Quick Update!

This is a quick update on the weight loss blog a few months ago! I lost the 10 lbs with help from friends and family. Got myself in check and I realized the best time for me to work out is in the morning before I do anything else. Sometimes it is REALLY REALLY hard to get up and run or work out, but I have realized it's the only "me" time I get sometimes. I have learned to enjoy every second of it, even when hills are involved -_- ... I hate hills... but I still do them. I have also learned that certain foods that I LOVE are not the best for me, so I've stuck with a limited diet of foods. My kitchen does not have bread or tortillas (unlike most Mexican kitchens i'm sure) because I LOVE them! I have tried to have a ton of fresh fruits and veggies and refrain from eating out. However, like any lifestyle change, this has not been easy and I have failed in a few places. Like eating out and waking up to work out. But, you get back up and try again. =) It's getting easier as I do it more often. The goal is now to lose another 10 just for me, not for any particular reason, but for my health and desire to feel even better. I had hoped to lose the 10 lbs by JUNE, but that has been kinda tough! =/ I guess I'll keep trying! lol. Here's the after pic.

The 99

Wow! It's been a while since my last post. I just have not had time to sit and write, which is sad... Cause I love to write! So, in the last month or so I have been battling a lot of feelings. You know, just how people make you feel. I think though sometimes one intends to show someone you love them, they don't necessarily receive the love the way you are showing it. That is why it's good to learn other people's love languages. But at times, we are just human, and make mistakes. I'm saying all this to say, that I have been feeling worn, tired, unappreciated and honestly, just exhausted. In my exhaustion, I was napping before work and after a work out just recently, when I got a text message. And half asleep I read it, and I saw Mark 16 & Luke 15. I thought it was weird, but as I was pretty tired I went back to bed and re-read the message again and it DID not say that at all! Well, I made sure to read the scriptures when I woke up. Mark 16, it speaks of Mary, Mary Magdalene and Salome going to anoint Jesus body at the tomb. They are greeted by an angel who pretty much tells them that Jesus is not there, he is risen and doing as He said he would. Now Luke 15 speaks of Jesus speaking to sinners and hanging out with them. Now the Pharisees and scribes, well, they grumbled, complained and were saying "This man receives sinners and eats with them" Now Jesus, well, he goes into why but he does so through a parable of the sheep. Having a hundred sheep would you not leave the 99 to rescue the one that was lost? And further down he speaks of a woman who loses a silver coin and turns her house upside down to find it. And finally we see the parable of the prodigal son. Now we normally see that this tells us to go after the lost. And it did remind me of that. I don't do what I do by losing sleep, staying up late, sacrificing family events, spending money on ppl, I don't do it for anything but for the hope of seeing ONE person come to know God. If that happens, I rejoice! But what I had never truly looked at before is the 99 sheep the shepherd leaves behind. Why did he leave them, why did he not take them with him? Or in the story of the prodigal son, why is the father not throwing a party for the son who has been faithful and has remained by his side? It was then that I realized, the 99 are taken care of. Jesus has them. Tough the shepherd left to find the one, there was a sense of security he must have had to be able to leave them behind. Or the prodigal son's brother. I'm sure the father had always been proud of the son who stayed by his side. But he always had access to not just his own riches but also those of his father and his father's house. The prodigal son, had left and had nothing but the immediate things. And though he made mistakes and all, what greater joy for anyone to have someone back who they thought was gone! All this to say, I have my focus back, I am rested and ready to get back to loving people all day every day, sacrificially and to no end, but not to forget the 1st scripture. We dont do this for our own benefit, we know we will go unthanked and unnoticed and unappreciated,but we do it because He is Risen, He is faithful and He will get us through it all. Thank you to all my faithful readers and the new ones. :) Good night

So busy!

I have found myself so busy with LIFE that I just can't seem to get myself on a set schedule for JUST ME.
I really think the key to success in regards to living a healthy, wholesome life is to make time for yourself.
I have started to wake up early and run, lift weights, eat better.
It seems like it worked for the first few weeks, and then just recently, I have lost focus, gotten busy with life, stressed, and just over all haven't stuck to it.

I need to regain focus, remember why I'm doing this, recruit help and just flippin' do it! =)

Inspired to Lose it!!!

If you guys know me, you know I lose A LOT of things, my keys, my phone, my wallet, etc etc etc.... the only thing I can't seem to lose are these last ten stubborn pounds!!!

Well... more like 12 because the holidays leave their mark!!!

Anyway, A blog I follow has inspired me!
I will do this once and for all... I will LOSE IT!

So I will be blogging of my progress and hopefully this will keep me motivated, now that I have you, my readers keeping me accountable (please!).

I lost 15 lbs last year with a little help from my friends (Beatles refrence!).
So, I really wanna lose these ten soon!
So here's the plan, I will put up a before pic and blog every other week and post a pic of the progress.

And please get on my case if i have not posted plz!

It's tough to stay motivated! So help please! =)


Here it goes: Week 1

Back home

So I'm sitting at the Starbucks in the Clairemont square, and I can't help but think how many times in my life I've walked into this place!
Let's just keep it at too many!

As I was driving up Balboa and saw the side of my high school the memories started flowing. And as I was sitting in the intersection of Clairermont Dr and Balboa I couldn't help but take a big breath in and sigh..... "this is home"!

