Was I Up to the Challenge? (Day 56)

Another good day in the rearview mirror! 

But lest I get too over-confident, I just had a great laugh at my own expense! To set this up, I need to tell you about Amy.  Amy's also doing this weight loss thing and from the very beginning of this blog, she and I just clicked.  I appreciate her support, but more than that, I appreciate her friendship.

Amy is totally rockin' the whole exercise thing, but struggles more with food temptations.  I'm totally in control where food is concerned, but exercise is a completely different story.

So this morning Amy and I threw out a challenge to each other.  I suggested that every time she was tempted today to eat something that she would feel bad about afterward, she was to invoke Philippians 4:13 (we also share a deep faith so I knew that would resonate with her.)

And she challenged me to ride the bike today for 30 minutes, and do 10 minutes of toning exercises.  She even gave me some exercise suggestions that would be easy on my knees...crunches, leg lifts, wall push-ups, and curls using the big elastic band thingy.

No problem, right? Well...not exactly.  30 minutes on the bike was no problem. But the other stuff?  I'm still laughing!!  I barely eeked out 20 crunches and after 17 leg lifts I wanted to die!!  I technically did the 10 minutes required to meet the challenge if you count the amount of time that I laid there groaning, and the amount of time it took to get up off the floor! Sheesh!!

So back to earth. Boy, I've got a long way to go!! I appreciate the challenge, and it will probably take me a few days to get there.  But get there, I will.  There, and then some!

I also had some really great feedback today about this path I'm on. I know that I'm blogging for me, and it takes discipline to get on here every night and honestly convey what's going on in my journey and in my head. Sometimes I really struggle with it...but invariably some semi-coherent thoughts emerge and I fulfill this step of accountability, and I generally learn something about myself in the process. 

So this blogging has been very good for me, but it's total serendipity when I find out that I've been able to inspire people who I care about. I heard from a friend today who's been following along, and though she doesn't need to lose weight, she said she has found the inspiration to take on a different kind of challenge that she desires to achieve. I so love to hear that!  And you know what? She's totally gonna do it!

So...all in all a good day. 1,425 calories, 80 oz. of water, and definitely some good exercise. (Hope I can walk tomorrow!!) 

Until tomorrow, God bless...