Getting into it!!! ;)))

OH GOSH!!!

I love working out and i love to watch my muscles move when i lift weights... is that bad thing?!?! hahah

Any way i getting back into the routine of things and have to remind myself to take it slowwwwww.... my knees are doing really well right now so maybe im getting the muscle around them strong enough to keep them all together ;)

I have also been good on my vegetarian diet and i can see that i feel lighter and not as full all the time. my stomic hurts less and if you know mee... less gass is around... hahahah

I am very proud of my sisters and i want to say dont think about the scale number but remember your doing this for yourself and it will be worth it in the long run!

I LOVE YA

post more after my routine gets back in shape hahaha

peace ~emm~

Riddle me this......

So I have been working out everyday for the past two weeks. Almost everyday for at least 45 minutes on the elliptical machine...... and I have not seen even 1 pound lost!!!

What the heck?

Now I know the "muscle weighs more than fat" thing but really??? not one pound difference???? how is that even happening?

And I've been eating right too..... its just frustrating!!!

The story of David and Goliath and Me

You all know the story of David and Goliath right? The classic biblical story of the young David standing up to the Giant Goliath and knocking him cold by slinging a smooth stone into the center of his forehead.......

Well that was the focus of this past Sunday's lesson and the teacher (my hubs) asked the question: "What is your Goliath?"

Instantly I knew my own answer to this..... my Goliath is my weight. It always has been. It's shaped my personality ever since I was in 3rd grade and a little girl laughed at me having a belly in swim class. It's something that's been on my mind every day since that day.

Every room I walk into, there is my Goliath shouting "You're the fattest one in here! They all think you're disgusting! No one here wants to talk to you or hear what you have to say! Just sit down and think about how fat you are!"

What an incredibly rude Goliath.... don't you think? But he has won every battle I have waged against him. And don't you think David would have lost to Goliath as well if he had tried to fight him on his own strength? I think so too.

So why did David win? Because God fought with him. God guided his hand in finding the right stone, in slinging that stone forward and in hitting that giant right where his weak spot was. And not only that..... then he cut off his head!!! Why.... so he would never get up to fight again.

SO.... don't you think .... I mean don't you know that with Gods help we can all defeat the Goliath of weight. It doesn't mean God's going to do it for us..... it means He will help us find the right food, the right exercise and the right time to hit our weight right in the weak spot and be done with it forever. Hallelujah!

*****

All this week I have been replaying the story of David and Goliath in my head and it has been the basis of my prayer life with God. And this week God has helped me exercise every single day.... burning around 500 calories each time. I still weigh WAY more than I would like..... but I know that this is going to be a slow battle. But this time I know that we will win the WAR with God by our side. Doing it by myself I had no idea what the outcome would be. But now that I know I can face Goliath and say, "This day the LORD will deliver you into my hand, and I will strike you down, and cut off your head". (1 Samuel 17:46)

HELLO

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NEW NEWS!!!!

I am going VEGETARIAN!!! Im very excited about it.

I have been thinking about it for a long time. i dont like eating meat that much and i eat salads almost everyday for a meal.

I have done some resruch about it and it seams to be a great step to a better, heather life stiale and im really ready to try it. I was scared at first at what people would think but i still like fish and want to eat that but i just don't enjoy meaty meat any more.

I HOPE it goes well.

this is the web sit that had great info on it about becoming a vegetarian so if you wanna check it out :))) http://www.vegetariantimes.com/

LOVE YA
EMM ;)

Hello my Loves

I am in a very good mood. I have had a horrible past week but i got a new phone and it felt like it was a start of a new technology and idk but it felt like i could just forget this past week and start over!!! ;)

I have been swimming ALOT!!! so i have been drinking a bunch of water and trying to speed walk or jog. i have not lifted weights in a while but i think im going tomorrow morning. ;)

I also have started something that helps me feel better everyday! I wake up and go look in the mirror and remind myself that it does not matter what i look like because my family and true friends love me. then i check myself out and say "WHOO YOU LOOK GOOD" and then i start my day. When i have that positive out look i have a better day and it is crazy but i cant see the negative stuff that i always tell myself i have :) so it is just a way to help me but happy and feel like i can work to achieve to be better and love myself.

I have also been trying to eat right and eat smaller amounts. I try to get out of the house as much as i can and been with friends. Tyler my best friend ever... we have been hanging out everyday and i LOVE HER!!! she is starting a need eating habit and i love to help so it is also helping me. But we sometimes reward ourselves with ice cream!!! But i have to say my sugar cravings have gone down ;) i think that long trip to Alabama where all we had was sugary snacks to snack on killed my taste buds for sugar lol.

I hope yall are doing well! i cant wait for those 3 weeks where i will be with yall at different times but all the same it will be a blast!!! LOVE YA!!!

First post after a long dry spell...

Well I just wanted to pop in and let y'all know that I exercised last night. I got on our "new" elliptical machine and went for 20 minutes. My legs are not used to moving that way so it hurt a lot at first. But I pushed through the pain and made it for 20 minutes. I hope to work up to a lot more than that.

Plus I have been home these past few days and I feel like I have done a pretty good job at avoiding the fridge. Please keep praying for me! Love you guys!! hugs, ara