This is just a quick update to let you know that I'm still hanging in there. I ordered Jillian's 30 Day Shred with an Amazon gift card from all of the Swagbucks that I've been accumulating. Those things add up fast! I'm also considering downloading the Couch to 5K app that everyone is talking about. Guaranteed weight loss for $2.99? I'll take it. I've never been a runner, but maybe that can change.
I feel a bit sad that this challenge only has two weeks left. I haven't given it my all, and I haven't been serious about seeing results. Many days it's been easier to just eat the bag of chips and forget about weight loss. Maybe the reason I gave up is because I lost my vision. I would look at the slim, trim, two months postpartum ladies out there and I would become so defeated. I felt that I had kept my weight on so long that there was no use trying. I would just dip another chip while a little light inside me dimmed just a bit more.
But I have a new vision. I want to try again. I want to try for my husband, and I want to try for the Lord. In Titus 2:2 when God instructs us to be temperate (moderate) He means with all things. That includes food. I want to have self control over my body. I know that if I don't get self control over my eating habits, that that laziness will leak into other areas of my life.
For the next two weeks I'm going to make an honest effort. I have a goal to lose two pounds each week for a total of four by the end of the challenge. Please pray for me as I do this. I want to break this habit before it takes over me.
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Praying for you is so stinkin' easy girl.. cause I am praying the same thing over myself! You go kick it woman... there is no way you will fall short if you are focused on HIM! - Dedra
ReplyDeleteGood luck! I think you have a great mindset. And you're so right about moderation. Gluttony is a sin as much as all the other ones! lol
ReplyDeleteKeep it up!
I can honestly say that this is the first time I've attempted to lose weight not with what I looked like in mind, but what I feel like. It has made all the difference in the world. Losing it for Him will work so much better than losing it for the cute clothes. Praying for your this week that you keep your vision and that He gives you strength against temptation.
ReplyDeleteChristy, every little bit counts, and it's really about making the brain change that will help you to be successful. I'm not a good role model for that, but I know it can work. Keep trying!
ReplyDeleteChristy, what a good word from Titus. Thank you for sharing that! Absolutely I'll pray for you!!
ReplyDeleteRough starts are still starts. The challenge doesn't have to end in two weeks. We can keep going even when the contest is done.
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