Failing Is A Good Thing

It’s been a few days since I’ve had the opportunity to blog and the reason why is because I have been sick, under the weather, cast down, tired, weary and also frustrated that on day four of my New Years Resolution I broke my resolution.  Which is why I am naming this post – Failing is a Good Thing – anyone remember Peter and his wonderful thrice denials? Yeah…

As a result of setting my goals way too high, and not taking into account that sickness may enter the picture I failed on day four of the new year.  I have to tell you that this is a record for me.  Four days into the new year and “bam” I’m out and down!  Which actually has to make me laugh on some level because what happened is that I had to reevaluate what it is I’m trying to do.  Here’s what I realized…

1. God is in total control of my life and just like in the life of Job, it is apparent that God allows things to happen so that we learn to trust Him more.  For me, losing weight is my cross in life.  It is, and I have to be honest and say that I get frustrated being in a culture where beauty is all about youth and how big you are.

2.  My goal isn’t unreasonable – to exercise daily – but it’s unrealistic for my life and schedule.  Not unreasonable because exercise is a good thing, and a worthy cause.  Unrealistic because I know myself.

3.  Learning about the spiritual discipline of, you guessed it, discipline.  I have to admit that I am not disciplined enough when it comes to eating well and exercising the way I need to.  It’s really very difficult for me because temptation is everywhere, and even when you’re trying to relax by watching television, all the commercials are for weight loss products or programs.

4.  Failing leads to greater temptation (at least for me) because it would be very easy for discouragement to step in and rule within my heart.  But I also remember that the Lord said to RESIST the devil and he would flee from me.  So the temptation is to not resist and keep falling into those weak areas.

5.  Failing means that I’m walking in my own power and strength and not by the Spirit of God.  For me, I think this is the greatest lesson I’ve learned in this past week.  Change is something that God does within us, and while we can try to change ourselves, it’s really the Lord that changes us.

So I feel much comfort in this because I know that my journey to 10,000 steps a day will have to be me being moved by God – and not just physically, but also spiritually.

And lastly, I would like to thank all the new readers from the Christian Carnival for coming by and reading my first entry.  I would love for you to join me on this journey and come back regularly.

Smiley 🙂

Iowa, Huckabee and 2163 Steps

My mind has not been on walking today, except for not walking, so finally after 3 PM I got up, put on my monitor and walked….and as you can see it was only about 2200 steps, which isn’t bad for about an hour.  I will make it up tomorrow, I promise.

Now as to the Iowa caucus, this is very interesting especially on C-Span because they are actually showing the people vote.  It’s funny to look at the people in Iowa because they are all so white!  A lot of whiteys there….I like white, because it’s white and delight some – okay a bad joke about Mormon theology.

C-Span 1 is airing the Democrats and C-Span 2 is covering the road to the Whitehouse.  Some boring McCain supporter is speaking at the moment.

Now on to Huckabee – he is clearing kicking the rump of Mitt Romney, Mr. Slick himself.  In fact, Mitt is a slimy snake oil salesmen, flip flopper and big time enemy of traditional family.

Huckabee is the man and the way we know this is because the slimy Romney and other candidates have done all they can to undermine Huck and his great campaign.  Keep in mind that Huckabee has spent virtually no money compared to the scoundrel Mitt Romney.  Which is great because it shows not only does the liberal media have less influence than they think, but it also shows Americans are brighter than they think.

Maybe someday the media will stop trying to make kingmakers and listen to the people.

Huck has tonight because he has the majority of the people in this land – Conservative Christians.

6130 Steps Today

The verdict is in, today I walked 6130 steps while wearing my body bugg, and my feet sure feel like it too.  It would have been a lot easier to not take the pups for a walk today, but if I’m going to learn discipline, walking the dogs is a great way to start.

The other walking I got in today was going grocery shopping tonight.  I’m not a person who likes to shop, but the walking was good for me.  So, day two, resolution kept 🙂

Hey, I rejoice in the small things…don’t you?

Hearty Eaters Banned from All You Can Eat Buffet

Okay, this story really irks me because the restaurant is totally wrong and the customers are absolutely right.  And if a restaurant doesn’t want to accommodate all of their patrons equally, then they should not offer an all you can eat buffet.  That’s absolutely discriminatory and ridiculous on its face.

Plus, anyone who knows anything about all you can eat buffets, realizes that most people do not eat all they can eat and the restaurant makes a lot of money anyway.  So in this case, the restaurant should be complimented…at least in my opinion.  Heck, if a customer keeps coming back and eating a lot of food that he paid for, why not take it as a compliment and make more food instead of being a grump about it.

You can read the story here.

And as for me, I don’t usually go to any of these places because I do not need the temptation to overeat…ya know.

Baby Steps to the Driveway

Baby steps to the door.  Baby steps to the elevator.  Baby steps, baby steps…

Today was a day of baby steps for me because it’s tough to change bad habits.  But I did it, I walked both of my dogs separately and took a longer route on my walk.  It really wasn’t too bad except for still not being able to breathe through my nose 100% – but hey, that’s okay – I DID IT!

