I wish all famous athletes/famous people were like KD!

Hello everyone!  Hope all ya'lls day is going wonderful so far!  Just a quick thought this morning before I get to working on finishing up my surprise of re-doing my mother-in-laws house(I will post pictures and explain in another blog)  I unfortunately was unable to watch the Thunder/Miami game last night (again bc I am finishing my surprise for my MIL) but I knew we ended up beating them good, so I wanted to watch highlights on ESPN!  Anyways, I always love when they interview KD because he seems to be a great guy...and I LOVE how open he is about his faith and love for our savior!  Anyways an ESPN lady was interviewing him after the big win...and the final question she asked was, "What goes into a streak to get you to the level you've been at these last 12 games...what goes into that?"  KD's exact response was...."GOD that's all I can say...Jesus Christ!"  The lady kind of snickered and said, "So it has nothing to do with you?" KD responds "Nah, nothing...that's all him!"  I mean WOW!  Goosebumps covered...and of coarse if you know me...I started crying!  I have watched it about 5 times so far!  It is just so amazing for someone like him to be so open about his faith...he is someone I would be proud for my children to look up to him!  The way God works is just so overwhelmingly AMAZING to me...as I type this it is almost hard to breath because the presence and power of the Lord is so amazing and here!  For someone to be as great of player as KD...I look at him and how good he is and think...how can someone not believe in the Lord?  Him being so good and telling everyone it is only because of GOD...I mean wow!  I feel that same way when I hear our amazing Pastor Craig Groschel speak...I literally listen to the things that come out of his mouth and think...I mean if this is not proof that God is real...I don't know what is!  The messages Craig Groschel speaks are so powerful....no one could be giving him that but the Lord!  Anyways... just a quick thought I had!  Hope you all continue to have a blessed day!  GOD IS GOOD ALL THE TIME!  Also you should come check out my church this weekend!  Life Church...this weekend they are doing a special they do every year on superbowl  weekend called 30 second theology!  Something you don't want to miss!

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Brittany

Blogging is on my heart right now...so here it goes...a little bit of everything!

