Well friends it's been a while! My apologies for my absence, in case any of you out there in cyberland reading this have been in great aniticipation of this next blog. =)
Good news: I am down 19 lbs since weighing myself post Snowmageddon in mid-Janruary! What a crazy thing you guys! I didn't expect to be down to that so fast! The past few weeks I have been so surprised at the ability and strength I have been given to push myself in our workouts. I am so grateful for my roomies and other friends who have come and worked out. It's so much more fun in a group or with a friend! For those of you who have seen my check-ins at Planet Fitness, I can bring a friend for free everytime I go, so let me know if you ever want to join me! I love having work out buddies. :D I also put that we do a specific type of work out called "Phase 2." You can't google or bing this workout because it is something my pastor made up in his freakishly creative mind and a very handy app on his iPad. As of now, this is what briefly what the workout consists of:
- 28 mins cardio-we go on the ellyptical
- 7-10 strengthening lifts-usually we start with abs and then do different lifts that focus all different parts of the body
- 28 mins cardio
- 5-7 strengthening lifts
- 45 mins cardio
Let me tell you this, the 2 weeks, I could not do the last 45 minutes. I didn't even try to do it out of pure exhaustion. So I went tanning instead. I mean, I had to kill time somehow you guys =)
Honestly, I'm all too conviced that it was a strength for the Lord for me to recieve motivation and strength to push through the numbing of my feet and tiredness of my body to do that last 45 minutes. It is an insane thing that I can say that I can do this workout! If you want to give it a go let me know how you like it! It is killer but the pay off is incredible! And I start to like this workout the more I think that there is a phase 3 in the future, lol. :/
Quite a bit of things have been going on in my life lately and for me, I am completely in awe of God's goodness through it all! I am totally in shock of how through some of life's more down moments, God has been able to carry me through them, give me strength, and the desire to fight for joy, hope and peace. I am filled with it through the Holy Spirit and it is one of the most beautiful things I have yet to be able to experience because of my beautiful Creator. The desire to grow closer and intimately to Him has brought beautiful new things into my life. God drawing me more to Himself has given me a freedom that has brought me closer to my community and church, and even deeper, more caring and more loving friendships with those closest to me. Several times over the past weeks I have been so overwhelmed with emotion that I have found myself just crying out to God in thanks for His goodness, grace and love. Do you have those moments of overwhelming emotion? Like good things that make you burst into the ugly cry because life is just so wonderful? Just me then? Coooool.
Keep fighting friends. This is only a small victory in the grand scheme of things that God has in store for me, but through teeny beginnings of 19 lbs loss and a constant dependency on Him and His strength to persevere to accompish my goals, I have faith that God knows His plans for my life.
Here's to fighting for joy!
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