I’ll be back later to record my steps, and I’m pretty sure it will be higher than yesterday.  It better be or else!

Okay, Here We Go…

Updated at around 6:45 PM – Okay I did my walk like I said and at the end of the day I walked 1747 steps. Not a lot I know but considering I wouldn’t have walked about 1500 of those normally, it’s pretty good. I walked about 12 minutes according to my body buddy thingy, and I felt like I was going to pass out the whole time. I broke a sweat very early and aside from being in a fog, I was okay. And with this little start, walking more than this should be no problem. 🙂

Last night I took some Nightquil and this morning I had a very hard time getting up. After watching part of the Rose Parade, I was finally able to drag myself to the shower and clear my head a little more. I’m still feeling pretty tired, but as promised this is the day I start my journey to 10,000 steps.

With God all things are possible, and by the end of the day I will tell you how many steps we began with.

I anticipate it will be fun, but it will get better after I’m not dealing with this cold. Praise God for reminding me that I need to thank Him for good health!

Smiley 🙂

Charles Trippy Proposes

Maybe it’s because I’m under the weather, or maybe it’s just because I’m a sucker for a nice man asks woman marriage proposal, but this teared me up. Great music and pretty good editing.

This guy is also a friend of Nalts 🙂

Kevin Nalty – You Tube Star – Better Than Rosie

I really like Kevin Nalty. Oh, you’ve never heard of this guy…well, with all the time I’ve had to rest and sleep I had to do something while I was awake the last few hours of the day…and yesterday.

It turns out that Kevin, who likes to be called “Nalts” is a great You Tube star. This guy is compulsive about putting up videos he has made and he has zillions of viewers, and I can see why. I must have watched at least 50 of his videos yesterday.

This one is him not being funny, but it’s worth a watch because he makes a great point. Oh, and here’s a link to his You Tube page and Will Video For Food. You’ll want to make him a regular view. He’s good.

The Last Day, The First Day

Updated: Did you catch where I said I need to be discipled?  If  you did, good catch.  If not, you’re a lousy reader.  🙂  What I meant was disciplined, but within that discipline, being discipled is also a good thing.

As we all know it’s the last day of 2007 and lucky me, I get to be sick. I’ve been in bed sleeping most of this past weekend and today I had a little more energy but alas, once I got moving around it was zapped out of me again. So I watched a little bit of television – basically a tivoed version of 20/20 from Friday night, and while it entertained me for awhile, it was ultimately pretty stupid. In fact, most of television these days is pretty stupid, and the reason why is because there are few serious journalists who really take their job seriously. Rarely will you find a person who can give a balanced story, which is exactly why conservative talk radio is a hit, and why people like Rush and Sean Hannity are megastars….., well, mega millionaires is more like it 🙂

So this is the last day of my life of sloth, and tomorrow will be the first day of me exercising for the rest of my life. What a claim heh? Well, we’ll see. I know with God all things are possible and really it’s ultimately up to me to do the work and to be discipled. No excuses, just do it….as Nike would say 🙂

So unless I’m dying again tomorrow at the very minimum I will get outside and walk my dogs for awhile. At least it will be something, rather than nothing.

2 Days Until My Journey Begins

In two days it will be the beginning of a life changing journey back to an even healthier lifestyle than I’ve been living for the past year.  Am I excited?  Nope.  Are you kidding…who can be excited about doing something totally unnatural, well except homosexuals, they are excited every time they have sex unnaturally.  That’s beside the point though.

Seriously,  two days until this life change will begin and I’m feeling a little bit anxious about it.  What if I fail?  What if I can’t keep my commitment?  What if this is a New Years Resolution that is broken by the end of January….I have to be honest and say that these wicked thoughts run through my mind.

I know what I’m setting out to do is not normal for me at all.  Which is why I’m fat.  And if it’s anything I have going for me it’s that I don’t look what I weigh.  All that said, I weigh too much and that will change.

So my plan, like I said before is to write here to be accountable and to monitor my thoughts.  Like today for example, I had a breakfast burrito from Carls Jr., a mandrin orange salad from Wendy’s for dinner and some bread.  And that was it.

But I haven’t exercised, and that’s what I need to do.  So I will.

And as I was getting ready this morning I had a very interesting thought about silent struggles that people endure.  Everyone has a struggle they do not talk about.  I do not care who it is, everyone has their own private world they live in and no one else is allowed to go there.

I think that’s why so many people get in trouble, especially with the law.  And really the truth is that no one knows us like God.  And my heart is to want to please Him above all else.

The good thing is that I do not feel condemned by the Lord.  I genuinely feel loved by Him.  It’s myself I don’t love like I should at times.  But the body the Lord has given me is the temple of His Holy Spirit – God in other words.  So God resides within me (and not in a new age way either)

Anyway, that is a new truth I’m working on getting deeper into my heart and walk with the Lord.  I do not understand how God can live in me.  But I do know that because He has given me the Holy Spirit, I see things spiritually that the spiritually dead cannot see.  Therein lies the mystery.

Until later, your blog friend,

Smiley