful for my immediate family, my little tribe here at home, who let me be myself and take the good with the bad, and let me love on them.

I can't thank God enough for my husband. Meeting him was, without a doubt, the best thing that ever happened to me.

I'm grateful for my parents, who now live just down the road, a mere 10-minute drive away. Having previously lived several states apart, then a 1-hour drive apart, I am treasuring the 10-minute drive. We can help each other. We can be spontaneous. It's a wonderful thing.

I'm grateful for the excellent instructors and the loving childcare staff at our local YMCA. They are exceptional and have made fitness one of the high points of almost every day.

I'm grateful for this WOE and all it has done and is doing to make me healthier.

Last, but certainly not least, I am grateful for you good folks! When I get tired, worried, confused or discouraged in my diet and fitness meanderings, I can count on coming here and getting a perfect dose of perspective, humor, wisdom and encouragement. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

I am thankful that today is Friday and the sun is shining. Although a lot of house project work is scheduled for the weekend, we will be enjoying family and great weather at the same time. I am also thankful that while my eating wasn't ideal this week, it wasn't nearly as bad as my tastebuds and cravings were wanting it to be.

Our kids! It was always our aim to raise kids who would go into the world and be decent people. So far, so good. We're concentrating on getting them safely through their teens. *fingers crossed*

Friends who willingly answer a million silly questions about the oddest topics.

Cheese and bacon and bacon and cheese and cheese and cheese and bacon. Amen.

I'm thankful for finding this group and all of you amazing people, for encouraging and supporting each other.
For my latest vacation
For all of you putting up with my silly quotes
For the roof over my head and delicious foods I love to make now
For weather changing to be cool and fresh
For the way I discover parts of my body I didn't know existed, like hip bones, lol
For the Dumbbells, yoga mats and Shaun T ☺️

Thank you for being here and sharing your wins, your struggles and your lives!
xoxox

I am so thankful to be finally seeing the scale move after three long months of being up! It's worth hanging in there!

Thankful to be able to skip or postpone a meal when short on time, and not worry about it at all.

Thankful for cooler weather, even though that's 80s and 90s around here. After a month or more of 100s, it's a beautiful thing! Folks around here are smiling.

A roof over my head, great food in my fridge and pantry, sleeping kiddos and husband. Seemingly happy fish in the fish tank; watching them helps me calm down and relax, whether I have two minutes or twenty.

Above and beyond childcare staff at the Y. I need to do something seriously nice for those people who genuinely care for my kids while I get a workout.

Nice neighbors. I'm pretty spoiled!