Acts_16_31’s BodyBlog

I was reading a post by Bousman7 about how he had come back to the gym after 20 years of being away.  Currently, well as current as the post was, he was doing tricep extensions (I believe) with over 170lbs of weight!  Which, honestly, made me feel a tad bit whimpy.  But then he made a statement that encouraged me, in that he said when he got back into lifting he was doing it with 25lb plates on each side.  For 10 years I have let myself slide into a soft, pudgy state that I know is unhealthy and really, at the heart sinful as our bodies are gifts to us from God and we should treat them accordingly.  It really stinks getting back into the game and wondering where your strength went….but Bousman7 gave me encouragement.  The guy is almost 40 and is in great shape….I have 8 years to catch up to him and with God’s help I will get there…one day at a time sweet Jesus (as the song says).  Blessings!

I wasn’t going to do it at first, because if you enter the competition it puts more on the line.  I’m tired of being overweight and tired….so I’m going to do it and LORD willing, I’m going to complete it!

It seems that when one makes the decision that they no longer want to live the way they have been and want to change it never happens quick enough.  For over three weeks I’ve been hitting it hard….eating small meals every 2-3 hours, working out everyday faithfully (except for one day when I risked overtraining) and have had laser focus.  Pants are feeling looser, I’m looking slimmer…but I want results NOW.  I know that is not the way to be.  Things are changing and even if it is slower than what I want I could not go back.  I’m so excited for the upcoming, new me!

So, in three weeks I’ve toned up some and lost 15lbs.  Monday, June 30th is the last day, until next cycle, that I can enter the BFL competition.  I’m also going to try and get my two friends to do it as well.  Some competition from friends would be good!  Got some planning to do but, I’m looking forward to it!

Well….I broke a belt today. Normally that would be bad news, but it broke at the short end, not the I’m getting girth.  It was a belt that a much larger, one time friend gave me.  He had outgrown the smallest ’setting’, but had stretched it out there.  I broke it by wearing it on the smallest.  It may seem small but it’s progress.  Not bad for 3 1/2 weeks!

If anyone had asked me what I was doing to try and get in shape all I could have offered was ‘dreaming’.  The reason for that is that I hadn’t got to the point that I couldn’t take it any longer.  When members of the church started making comments, by no means trying to be mean, I realized that I was not providing a godly model to follow physically.  How could I preach out about sin week to week, while I hid my gluttony behind the pulpit? Finally the image in the mirror, my lack of strength and a growing depression over the issue pushed me over the edge.  God is great in the fact that He has given us a body that can adapt and change in a relatively short time.  By changing my eating habits and working out Monday through Friday I have already seen results.  I simply rember what the Psalmist said to keep me motivated one day at a time, "This IS the day the LORD hath made, I will rejoice and be glad in it."  Blessings!

I’ve waited two weeks to start this journey.  Let the fun begin!