Getting back on it

It has been a LONG time since I've written in here and so much has happened.

This summer began as what I would call, a great success! I went to the Summer Beach Project, which is 8 weeks long for students. The staff, including myself, stays for four weeks and then leave for three and come back for the last one. The four weeks I was at the SBP I worked out five times a week. I was really proud of myself and how well I did, I was also so surprised that I was able to work out so regularly at a place where I am extremely busy.
TAKE AWAY: I can do this! If I want to I CAN work out and be consistent.

Then there's Brazil. After the Beach Project, I left for Brazil to visit my family. While I was there I worked out twice (in the course of two weeks). It felt like failure to me, and I didn't like it. What I kept hearing in my head was: "See, you can't do it. You can't have this lifestyle of health, you have failed like you knew you would. Why did you even try?"
TAKE AWAY: I will have seasons in my life where I won't be able to work out as consistently. Success is how I respond to times like these.

Right now I'm starting a running program so that I can run for 30 minutes. I'm excited to start out slow, even though I was able to run that long before.

So here we go! Getting back on it!

Day Two

Yesterday I started the exercise part of this journey. What's the exercise part you ask? The person that is helping me through this process has come up with an exercise program. She also is the one who is reading the 4:8 Principle with me. Over the last few years she has taught me that two is better than one (Ecclesiastes 4:9), and over the last few weeks she has showed me once again by not just coming along side me, but leading me in this area.

So yesterday I went for a run, I ran for 14 minutes and walked about 20-25. My back, abs and legs hurt right now, but it feels great at the same time :) I've been drinking a lot more water (about eight or more glasses a day). I never drank much water before, my normal daily liquid intake is usually coffee, some juices, maybe one cup of water, more coffee later on, and that's about it. So at this point, my body is getting kind of confused, haha.


That's all for right now.

What is this all about??

Philippians 4:8 "Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things."

I've been learning more and more about how the way you think, what you "chew on," or "meditate on," affects every area of your life. This blog is different because it's geared towards my physical life. How the way I think, and things I believe affect my physical life. Thoughts like, "God only cares about the spiritual life, He doesn't care what I look like, so I shouldn't either." So I have been learning to "think healthy, and to think freedom." I want to learn how to be free from the things I've allowed myself to believe over the last 25 years of my life.

I'm currently reading the "4:8 Principle," which is about, yup, you guessed it, Philippians 4:8 (which is the verse quoted above). Its a book about how to think, how to train your mind to think in a manner that is true and honorable and just and pure and lovely and commendable and excellent.

With all that said, I'm also starting to eat differently and exercise more. I started the "thinking freedom and thinking healthy" part about two weeks ago. One of the things I started to do was to learn about things that go into my body. What does my body need and what is good for my body? Honestly, I never knew that when you don't drink a lot of water your liver has to help your kidneys work, taking away from what the liver COULD be doing. So I've been drinking a lot of water. That's just an example.

Hope you enjoy reading about my journey!!