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This week has been an interesting week. As some of you know back in Aug of 2008 I had my gallbladder removed and for 2 1/2 years I was living in pain after the removal. So in Jan. 2011 I had another procedure done where they found 2 very large stones that had been left behind! Those were removed and I felt like a brand new person for 5 months, it was so wonderful to be pain free. You don't realize how much pain can make your attitude change and your overall outlook at life different. Well the pain came back last week! I had an MRI and it came back clear, so the Dr. said that my bile duct is spasming and I will have to live with it! Now I don't look forward to this pain, I know what it is and that is half the battle. There are many prescriptions I can take but the effects are almost as bad as the pain. That being said I have still worked really hard this week through the pain!

So here you go.
5-26-11
Weight: 194 (-2lbs!) 

Exercise This Week-
Friday: I went country line dancing!!
Saturday: Ran May 5K it was cross country and due to my pain I walked a little of it and almost tossed my cookies! But did 38min
Sun: None
Mon: 17.23 Miles Spin,  & 3.33 mile run
Tues: 16 Miles Spin & weight training
Wed: 17 miles Spin & 1.3 mile run
Thurs:3 mile walk


Food This week-
Loses: Did well this week!
Wins: I ate what I was suppose to and enjoined many new recipes

Spiritual-
Wins: I have had wonderful times of prayer this week. 
Loses: My consistency of when my quite time is has seemed to go our the window. 


"pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, perseverance and gentleness." 1Tim 6:11

Complete Honesty

Ok so I decide that I need totally real, and I decide to do it here. I am at a place where the end goal is a lot closer than it was before. But I am also at a place where it is easy to just coast on my current knowledge, not learn more, not push harder and just maintain b/c I feel so much better. But let's stop and think about where I am, I have about 30 more pounds to lose and it actually seems to be the place where most people start weight watchers. Yet I seem to be ok with just coasting, if i feel good now can you imagine how good my body will feel when I get to goal?
Why stop for only partial goodness?
I think that question has some huge spiritual implications too. Why do we stop seeking Christ when we first start to see His goodness? Why do we settle for the preview and not watch the movie? Why do we endure the challenge ahead and not collect the prize? Why do we push really hard to just coast and never get over that final hill?
So here and now I'm going to attempt to get over that final hill, I'm going to continue the journey to collect the prize. You say how am I going to do it? Well I'm going to do it by publicly tracking my week, I would like to say it will happen daily but with my crazy life I don't get to a computer daily so weekly is a promise.
I'm going to track my wins, loses, ups, downs and all the in between.

So here you go.
5-19-11
Weight: 196

Exercise This Week-
Sun: None
Mon: None
Tues: 15 Miles Spin
Wed: 17 miles Spin
Thurs:18 mile spin class & 3 mile run
Friday: I will Spin
Saturday: I'm running my May 5K

Food This week-
Loses: Fudge came into my house I ate too much, I have also been craving Peanut Butter. And I ate too many tortilla chips yesterday.
Wins: I have been doing well on my H2O, and getting a good protein filled Breakfast.

Spiritual-
Wins: I have had some solid days in the word and in worship.
Loses: I have not turned to God with my cravings and I need to.

So there you go read if you want or not, but I want to challenge you to get honest too. It might not be with food and exercise. But it could be with something else, maybe goals, lifeplan, time in the word, or organization. Just find what it is and push yourself.

"Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything." James 1:4

Finish Strong

Those two words have been running through my head since my spinning class earlier this week. One of my instructors kept insisting that we push ourselves past our comfort level and then in the last few minutes continued to tell us to finish strong. And well it hit a cord with me, I know that it was only a 45min class but it got me thinking. Over a year and 1/2 I have lost almost 60lbs, before I started I never thought I could do it. I had every excuse in the book, I don't have enough money, I can't do it alone, me exercise you have to be kidding, I'm just big boned. All lies! The truth is even if I didn't have money for the gym or weight watchers I some how had money for that movie and pizza, I'm not alone I have God by my side and a whole lot of people that have cheered me on along the way (http://bcolling.wordpress.com/ , http://less2cmo2love.blogspot.com/ ,http://stevewallen.blogspot.com/), exercise starts just be walking to the mail box, and people God made all our bones and big boned isn't really an option.
So all week I have been thinking about finishing strong. I've lost 60lbs and I have 30lbs to go, I'm 2/3 the way to my goal. I only have that 1/3 to go....I must FINISH STRONG. I've pushed myself way past my comfort level......I need to FINISH STRONG. I've changed my life for the positive........I will FINISH STRONG!
So here is to finishing strong, when you see me you have all permission to ask me how things are going.