Ouchy

My stomach has been killing me all day, my current belief is that my stomach is writing a strongly worded letter about my recent intakes of fast food and organic all natural detoxification tea, it is my belief that it would like me to choose haha. I guess my plan is to try and eat less ridiculously unhealthy things like what ever McDonald's is calling "chicken". I am not happy that I have been coasting around 365-362 pounds for 2 weeks now so my plan is to work a little harder to start losing weight again instead of sitting around at minus 20 some pounds! Hope I can count on you guys for your continued support, as well as God's blessings.

Well no one had any requests so far so today I bring you another post about whatever comes to mind. I am at 364 lbs not bad a two pound gain the result of eating out 4 times the last 3 days. Still praying for all those families who were impacted by the storm. Church last night was awesome as always, love to worship and the message was very impacting; still a bit surprised at the amount of youth leaders at 4th service. Well I guess that's all for today time to go out and try my best to use my gifts and talents as dispensers of grace!

Requests

Normally I just post what ever comes to mind once or twice a day, but this time I am asking if there is anything you would like to see a post about? I love to share my beliefs but I have lots of them and it is nice to know which direction to go sometimes! you can comment here, message me on facebook, or email me at Ib1crazyman@gmail.com!

Music

I love music, I love worship songs and singing in big groups at church (and camp :)  ). I also love christian music but I don't feel anything against a song because it is secular or not sung by a Christian band. I have to admit I am a really big fan of listening to Metallica, but what I believe when it comes to listening to music is how does it influence your thoughts and your heart; your words and your actions. If you are someone who is easily swayed in their beliefs then perhaps it is best to just listen to Christian music only, but for me I listen to a song for inspiration in my comics and my writings. I usually pay attention to the instrumentals more so than the lyrics in a song so thus I don't pull negative things away from listening to them. Music is something as Christians we should redeem not reject.

Storms

Sorry I didn't post this morning, The internet at our house was disabled from the storm. The storm ravaged much of the tri-state including my own little slice of it Grant County. I would like to ask you all to pray for those who lost loved ones, those who lost their homes, and those who lost their lives. Lots of families were left without power and many left without anything at all so please find out what you can do to help and let's support this community and take this opportunity to show the love of Christ to our neighbors. God bless you all!

Support

I want to thank everyone who has supported me in changing my life style, it hasn't been easy but all the feed back from you guys has been awesome. January 9th I weighed 385 lbs. today I weighed 362 lbs. A lot of work has gone into it and the motivation is the keystone holding it together. When I started out i was just walking and I did that for while and built up to 2-3 miles of walking a day. While I still walk I don't as much because I have begun doing a lot of strength training. I have a routine I do 4-6 times a day throughout the day when I have the time and energy. I do 50 crunches on the floor, 50 on an exercise ball, 25 bench push ups, and various resistance training. and that is what I am doing right now that routine at least 4 times a day but I try to fit in as many as I can. In the morning I have also been drinking an all natural energy vitamin packed drink called Zija you will have to talk to my mom for more info on that though. But most importantly I pray everyday for the strength of mind and body, for the training and tools I need to fulfill Gods will in my life and things just keep getting better.

Reboot

I got side tracked recently with things that aren't as important so starting today I am refocusing my thoughts back on God. Today I am getting back to the basics of just trying to be the best I can and following in the steps of Jesus. I read Romans 13 today and it is a useful chapter, but to me it was one that is easy to grasp so I didn't feel I learned anything new rereading it so I think I will read some more later. This morning I weighed 362 so smiley faces! Yesterday was a really good day very freeing, had a great time at church really needed that specific sermon and had an amazing time discussing it in community group afterwards.