I woke up and could hardly move today! Thank the Lord it is one of my rest days. in regards to workouts, i have been trying to stay moving all day and stretch as much as possible. sitting down is quite funny for anyone around to see, i have to come to a point where i just fall into the chair because my muscles cant stand to try it the slow way any longer.
Its a glorious sore! Just drinking water and trying to relax the muscles a little bit before tomorrow! Tomorrow is Cardio Max day!
Sunday: Cardio Max
Monday: Power Sculpt
Tuesday: Rest
Wednesday: Cardio Max
Thursday: Power Sculpt
Friday: Cardio Max
Saturday: Rest
Had to write that out to see the schedule.
i think i may try to get to bed early tonight and wake up at a decent time tomorrow. i have some goals for the break and now that im completely settled in my new room (The RD suite in my dorm!! Interject: the Lord is Amazing!) i need to work towards accomplishing my goals.
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Monday, December 13, 2010
"All that was ever ours..."
I am reading a book by Elisabeth Elliot entitled "All that was ever ours...Meditations on Faith and Character."
Just 50 pages in and i already whole heartedly recomend it to anyone and everyone! It is a collection of various essays she has written over the years.
In one of the essays, she quotes Sir Joshua Reynolds with a statement that took me by surprise and is packed with a gut level honesty. "There is no expedient to which man will not resort to avoid the real labor of thinking."
Just glancing through my memory at the many things that i should take more time to meditate on, i can see that the fact that i usually find anything and everything that can distract me from really focusing proves this statement to be true in my own life. This break, i hope to meditate and pray through those things that i try to distract my mind from thinking through. I want to come to the point where i am able to be honest with not only the Lord and others, but also with myself. I also would like to stretch myself in that "labor of thinking"; nothing worthwile ever comes with out a little hard work.
Just 50 pages in and i already whole heartedly recomend it to anyone and everyone! It is a collection of various essays she has written over the years.
In one of the essays, she quotes Sir Joshua Reynolds with a statement that took me by surprise and is packed with a gut level honesty. "There is no expedient to which man will not resort to avoid the real labor of thinking."
Just glancing through my memory at the many things that i should take more time to meditate on, i can see that the fact that i usually find anything and everything that can distract me from really focusing proves this statement to be true in my own life. This break, i hope to meditate and pray through those things that i try to distract my mind from thinking through. I want to come to the point where i am able to be honest with not only the Lord and others, but also with myself. I also would like to stretch myself in that "labor of thinking"; nothing worthwile ever comes with out a little hard work.
Day 2:
Today i switched gears from the Cardio Max to the Power Sculpt.
I realize now after doing the video that i need weights and a workout mat. the weights are because they are used in the videos and lifting air is not going to get me anywhere. the Workout mat is because the floor in my room is hard linoleum covered concrete. Which is kinda painful when you are doing push ups or crunches. and my feet keep sliding on the linoleum. Maybe i can find these things at a yard sale or something!
well, the workout was not too intense, but still difficult cause of my lack of activity here lately. That's OK though, I'm gonna keep at it. soon it will be easy peasy...and right about then is when it will be time to move to the next level...
my tush is sore from the cardio max yesterday, and my muscles are tense. ill be sure to stretch them much today cause for real, i dont want them to get stiff!
I realize now after doing the video that i need weights and a workout mat. the weights are because they are used in the videos and lifting air is not going to get me anywhere. the Workout mat is because the floor in my room is hard linoleum covered concrete. Which is kinda painful when you are doing push ups or crunches. and my feet keep sliding on the linoleum. Maybe i can find these things at a yard sale or something!
well, the workout was not too intense, but still difficult cause of my lack of activity here lately. That's OK though, I'm gonna keep at it. soon it will be easy peasy...and right about then is when it will be time to move to the next level...
my tush is sore from the cardio max yesterday, and my muscles are tense. ill be sure to stretch them much today cause for real, i dont want them to get stiff!
Sunday, December 12, 2010
Day One: The Biggest Loser Cardio Max
This was the first day of my six week winter break fitness journey. I plan to blog everyday after the workout as a way of accountability to stick with this.
Man, i can feel the effects of not so much as a walk around the campus for 2 weeks! This workout kicked my butt today! It is kinda shameful because at the beginning of the semester i was able to jog almost 2 miles and i was able to do zumba, now not so much! O well, the past is the past, cant fix it and im definitely not about to let it keep me from pressing on!
If there was any doubt that my thighs and legs existed, those doubts are gone!! When i was jogging, my legs were always what would keep me from being able to go further. One of my hopes is that this would help me strengthen my legs to build endurance. My second goal is to jog my first 5k in 8 weeks, its on January 29th.
This is going to be a pretty intense 6 weeks, but im real excited. Bob from the Biggest loser is the trainer on the videos. I look forward to my second day with Bob! Mondays and fridays are my rest days, but i will try to go on a brisk walk on those days, im afraid that if i dont do something every day then i may not stick to it.
