The Low down...to date.

So this is hard...it is hard to make yourself exersize daily and eat rite.  The first two weeks were rather fun for me, but it's getting to where I have to make myself exersize(What ever it takes, rite!!)!  Especially when we are so acustom to just doing what ever we want depending on our mood, or atleast that's the way we roll up in here...most of the time.  Any ways I have been able to stick to my getting on the treadmill each weekday and some Saturdays, though Sunday is my designated free day(exersize & food wise). Each day I walk/jog I also do situps and leg lifts.  While walking I lift 2 lb weights with my arms, but I don't while jogging.  I do atleast 1.5 mile walk jog combo or 30 min. each weekday.   Michael has gotten to where he & his sitser Patti walk around our neighborhood about 3-4 days a week, sometimes we all go. I Mostly  like to use the treadmill, it's not as hot in the house(I hate sweat) & I can get my exersize in while the kids are finishing up school work.  I am finding it difficult to give up sweets & we are working on portion control(with everything not just sweets).  It seems like every time I turn around it's someone's birthday and the infamous cupcake, cookie or cake and icecream are lingering(I know it's not good for me though)!  It seems that when one is feeling down or it's that time of the month I need a lil comfort from my delicous friends...Somethings gota give.   I am approaching this slowly, trying to wean myself from things not so healthy because I am afraid if I stop cold turkey it will send me into a downward spiral and I will fail with my healthier life goals.  Maybe it's a copout, maybe I am just week, or maybe making excuses just to get my fix now and then....who knows?  All I know is for me this is a trial and error process and on the 30th the scales will tell the tale...I am willing to make the necessary changes, but truth be told I don't want to have to give up my cakes completely. Sodas are no problem and bread not so bad, but I know my weaknesses may get me on this.  Will know more on the 30th, the scales don't lie.

Lord help us to have the strength to overcome ALL our weaknesses in our daily lives..Amen!

"Be still and know that I am God" Psa. 46:10

God showed me some things about myself this morning on the way to church and it contenued in service.  I am a BROKEN ARROW...{unintentionally} misguided by my BOW.  I understand some things from my past and what role they play in my present, but what I don't know is how to fix any of it.  So I will do all I know to do...keep my mouth shut, pray & trust God. ~ I pray that each generation in our family take more ground from the enemy.  Lord help me to make sharp arrows and point them in the right direction(toward your will) and restore me and all that has been taken from my family for generations..I am serving the devil notice no more taking what the Lord died for us to have, it is on.
In JESUS name..Amen~

Gen. 22:17  That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies; multigenerational blessing~father, son, grandson~Abraham, Isiac, Jacob(it's not just about us)Psa. 127:1-5  Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.  It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep.  Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.  As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth.  Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate. ~Parents/grandparents are the bow(set the coarse for the arrow) and children(natural and spiritual) are the arrows~the bow is no good w/out the arrow and vise versa, get them together & you have a lethal weapon~

2 Kings 13:17-18 And he said, Open the window eastward. And he opened it. Then Elisha said, Shoot. And he shot. And he said, The arrow of the LORD'S deliverance, and the arrow of deliverance from Syria: for thou shalt smite the Syrians in Aphek, till thou have consumed them.  And he said, Take the arrows. And he took them. And he said unto the king of Israel, Smite upon the ground. And he smote thrice, and stayed.

Psa. 105:8  He hath remembered his covenant for ever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations.
Psa. 78:9  The children of Ephraim, being armed, and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle.

Joe. 2:25 And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpiller, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you.

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{Me in all my glory...}

 {I am journaling this because I spoke with a friend who has lost a great deal of weight and I told her..."Oh how I wish you would have blogged your journey,"  so I could keep up with her for insperation and to gain knowledge...so here I am, since she didn't I have no other choice..it's on me now!!}

   Just finished 30 minutes on the treadmill.  My begining weight was 159.6(8/2/11) and it is now 157.  I will be weighing every 2 wks (next weigh in is 8/30).  The goal I have set is to keep a weight of between 125/130 lbs.  Resulting in a total weightloss of between 30-35 lbs. and keep it off.  I am seeking a lifestyle change not a quick fix. Watching portion sizes and junk intake through the week.  I don't desire to look like a supermodel, I just want to be and look healthier. SO, if I see that I start looking to thin I will stop b4 my goal. Our family is in the process of changing food, exersize & aditude habbits.  Lord help us!! 

New & Improved BLOG

This will be where we share pieces of our life with you...feel free to follow us & enjoy life with our family.  Aly will be creating her own blog soon so keep your eyes peeled for her fun new blog.  I will be blogging later about our attempt at a healthier lifestyle and my weightloss goals & stratigies...will be posting pics and keeping a journal. 

Q. of the day...where does the fine line between truth and judgement lie??

As I ponder on this question I am looking around seeing all kinds of craziness.  I do not want to judge any one for the Bible says not to do so (Matthew 7, says not to judge ~  and if you do you will be judged  to the extent of your judgement on ohters, going on to say to deal with your own problems before trying to help deal with someone elses...or else you are a hypocrite). My next question being do you let someone come to you or do you go to them??... Galations 6:1 also says if any man be over taken in a fault those which are spiritual are to restore them in the spirit of meekness; considering themselves becasue they to can be tempted.  The Bible also warns us not to speak flattery{Psalms 5:9, 78:36, Job 17:5} (just tell people what they want to her~don't be an ear tickler), but from my experience people would much rather have thier ear tickled than hear the TRUTH.  In my personal opinion flattery is equivilent to lieing, you are not speaking truth you are dressing it up as to not offend the person. 1 John 2:21 says.. I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth.  Collosians says, lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds. Proverbs 12:6 says.. The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.  I believe many can not handle the truth because we abuse and misuse our gift God gave us to be able to help people with our mouths.  Gossip and rumors run rampid these days, so when you are speaking the truth to someone the feel like people have been talking about them behind their backs placing judgement and insted of seeing someone who wants to help them, thus most of the time people get offended and defensive.  Or it could possibly be that we/they already know the TRUTH and are not willing or ready to do what we know needs to be done to make the necessary changes in our lives to reap the benifits of those necessary changes.  Until submittend to the Lord no one can lead a person out of thier cycle(you can help with prayer and truth, but you can't make someone see or do what they are unwilling to see/do).  All our answers lie in one book, the Bible...James 4:7 submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.  Matther 7:7 ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:   Matthew 6:3 But seek ye firstt the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. Isaiah 40:31 But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mountt up with wings as eagless; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint  Proverbs 3:5-7 Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.  In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.  Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.  In seeking the Lord with my questions I feel he is the only one with the answers and I know I must be careful not to judge yet speak the truth in love and meekness...which I need HIS help with, sin easily angers me.  I do not like knowing I have hurt the Lord nor do I like it when someone else does it either...Lord help me not to judge and have self control.  I want to be able to discern when I am to speak up and when to shut up and not let me get in the way....Ephesians 4 says,  I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,  With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love;  Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.  There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling;  One Lord, one faith, one baptism,  One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.  But unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ. Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men.  (Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth? He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things.) And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;  For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:  Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:  That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive;  But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ.  From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love.  This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind,  Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart:  Who being past feeling have given themselves over unto lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.  But ye have not so learned Christ;  If so be that ye have heard him, and have been taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus:  That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;  And be renewed in the spirit of your mind;  And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness. Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another. Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath:  Neither give place to the devil.  Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.  Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.  And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.  Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:  And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.

Lord I ask that you help me be all I can be through you...