Yesterday was a pretty easy day. I filled my thoughts with these truths and prayers....
"God, give me a desire to be healthy"
"Help me to feel satisfied with healthier choices"
"God, I recognize I am made for more than the vicious cycle of being ruled by gods. I need to eat to live, not live to eat. So I am asking for Your widsom to know what to eat and Your indwelling power to walk away from things that are not beneficial for me."
"Lord, help me to find fullfillment in my relationship with you"
"God has given me power over my food choices. I hold the power - not the food. So, if I'm not supposed to eat it, I won't put it in my mouth."
So basically I had each of these as a "note" on an app called "Bug Me" on my phone and set them up to come up as a notification every hour or so. Choosing to eat healthy wasn't hard at all, I even skipped my afternoon trip to the (free) fountain drink machine at work!
Going to the gym was also as easy choice thanks to some new work out shoes I wanted to wear and not having cable at home! I am a sucker for the Bachelor and Bachelorette. I usually watch it on hulu the day after it airs but since last night was the finale and I really wanted to watch it live. Since I don't have cable my best option was to go to the gym when the show starts and do cardio for as long as I could. I made it for 90 minutes. The show is two hours so I missed the end (I got my mom to watch it for me while I was on the phone and she gave me a play by play).
I started my cardio on the bike. I knew I was planning on staying for as much of the show as possible so I didn't want to overdo it. I did an hour on the bike then moved to the treadmill (or as my dad called it today, the "walking machine" ha!) where I did week one's 30 minute walk/jog routine from the book "Run for God"....getting ready for Race for the Cure in October! When my legs were sore while I was doing the jogging part I kept repeating these two things in my head, "I'm not in pain, I'm just sore" and "God, give me YOUR strength right now b/c I feel like stopping!"
All in all I'm happy for the way my first day went. All thanks to God!
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