Turning the warehouse into a furnace July 31, 2008
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From what I understand about fitness, metabolism, and exercise, my body has been stuck in a “warehouse” state for awhile. Bear with me with the illustrations. Food is brought into the warehouse and stored until it can be used. A lot of food is brought only two-three times a day, my body spends it’s time storing the large loads of food.
I want to turn it into a furnace. When food is brought to the furnace, it is burned – used for fuel. Small quantities are brought very frequently throughout the day to ensure nothing gets bogged down.
As it has been, my body has had no reason to burn much, because I haven’t been that active. I was giving my body a great deal more than it required, so it would just store it. Beginning with Cardio and muscle building, I am giving my body a reason to burn what is coming in, rather than store it.
There is a lot more that goes into it, but this illustration helps me to grasp the overview of what I am doing when I am working out.
Fitness July 31, 2008
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258.0. Shouldn’t have had Moe’s for dinner last night. Or the cookies for dessert. Small, but still cookies.
Killer cardio this AM. 20 mins light eliptical, 20 mins extremely light bike.
Lifting begins soon.
July 30, 2008
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Today. Pre-cardio. 258.6.
Watch me shrink. July 29, 2008
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Ok. New Fitness Plan Day One.
The goal for the day was accomplished when I hit the bottom of the stairs this morning before I even got in my car. I woke up early. I ate a great breakfast smoothie – 12 small strawberries, a banana, and 2 scoops of protein powder blended in fat free milk. The first step back was small. Just get up and make the first steps.
I went on in to my new fitness establishment. State-of-the-art. High tech even. Just kinda looked around for a couple minutes, trying to get a feel for what equipment is where. Then got on a treadmill and walked for 10 minutes. Just ’cause.
I went down to check out the locker room, which ended up having a hotel feel. Leather seats in a seating area, placed strategically around a hi-def tv with espn on. Oak benches. Digital locker codes. This was definitely nicer than I’d ever been in. It was real clean. It is almost a shame to think about how nasty and sweaty that I’m gonna get. How many pounds of sweat I’m gonna leave in there.
Which brings me to the scale. My ultimate goal is to get back down to 190lbs. I would love to stay between 190 and 200. But to get where you want to go, you have to know where you are starting from, right? So I stepped on the digital scale in the locker room. 261.6. This is gonna be a fun journey.
I’ve got the right plan. I’ve got the right tools. I now need to stay focused. To get out of bed early. Prepare, knowing in advance when and what I am going to eat rather than just grabbing whatever is cheap and tastes good.
Fitness is a lifestyle. Not an emergency reaction to obesity. I lost 41lbs last year. Then life got busy, my health became less of a priority, and I got fat again. This has got to be something that sticks. And this is day one.
It may never get turned off. July 27, 2008
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I may not even need a refrigerator. I’ll just set stuff on the counter to stay cold. It is going to be so freakin’ cold in my apartment tomorrow night that my neighbors will probably be wearing sweaters!
See I called to have the power turned on before I arrived. Somewhere along the line the ball got dropped. Now I lay here sweating, thanking God in advance for the cool air that is coming tomorrow. And the life change that is coming to Florence.
I love how Perry said today that God wants to take you places you have never been, to see things you have never seen, and to bless you in ways that you’ve never imagined. (my paraphrase)
Its been a great day. And it is gonna be an amazingly cool week.
Moving July 26, 2008
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There has been plenty to go wrong today. A whole lot more than I care to have happen on any given day.
But that’s alright.
I’m in Florence. I am 100% positive that I am right smack dab in the center of where God wants me to be. All the distractions of today cannot take away from the realization of truth. This is where I am supposed to be. Right now. There is no doubt.
The timing was perfect. July 23, 2008
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I have heard it said so many times that if you are looking for direction from God, keep doing whatever it is that you last heard Him tell you to do. This is so true in my life.
In the summer of 2001, I heard God clearly tell me to go to college. Quit my fulltime job, and move in on campus and go to school. After four years, I wanted to be done with school so badly. I had a parttime job at NewSpring, loving every minute of ministry life. I was looking for new direction. It wasn’t there. I was finishing up classes slowly parttime and was completely done in December, 2007. (I know, loooong college career.)
It wasn’t the day after classes, or the week after, or even the month after I finished classes, but the next direction came just as clearly. I was to be leaving NewSpring in Anderson. Heading to Florence.
It had seemed to me that God was so quiet in my life in regards to direction and purpose for so long. I was searching for a new path, but the problem was that I hadn’t reached the first destination yet. I was blaming God for being quiet when He had clearly told me what to do. I had started it joyfully, muddled through the later years, and crawled across the finish line at the end. When college was done, God spoke again. New direction. Isn’t that perfect? I thought I knew best. I don’t know squat.
So now I am starting journey #2, and the road leads to Florence.
My God is faithful.