Man, i can feel the effects of not so much as a walk around the campus for 2 weeks! This workout kicked my butt today! It is kinda shameful because at the beginning of the semester i was able to jog almost 2 miles and i was able to do zumba, now not so much! O well, the past is the past, cant fix it and im definitely not about to let it keep me from pressing on!
If there was any doubt that my thighs and legs existed, those doubts are gone!! When i was jogging, my legs were always what would keep me from being able to go further. One of my hopes is that this would help me strengthen my legs to build endurance. My second goal is to jog my first 5k in 8 weeks, its on January 29th.
This is going to be a pretty intense 6 weeks, but im real excited. Bob from the Biggest loser is the trainer on the videos. I look forward to my second day with Bob! Mondays and fridays are my rest days, but i will try to go on a brisk walk on those days, im afraid that if i dont do something every day then i may not stick to it.
Evaluation time!
With finals and the stress of the last 2 weeks, i have not been able to work out at all.
I began this past semester really strong, consistent with my workouts and also making good decisions with what i ate. In the first month of school, i had lost 10 pounds and felt GREAT!! Better then i had ever! Then midterms happened!
From then it was a crazy hard time to juggle everything. By thanksgiving time, though i could still jog a consistent amount of time, i had managed to gain back 8 pounds. quite shameful!
In the past 2 weeks, finals and crazy amounts of school work to finish out the semester left little time to exercise or to worry about what i was consuming. on came the last 2 pounds.
It is so hard to implement a new exercise schedule, a new way to manage what you eat, 5 new classes, a completely new semester with its own new complications, obstacles, and events ALL AT THE SAME TIME!!!
Enter this break!
6 weeks of break from school= six weeks of implementing this particular health routine, and working out all its kinks, before i add to the crazy with what is happening next semester!
I began this past semester really strong, consistent with my workouts and also making good decisions with what i ate. In the first month of school, i had lost 10 pounds and felt GREAT!! Better then i had ever! Then midterms happened!
From then it was a crazy hard time to juggle everything. By thanksgiving time, though i could still jog a consistent amount of time, i had managed to gain back 8 pounds. quite shameful!
In the past 2 weeks, finals and crazy amounts of school work to finish out the semester left little time to exercise or to worry about what i was consuming. on came the last 2 pounds.
It is so hard to implement a new exercise schedule, a new way to manage what you eat, 5 new classes, a completely new semester with its own new complications, obstacles, and events ALL AT THE SAME TIME!!!
Enter this break!
6 weeks of break from school= six weeks of implementing this particular health routine, and working out all its kinks, before i add to the crazy with what is happening next semester!
Sunday, December 5, 2010
Reign in Us
minor alterations to personalize parts. great song By Starfield
"Reign In Us"
You thought of us before the world began to breathe
And you knew our names before we came to be
You saw the very day we'd fall away from you
And how desperately we need to be redeemed
Lord Jesus come lead [me]
[I'm] desperate for your touch
[Chorus:]
Oh Great and Mighty One, with one desire [I] come
That you would reign, that you would reign in [I] [I'm} offering up [my life], a living sacrifice
That you would reign, that you would reign in [me]
Spirit of the Living God fall fresh again
Come search our hearts and purify our lives
[I] need your perfect love
[I] need your discipline[I'm] lost unless you guide [me] with your light
Lord Jesus come lead us
We're desperate for your touch
[Chorus]
We cry out
For your love to refine us cry out
For your love to define us cry outFor your mercy to keep us blameless until you return
[Chorus 2x]
You would reign in us
[Bridge:]
So reign, please reign in us
Come purify our hearts we need your touch
Come cleanse us like a flood and send us out
So the world may know you reign, you reign in us
[Repeat Bridge 3x]
"Reign In Us"
You thought of us before the world began to breathe
And you knew our names before we came to be
You saw the very day we'd fall away from you
And how desperately we need to be redeemed
Lord Jesus come lead [me]
[I'm] desperate for your touch
[Chorus:]
Oh Great and Mighty One, with one desire [I] come
That you would reign, that you would reign in [I] [I'm} offering up [my life], a living sacrifice
That you would reign, that you would reign in [me]
Spirit of the Living God fall fresh again
Come search our hearts and purify our lives
[I] need your perfect love
[I] need your discipline[I'm] lost unless you guide [me] with your light
Lord Jesus come lead us
We're desperate for your touch
[Chorus]
We cry out
For your love to refine us cry out
For your love to define us cry outFor your mercy to keep us blameless until you return
[Chorus 2x]
You would reign in us
[Bridge:]
So reign, please reign in us
Come purify our hearts we need your touch
Come cleanse us like a flood and send us out
So the world may know you reign, you reign in us
[Repeat Bridge 3x]
Saturday, December 4, 2010
i wonder
... Jesus was single his entire life... How did he do it? He felt some of the same emotions we did, did he feel lonely ever?
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