new year new blog

i have decided to create a new blog..one that i will use pretty much exclusively for photos of my wonderful little family. none of my opinions on happenings, world events, or relationships.

i've already made my first post, so enjoy

www.thebowilliamsfamily.blogspot.com

i also wanted to share the meaning behind my blog address "look after u" i wanted "look after you" but it was taken. it is a song by the fray that was popular during the most awful time in my life. i didn't know who i was, and woke up most days wishing i was dead. i couldn't undestand why God allowed me to live 26+ years and just wished something had happened to me before that time so that i wouldn't have had to experience the worst pain i have ever experienced. then a sweet man made things start to look better. and i realized i didn't want to be dead anymore...

whenever i hear this song, it reminds me of the hope i started to feel. that someone could love me, cherish me, and take care of me. i still consider it our song..
here are the lyrics...

"Look After You"

If I don't say this now I will surely break
As I'm leaving the one I want to take
Forgive the urgency but hurry up and wait
My heart has started to separate

Oh, oh, oh
Be my baby
Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
I'll look after you

There now, steady love, so few come and don't go
Will you won't you, be the one I always know
When I'm losing my control, the city spins around
You're the only one who knows, you slow it down

Oh, oh, oh
Be my baby
Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
I'll look after you

If ever there was a doubt
My love she leans into me
This most assuredly counts
She says most assuredly

Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
Be my baby
I'll look after you

It's always have and never hold
You've begun to feel like home
What's mine is yours to leave or take
What's mine is yours to make your own

Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
Be my baby
Oh, oh, oh

the biggest loser

about 2 months ago, my wonderful husband suggested that we go on a diet - he said that HE was the one who needed to lose weight, but i felt he really only wanted "us" to do it so I would do it. i happily agreed though, b/c i really wanted to lose weight. i knew immediately that i wanted to do weight watchers.

so i joined weight watchers online to figure out how many points we would each get. we officially started our diet november 10th...right before thanksgiving and christmas...
some said we were crazy to start before the holidays b/c everyone gains weight over the holidays. but i disagree. if you want to start a diet, you should start NOW. not monday, not new years, but NOW.

in the past 2 months i have lost over 14 pounds and bo has lost 18. it has actually been fun! it was hard at first, but after the first 3 weeks it just became a part of our life. we are even able to indulge in our favorite bad food, pizza, every 2 or 3 weeks. we just save our points.

both of us feel that being in control of our weight makes us feel empowered. the food does not control us - WE are in control! it's such a wonderful feeling - we plan to stay on weight watchers indefinitely, but will increase our points when we are done losing weight, to maintain our weight.

this may seem totally off-topic, but, bear with me, it's not. i have been a HUGE fan of dave ramsey for over 5 years. one of the things dave says is basically, if you don't have a plan, you will easily stumble into debt. you will never just stumble into wealth. and it's totally the same thing with your weight. if you just eat whatever, whenever and however much you feel like, you're probably going to gain weight. you have to have a plan. you have to think about what you put into your mouth (as you have to think about what you spend your money on). now it's like i'm taking my passion for staying out of debt and saving and using that to also lose weight! it's awesome and so worth it!! i don't know if i've ever felt better about myself. it's so nice to succeed at something you really want to do. and i honestly could not have done it without my best friend and biggest cheerleader, my husband!

while i have reached my initial goal of weighing what my drivers license says i weigh, i am not done losing weight. my current weight is at the absolute top of what it considered in the "normal" range for my height (according to my bmi). i hope to lose at least 10 more pounds...maybe THEN i'll post my "before" and "after" pictures.