It's Deeper Life time again! I have been going to the same camp in Blackduck, MN for the last.... 15 years. I counseled for, I believe, 10 years, and this year I figured I wouldn't be able to go to camp since I have a baby. I asked the person in charge of staffing if there was anything that we could do as a family and found out that they needed a camp nurse for the 9th and 10th grade week so we signed up. Camp was June 26th- July 2nd, so we got done at camp and went straight to camping at my aunt's house in Bemidji for the 4th and came home late Monday night.
Camp was really good, but definitely different. After counseling for so many years it was really hard to be in a position that wasn't as intense. I had to keep reminding myself that this season of life is about being a mom and getting to be at camp at all was a huge blessing. As the week went on I had some great conversations and we had some great moments as a family. We brought Zoe to the lake one day and she got to go in the lake for the first time. She went in a pool (quickly) at 2 weeks, but had never been in the lake before. At first she hated it (it was pretty chilly) but didn't mind once her butt was in the water. We only had her in there long enough to snap a few quick pictures but it was fun. Wednesday night at camp was a really intense and redemptive night at camp and from that point on you could really see a difference in the lives of the kids.
Now to talk about my healthy lifestyle, or lack of a healthy lifestyle, while I've been away. I had big plans to do Ripped in 30 every day at camp. I don't know why this didn't occur to me, but I had absolutely no space to do it. Even if I would have rearranged my entire cabin I don't think I could have fit in the exercises. That went out the window immediately. My second plan was that I would run every day and with 90 degree days that went out of the window pretty quickly too. Overall I ended up going for one run in the entire time I was gone (a little over a week). As far as eating goes, that was also really hard. All of my meals were made for me so I had to eat what was made. I tried to eat in moderation but I still ate dessert when given to me and made a lot of poor and reckless choices in regards to food. This experience has been a good example of what you would call a fail.
In the past, when dealing with issues of being healthy, if I failed I would just quit. I've never been able to mess up with eating or exercising and get back on the horse. With the craziness that my life has been since getting home I haven't been back on track yet. This time I plan to get back on track again. Tonight I'm going running so that will be a good start. I got new shoes and I'm so excited to try them out! I've been having quite a bit of pain in my right heel when walking or running so hopefully good, supportive shoes help. The good news in all of this is that even though I didn't lose weight while I was gone, I didn't gain any either, so I haven't back tracked.
Update! Since writing the first part of this I weighed myself again and am now 21 lbs lighter than my pre-pregnancy weight! YES! It feels good to be 153! I can't tell a huge different in how I look other than my thighs, they seem like half the size they used to be :).
I have many more thoughts so there will probably be an explosion of new posts soon since I haven't had the chance to post for so long!
