Growing weary

Galatians 6:9

⁹ And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.

Anytime you are trying to break familiar patterns, it's difficult to stay out of your well-worn rut. Most of the time, they are habits that you have spent a lifetime building. That's why most weight loss attempts fail after a short time. 

You have to find a motivation and strength outside of yourself to get results that are permanent. 

You can't give up...or you won't reap what you are trying to sow. 

Change is hard. God is stronger than your most stubborn weakness. Let him do some of your heavy lifting to increase your faith while you decrease your waistline.

Ephesians 6:10

¹⁰ Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might.

Weight Loss Inspiration from the Bible

I'm going to be working on using my faith to help me lose weight.  I'm learning I can not do it under my own steam.  This is my verse for the day.

http://bible.us/1Cor6.19.NIV 19 Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; 20 you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies.

Another that I keep running through my head is:

• Philippians 4:13 (KJV)

  I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
   

I need to be more prayerful and mindful of what I am doing with my body and IN my body.  Am I honoring God through my physical life?

Thoughts??

Weight update

I went to the gym Friday night and weighed. Down about 3 pounds from my last update. I'm now at 249.5. Still terrible but better than 252.5.

Food Sadness

I am sitting here tonight feeling sad and hurting because of food. i have not taken the steps i have needed to in order to get healthier and to feel better. i want to lose weight and i look at pictures of women that i would love to have the body of and think "what i wouldn't give for her body." but I've now realized it isn't a matter of what i wouldn't give...it's what i won't give UP that is the problem. maybe now that i have realized this, I'll be able to give up. i know it is the only way things are ever going to change for me.

Lunch today...

Quick and easy on busy Saturdays in the retail biz. Filling and tasty. Not a steak, but still good. The shake is one of the best Atkins has to offer!

Frozen meal review: Atkins Crustless chicken pot pie

It has been  while since I have done a frozen meal review. I had this as my lunch yesterday. My biggest complement: NO PEAS!! The veggies were broccoli, cauliflower, and carrots. Very tasty. It was the first Atkins frozen meal I've ever tried and I will definitely be buying more from that line after eating this. Good stuff! I'd give it a 4 out of 5.  

New workout

I went to the gym last night. Man, I really had to force myself to be there!
But I'm very glad that I did. I think it's amazing how hard a workout feels at first but then, as you warm up and loosen up, it gets easier. By the end I'm at risk of doing too much because I'm on fire!

Anyhoo... The depressing part was that I'm now at 252.5 lbs. Not surprising after a lost pregnancy, but a step back from where I was.

I managed 6.46 miles on the bike in 18 minutes and my weight lifting sets. I'll post a picture of that.

On each machine, I did 3 sets of 12 reps. The #'s show amount of weight...1 being the lightest and 12 being the heaviest. Eventually, I will put up pictures of how much weight each number  is on each machine but I didn't take pictures of that last night.

Overall, I'm pretty proud of myself.
I plan on swimming laps and doing water exercises tonight.

On the food front, I'm not perfect but have been a bit better yesterday and today. I'm going to start a food diary to keep up with every single thing going in my mouth. That should be both depressing and enlightening. Ha!

It's been a while...

I took a little time off from my blog. For one reason, I thought no one reading...just found out I had loyal readers I was unaware of. YAY!

The second reason was a good one that has now, sadly, ended.  I got pregnant. I carried 9 weeks and two days...then miscarried. With a sad heart, my weight loss journey begins again.

I had already decided this week I would start fresh, but then I got test results that made it a necessity. My diabetes numbers weren't great and I have abnormal liver levels. yuck!

So, here we are where we started. LET'S DO THIS!