Small Victories

So, here I am on my last week of Boot Camp. I have loved most of it - not really the pain of the first two weeks, but the rest has been great! This next go round I am going to sign up for the three day a week program. But, let me update you on my progress:

I have lost 6 lbs., 1 3/4 inches from my waist, 3/4 inch from my thigh, 1/4 inch from my biceps - and I can't remember the rest. I have also lost 3 % in body fat!! WooHoo!!!
The best thing so far for me has actually not been those numbers - although they are great motivators right here at the end - no, the best thing has been how strong I have gotten. I can lift things now, I am not as winded when I do things, and I stayed on the elliptical machine yesterday for 20 whole minutes!! (Level 5 resistance). I just can't explain what this means to a couch potato like me. Mind you I will never be a marathon runner - I am definitely more of a sprinter, but the strength is getting better everyday.

I am pumped about this!! I am also so extremely thankful that God has blessed me with a body that moves! I am learning that I cannot take that for granted. My best friend of my life called two days ago to let me know she had gone to the hospital for chest pains. With her history of high blood pressure and the knowledge she was still in the hospital I was very, very concerned. Thankfully it is not her heart, but it looks like pancreatitis. They are working to find out what is causing it. My prayer is it is just her gall bladder and can be taken out. To say that I had a wake up call is very minor. Not only can I not imagine anything very serious being wrong, but it was a wake up call about my own health, too. She is 8 months younger than me. So, if it can happen to her, it can happen to me. Needless to say that was the extra push I needed to keep going.

So, as this journey to health and weight loss continues I will keep you updated.

Philippians 3:13-14

"13Brothers, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, 14I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus. "

Press on and Praise Him!!