Happy Wednesday! I am starting to take a shift in my blog writing and personalize it for my day and areas of focus. I am not perfect, nor do I pretend to be. I am a work in progress… always running… always learning… always growing.
Family: I have really been trying to make a point to spend quality one on one time with my children each day. Some days are harder than others (mood/attitude really effect the quality of time spent together).
We hit a few rough patches, but busted through them giggling and having fun when I decided to load the boys up to head down to the lake (in our neighborhood) for some fun in the sun, water, and sand.
Fitness: This morning I loaded up P&T in the double jogger and we headed out for a beautiful 3.19 mile morning walk. Afterwards, while the little boys rode their bikes I busted out my Week 4 Day 2 strength challenges:
| Push-Ups (knee down) | 20 – 25 – 20 – 20 – 28 |
| Squats | 34 – 40 – 34 – 34 – 50 |
| Lunges (step back w/knee lift) | 20 – 20 – 20 – 20 – 20 |
| Sit-Ups | 38 – 45 – 38 – 38 – 55 |
Faith: I am really enjoying my Made to Crave study by Lysa Terkeurst. Today she jokes as she shares Chocolate is my comfort and deliverer.
Thought for the Day: Eating in its proper context is not the problem. God gave us food for nourishment, strength, and even celebration. But when pleasure becomes unrestrained, there’s a problem.
God made me wonderful. Psalm 139 says you are wonderfully and fearfully made. You are beautiful and loved, no matter if you’re a size zero or a size thirty. You are beautiful just the way you are. But God loves you so much that He doesn’t want you to stay in a place of defeat.
That place of defeat is where I have been the past few weeks. I have been beating myself up daily over what I thought I should be! I need to take a step back and LOVE ME and know that God LOVES me just the way I am – how he created me!
To indulge means to have unrestrained action. I was (and still struggle with) having unrestrained eating.
Eating in its proper context is not the problem. God gave us food for nourishment, strength, and even celebration. But when pleasure becomes unrestrained, there’s a problem.
Is it possible we love and rely on food more that we love and rely on God?
I am really learning and working on the fact that the process of getting healthy has to be about more than just losing weight and focusing on ourselves (or others). It’s not about adjusting our diets and hoping for good physical results. It’s about recalibrating our souls so that we want to change for the right reasons.
Yes, I think measurements, scale numbers and other ways to measure physical success is important… yet I am ready to refocus my thoughts to overall health rather than a number on the scale.
Do you have the WANT TO or are you still struggling with the have to?
What a lovely family 🙂
Your fitness accomplishments are awesome. I have to admit, lunges are my least favorite. Kill my thighs.
Really enjoying your blog and how honest and real you are. Thank you for sharing. I really can relate to your blog and enjoy checking often for your posts.
Take care and have a loverly day.