Last January I joined this bootcamp. Things were going so well then I fell off my bike at work which knocked me off the routine I had begun to develop with this bootcamp. While rehabilitating myself back to health I began by getting myself back on the bike and when the pain in my hips decreased I began a routine of riding the elliptical. Now that I've back at the bootcamp the elliptical has taken the back burner while I get back into the routine of the bootcamp which meets twice a week. I amazed myself since I was able to return to the bootcamp sessions being able to pick up my pace, the only thing with that is I can barely make it through one session but at least I'm there and working faster and harder. I've decided to up the ante recently by developing an early morning jog routine. I'm probably about 80 lbs over weight and since I started my job which has me riding a bike all day or walking all day I'm pretty active and my weight loss has recently plagued and if I'm really wanting any kind of change towards my end weight loss goal then I think I have to add this to my early morning routine. Let's see how I do. Here's a look at the routine I'm wanting to develop.
- Twice a week bootcamp and on the 3rd day I'll ride the elliptical and focus on an Abs workout
- Six days a week complete my early morning jog routine.
I hope that this is not just a physical exercise that will meet my end goals of weight loss and improvement of my overall health. I'm hoping that this will be another way to encounter God and allow Him to speak to me and continue His transforming work in my life. There is a real partnership that we enter into with God towards creating healthy changes in our lives and it's not just about the external although in part it is. It's also and more significantly about the internal.
Here's a video I'd like to share with you. Bill Johnson from Bethel Church in Redding California speaking...
The first Adam and Eve faced a temptation that preceded partaking of the fruit, satan came in and said, has God said to not partake of this fruit? The first temptation was to question what God had said. The last Adam faced the other big temptation to question who you are. If we can settle into these two things where we hear the Lord and we hold to what he says regardless of circumstances and we allow the Holy Spirit to affirm our identity as children of God then all the other temptations in life lose their bite because those who know who they are in God are not going to lower themselves for something insignificant and self destroying...
This is what has been on my mind and what I've been reflecting on over the last few years. It seems to me that I keep coming back to thoughts expressed in this video that just seemed to highlight for me some of my own reflections and over the next few weeks I'd like to expand on these thoughts. I will also tie together my quest for healthy living, weight loss, and spiritual disciplines. I believe these things are more connected then what some may realize.
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