Katie - 4.12.06
I'm still on the straight & narrow path - even though it's been a while since I posted an update. The big and encouraging news is that I maintained my weight loss during my weeklong visit to Michigan. Hooray! I'm so thankful; the Lord helped me to make some right choices last week, and I was even able to exercise & lift some weights. Would you believe that I forgot my Walk Away the Pounds DVD here at home?!? I was so discouraged when I realized that; I wanted to do the workout with my m-i-l. O well. I don't need that DVD to exercise.
This week has had a tiring start. We got back to Lou Monday evening. Luke & I enjoyed a nice brisk walk around our neighborhood. That's all the exercise I got for that day. Yesterday we went to the zoo's playground in the morning (lots of exercise for Luke; not so much for me.), and last night I made myself walk away the pounds for 2 miles. This morning was Lukie's tube surgery, so we were up at 5:30 and had a frazzled first few hours. (Everything went fine; more about that on my blog.) So, today I hope to do the full hour of my DVD and lift some weights. I haven't lifted since last week! Yikes.
Overall, I'm still very encouraged and motivated. God is so good to me. There is one major area that I really still need prayer & encouragement on - that of spending good time in the Word EACH DAY. Am I the only one who struggles so much with this? My guess would be no. This blog has been such a helpful accountability tool for me; I wish we all lived close so we could do a Bible study together! The idea of doing a book study together and discussing it online keeps coming up in my brain. But, I don't know if everyone would be interested or have the time. Any comments on that?
Have a great day, friends!
This week has had a tiring start. We got back to Lou Monday evening. Luke & I enjoyed a nice brisk walk around our neighborhood. That's all the exercise I got for that day. Yesterday we went to the zoo's playground in the morning (lots of exercise for Luke; not so much for me.), and last night I made myself walk away the pounds for 2 miles. This morning was Lukie's tube surgery, so we were up at 5:30 and had a frazzled first few hours. (Everything went fine; more about that on my blog.) So, today I hope to do the full hour of my DVD and lift some weights. I haven't lifted since last week! Yikes.
Overall, I'm still very encouraged and motivated. God is so good to me. There is one major area that I really still need prayer & encouragement on - that of spending good time in the Word EACH DAY. Am I the only one who struggles so much with this? My guess would be no. This blog has been such a helpful accountability tool for me; I wish we all lived close so we could do a Bible study together! The idea of doing a book study together and discussing it online keeps coming up in my brain. But, I don't know if everyone would be interested or have the time. Any comments on that?
Have a great day, friends!
posted by Katie at 11:18 AM
4 Comments:
Glad to hear that you did well during your michigan trip. It's so hard to continue to workout when you're on a short vacation away from your dail routine. I find it difficult when we go down to Illinois to Tom's family's home.
I agree also that every day can be a struggle as to who i'm going to put first...myself or God. Sometimes i don't make the right choice and don't take the time i need in the Word. It would be wonderful to all live so close...but since we aren't i think that a blog Bible study sounds like a great idea. I'm sure it would encourage us all in the right direction.
Good for you! It was so encouraging to me to hear that you were able to make the right choices! With the weather getting much nicer outside...we have been trying to walk outside rather than in, but I still like the Walk Away the Pounds better. It seems to get my heart rate up and stay up the entire time!
I agree with you...it is so hard to stay in the Word! This morning I just knew I had to have my devo's but I kept making the wrong choices. Finally, I did it. I felt so guilty about not putting the Lord first!
I would love to do an online Bible Study. I too wish that we were all closer so we could do it face-to-face, but like you said we aren't. Bible studies for me are always an encouragement and help me stay even more grounded in the Word!
Katie, looks like you aren't the only one struggling with this. I think you hit the nail on the head. I was reading Jo-G's post today too, and felt convicted as you said, about spending my day glorifying the Lord. I alluded to that in my previous post but anyways, I'm all for an online Bible study. I had a lady in my church encourage me to go to a Precept Inductive study Bible Study, but I'd have to drive an hour to find one. All that to say I need the accountability, Stephen and I have tried, but we forget to ask each other and he's more diligent than I. I'm open to any suggestions.
KT: great job on your mini-vacation in MI! keep up the excellent work. I'd say you had valid excuses for not working out much with luke's surgery and all. how are you doing on your weight loss? are you seeing any visible improvements yet?
sure, i'm up for a Bible study blog too. i have been doing better lately with my Bible reading but i'm definitely not consistent. i like to read at night and matt has encouraged me to read more than just 1 chapter at a time so it really sinks in and i get the full idea of the text. count me in.
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