Rousey's Weight Loss Journey

OK, are they kidding me??? Whey protein shakes, strawberry flavored??!!! It wasn’t as bad as I thought, but when it says to add to your “favorite beverage” in the instructions, you know that your in trouble! I hate to add much, but I might at least take them up on the 1/2 milk until I can change out flavors. I thought Chocolate would be bad, Strawberry is about as bad. Vanilla has got to be better than this..

Man did this morning feel great! I forgot how good it felt to actually be up and going in the morning. Spent 50 minutes this morning in the gym, which is going to be a norm, but at least it’s 5 days a week. Unfortunately due to my work schedule I can’t add more time in, and the fitness club opens at 5am. If it was 24 hours, I would be there even earlier. If I had unlimited hours in my life, I would just spend a couple hours a day. But who has that luxury?

Weighed in at 294.8 which is lower than I have weighed in since somewhere around July 2010. This month’s goal is 285. Sounds obtainable right?

Michael

Ok, well every single year all of us get our resolutions in mind and go full force at it, to find out that about day 4 it’s all over and back to the same ‘ole thing.

Experts say it takes 21 days to form a habit. Well, here goes. EVERY WEEKDAY MORNING, until the end of the month I must train myself to wake up at 4:45am, drive to Indiana Fitness Club, and do 45 minutes straight workout, come home and drink a WHEY shake, take a shower and be at the desk ready to go. A new routine is always a challenge, but this one will quite literally have some shedding of sweat and tears.

The main goal this year I have (other than to get closer to God, win souls, the usual) is one for ME. I have long neglected me, specifically my body. Well, no longer. If I plan to be here longer than 40 years to take care of my family, I must do something about it. It’s time to MAKE A CHANGE!

So, I am counting on God of course, my family, and all of you, my good friends… I commit to post here weekly my weigh in’s, what I didn’t do right, and what is working right. By the end of 2011, I am going to be 100 lbs thinner. This is not such a lofty goal. The experts can back this up, and so can I. Whatever it takes, I will make my goal. For January, my goal is to get to 285.

As of TODAY, JANUARY 2nd:

Weight – 294.8 (loss of about 4 lbs since Thursday last week!!!!)
Exercise – NONE YET! (but that will be changing immediately)
Calorie Target: Around 2200 (however I have averaged about 2000 so far since Thursday)

More later!!
Michael

In John 20:22-23, the NLT (New Living Translation) says:

Then He breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive anyone’s sins, they are forgiven. If you do not forgive them, they are not forgiven.”

I had never looked at this passage of scripture this way before. We always focus on the part that indicates that Jesus breathed on them, and they received the Holy Spirit indwelling (infilling would come later at Pentecost in Acts 2), but what struck me is the part about forgiveness. If I forgive my brother/sister, then they are forgiven in heaven. But what power our words and will have in heaven if we say that we don’t forgive our brother and they are not forgiven in heaven??!! Jesus makes it very clear that not only are we supposed to forgive our brother, but we are to do it 70×7 = 490 times!! I would say that is even a low number, the obvious point is that we are to forgive our brother/sister without conditions.

Lord help me forgive all those who have done wrong against me and my family! You know what I need Jesus!!!

Michael

My daughter Hannah and her team last night won the 1st Grade league Championship game by the score of 13-11, sealing a Cinderella victory much like our beloved Hickory in the movie Hoosiers! CONGRATULATIONS to the Bloomington COLTS for their hard work and championship season! Hats off to the players who played as a team, and the coaches Greg and Jeff who believed in our beloved Colts!!

Congratulations Hannah!! Mom and Dad love you and are PROUD!!!!

Michael