Well Well!  It has been quite sometime since I last blogged!  I think about it often, but for some reason..I don't make the time for it!  In the past my blog has been all about my struggles with my weight and just trying to get healthy, but I decided a couple months ago I wanted to start blogging again, but so much has changed since I last blogged that I decided to change the title of my blog to Giving it ALL to HIM!  So it will be more just about my life etc.  I don't even know if people will read this blog because I no longer have FB so I don't even know if people will know I posted, but either way I just love putting my thoughts down!  So lets see.. when I last stopped blogging after my final weigh in with the biggest loser competition I had lost a good amount of weight and was feeling pretty good:)  Shortly after...so in about April/May 2012 we decided we were ready to start trying for another baby!  I think we both assumed that it would be pretty easy to get pregnant considering the fact that it was so easy for the 1st two!  So to make a pretty long story...shorter... we began trying...over the next 7 to 8 months I became so obsessed and overwhelmed with getting pregnant(since we had not yet conceived) that when we FINALLY got the BIG PAT POSITIVE pregnancy test in December...I had let my weight get all the way back up to what I had started the biggest loser at (215 pounds)  I was annoyed with my weight, but was so happy that we were finally PREGNANT!  So on December 19th, 2012 we found out we were pregnant with baby number 3!  Also if you didn't know.. Jonathan and I want a big family...4 at least and maybe and hopefully more!  Man I was so shocked as to how it took us so long to get pregnant for the 3rd time but felt so relieved that I finally was!  Well, I kind of had a sick feeling from the beginning about this pregnancy and didn't know why, but I just ignored it bc I didn't want to stress daily about it until I went to my first appointment!  Because my doctor that delivered Molly which was my doctor at the time I got pregnant again...is for some reason one of the most popular doctor in OKC my first doctors appointment was not until I was almost 12 weeks(yes I know..I hated waiting that long)   But luckily one of our family friends who is a sonographer(I don't know if that is the right term..sorry) at about 8 weeks we had her check everything out just to see if I was right on my dates etc.!  If you have ever been pregnant you know how stressful that first appointment is just to make sure everything is ok!  We were so excited to make sure I was going along great (since my apt. was still 4 weeks away. can you tell I'm still bitter about that haha) so when she did the ultrasound (she did a regular one then had to do the other kind if you know what I mean)  She saw that everything that needed to be there was there, except a baby...and she said that was completely normal because I was only 5 and a half weeks along!  Well that was my first clue...we had been trying for 8 months and I knew how long my cycles were etc. so I knew that there was ABSOLUTELY NO way I was only 5 and a half weeks along, but she said she sees this often that people just don't know that they ovulate later than they think etc. etc. and not to stress!  So of coarse I call my doctor the next day and tell them what happened...and the day after that I had an appointment to go in a see them!  They did an internal ultra sound as well and said everything looked fine just no sight of baby yet which is regular for being only 5 and a half weeks( I told them thought I was farther) did blood work everything came back good...I was pregnant but low progesterone so gave me medicine for that...and to come back in one week and we will check it out again see if it has progressed etc.  So from there it was just a waiting game each week!  So to kind of finish getting to the miscarriage up..I came back each week for 2 or 3 more weeks...everything kept progressing, but not sign of baby (or viable pregnancy) yet and then finally when I was about 11 and a half weeks...they finally said it was a miscarriage.  Which from the very first appointment with our friend when I was almost 8 weeks along...I said if it is a miscarriage that  is ok...I just want to deal with it a no that is what it is instead of waiting to find out!  Well unfortunately it was about a 4 or 5 week thing until I knew for sure I had miscarried:(  Like I said, I kind of had a feeling from the very beginning, but we dealt with it and moved on.  We still knew God was good and that he had a plan!  So over the next several months of 2013 (my miscarriage was at the very end of Jan. 2013)  we were all over the place with trying to get pregnant.  We both wanted a baby so badly, but I was so so so very unhappy with my weight that I would stress and be obsessed with getting pregnant...which led to no weight loss..if anything gain!  I wanted a baby more than anything, but at the same exact time...I wanted to lose weight and get healthy more than anything!  So finally after trying in Nov. 2013 I decided NO MORE!  I was finally kind of on track with my weight and all me obsessing over getting pregnant does to me is makes me not focus on myself!  I am only 29 years old...If I am healthy...I don't care if I am 40 and having my last kid (which will hopefully be number 6...I know we are crazy, but we both feel we are suppose to have a big family)  So now today is January 23, 2014 and since about mid to End of November...I am down from 217.2 pounds to 188.2 pounds...a total of 29 pounds!  And let me tell you something...I have lost weight before, obviously if you followed my blog before you know I lost 37 pounds with biggest loser, but I have approached it and lost the weight completely different than I ever have!  When I did the biggest loser....I allowed myself nothing...I at chicken and broccoli EVERY SINGLE meal (including breakfast)  Obviously that is not realistic, but at the time I told myself...well once I get to my goal weight I can change things up or start eating some things I actually want to eat..  Well let me be the first to tell you that....that is NOT how it works!  I have approached my weight and eating habits more from my mind this time!  I have finally learned it is all in my head!  It is sad now seeing so many people doing it a way that in the long run WILL NOT WORK!  I now know that I will never get to my goal weight  and be done with eating healthy or clean....it will be something I have to do for the rest of my life!  My amazing and talented sister in law took pictures of us all at the beginning of November as a gift to my mother in law for Christmas and it was the pictures we were going to use for our Christmas cards.  When she sent me the pictures I had a huge breakdown, because I knew I was big and had gained weight, but what I saw in the mirror was NOT even close to what I saw in the pictures!  Meaning, in the mirror I really didn't like what I looked like, but in the pictures I looked 3 times bigger then what I thought I looked like in the mirror!  Almost what they say anorexic people see, but opposite!  That is when I decided I needed to approach my weight more from a mental or head side as much as I needed to approach it just by eating clean etc.  So I found a weight counselor and started going to her and not only that, but my amazing friend Stefanie who has like every health degree and nutritional degree possible is helping me all from the goodness of her heart!  She hasn't even been helping me with the eating as much as the getting myself organized and other aspects...and I can not tell you how much those 2 things have helped me!  So here I am now 2 and a half months in...feeling better than I have ever felt in my life!  I am 40 pounds away from my goal weight on which I want to be at by July 8th (which is my 30th birthday)  And I believe now that I feel my life is more in order, that once we start trying to get pregnant again, that I will be the healthiest I have been in years and my pregnancy will be that much better with all my weight gone!  I am just so thankful that God gave me the courage to actually do this and believe I could!  I now eat like a regular person...I don't sneak food anymore and I have desert or something sweet (in which I have never admitted to anyone until recently...that I am a sweets lover) every single time I want it!  But instead of eating the whole thing or 3 pieces of cake...I just have a few bites or half!  I truly feel like I have changed nothing!  I am beyond blessed and thankful to all the people helping me with this and understanding how I work!  I know this was a long post, but I am just so excited to be blogging again!  This blog is going to just be a about a little bit of everything...whatever I might be thinking about!  Thank you for reading and I hope you all have a blessed day!