As I drove toward the clairemont square I couldn't help but think of the countless of times I ran on that road, the same street that took me to school, and back home again. Looked up at the apartments I lived in and remembered all the friends that I made just by living in that place!

When I think about my life I and I think of home.... I think of Clairemont.
No, I wasn't born here, no I wasn't raised here since I was a baby, but Clairemont is where I grew up, and thus is home.
I know my life is gonna take me to many places, specially considering my latest decisions, but I know I will always feel at home in Clairemont... As long as it's not changed too much.

This place is where I met my 1st friend in SD ... Jennifer, where I went on my 1st date, Where I met my best friend Coco, where I went to Middle school and high school, where i ran, where i got saved, where i met my husband (twice) and where i learned to dream!

Clairemont may be just another part if SD for you, but to me.... This little place is home.
:)

Just thought I'd share my thoughts with you all today!

Rollercoaster of Emotions

So, I dont really read the news because it's mostly bad news. So when I do have a newspaper in front of me, I'm reading the comics!

Well, I was waiting for my husband to get off work and as I'm waiting I decided to check out what's new in the world around me. So I turn to my phone to give me the local news.

I read a story about a thirty something year old man who was so drunk, he had been driving while under the influence and in his drunkeness he ran an older (72 yr old) man over, and kept driving. He pulled up to a gas station where he asked the clerk to call him a tow truck and the clerk refused to help as he saw this man was drunk and may be dangerous..,. not to mention the blood stained shirt. Thankfully a cop happened to be driving by and saw part of the old man's body, which led him to the gas station where he arrested the drunk driver.

Now... My first reaction to this: ANGRY

How in the WORLD do people think it's ok to drink and drive!?? The old man was probably someone's dad, brother, husband, neighbor, uncle... etc! I was so angry at this drunk driver for being selfish!

And then I was : DISGUSTED

I was disgusted at the act itself.... murder? yes, it was murder! Did he mean to? He probably didnt plan it, but he DID get into a car knowing he was not ok to drive! Disgusted at Drunkeness!! Disgusted at how alcohol can take over a person's life. Disgusted at how many people have died because they were driving drunk, or were hit by drunk drivers!

And then I was: IN AWE

I mean WOW GOD!!! How freakin' amazing is our GOD!? He loves us so much that he died EVEN for the people like that! I mean WOW... I dunno if I could do that love someone that much! I was so humbled by how amazingly great HIS love for mankind is. "How could you love this man?" "How could you die for us, knowing some of us would do this kind of senseless stuff!???" * at that time I thought a bit more colorful *
"God you are so amazing, I cannot even begin to comprehend your love for us!"

And then: I REPENTED

I repented for being so worked up and angry... In the end... God loves this man.
I asked God to change my heart and help me love even people who I dont understand, people who get drunk

And finally I was: SAD/ COMPASSIONATE

I got so sad!!! Oh my goodness!!! What compelled this thirty something year old man to drink?? What was so horrible that he had to drown with alcohol. Why did he have to numb his mind and body? What was it? My heart grew with compassion for a man I've never met, but barely even found out even existed. This man must have problems he thinks he can't handle, and can only be drowned by the alcohol.
WOW... God works QUICKLY!!!
God started to show me that even this man has a heart, even this man is a CHILD in God's eyes!
This thirty something year old man, might be someone's dad, brother, son, etc.... he is important in someone's eyes... and he didnt know it!!!
HOW sad!!!
So I just cried... I cried at how amazing God is... and how sad this whole situation was.

And this was my rollercoaster of emotions that led me this post... just to say.... WOW... HOW AMAZING IS OUR GOD!

Too Good?

I was recently having a conversations with someone who had a hard time believing I had no tickets, violations, hadn't done drugs, etc.
At first I was a bit offended, like "what do I look like? A druggie? A rebel? what!?"

I didn't understand why this person didn't believe me.
And yet, talking with someone else regarding drugs again,
I told them " I wouldn't even know what one of those drugs smells like!"
And again, there was disbelief.

I couldn't understand why it is so hard to believe. And in saying this, please understand I'm not "tooting my own horn", but people have said... "You're too good".

WHAT DOES THAT EVEN MEAN!?

Got me thinking, where in the world is our standard?
Are we expecting our kids and teenagers to "experiment"?

Some may say, "well, that's realistic"..... And I think, well, that's sad.

Why is the reality of things a "statistic?" Why can't we expect our children/teens/etc to be better than the standard?
Why can't we teach them the consequences of such things as premarital sex, drugs, drinking, etc?
And why cant we show them the promises and rewards that come when you refrain from them?

I understand that we are human and that we will be tempted, but why must we expect our kids to fall?

Here are my thoughts:

Romans 8:3-4 says: For what the law could not do in that it was weak through the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, on account of sin: He condemned sin in the flesh, that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.

If we are teaching and encouraging our children, teens, friends to walk in the Spirit, to learn the Word of GOD, why then are we expecting them to fail? I mean... Is there such a thing as too good? Really? I think the only one who was "too good" was Jesus!

Why not expect people to love Him and admire HIM and aspire to be like HIM?

Why not expect them to be "too good"?

I'm not saying be condeming when they fail, no! The righteous man will fall and get up!!!

Expect them to walk in righteousness as GOD through Jesus has allowed us to do. Because of What Jesus did on the Cross we can walk, able to not fall into temptation and able to get up when we do, forgiven by God and convicted by the SPIRIT and NOT condemned!


Thoughts??????