Snow...what to do?

Today completes my second full week of working out. It was been a very interesting week here in the lovely city (enter laugh here) of Alpine, Texas. I have a wonderful support base of friends who are helping me stay motivated to continue on this journey.

Monday was a great day to work out. Addie, my roommate, joined me and we ran more than I have ever ran before. I think we ended up walking/running for 2 1/4 miles. I think I ended up running for half of that time. A few other friends joined us in the gym. We had to go to the gym because the track was frozen over!!! I was quite sad because the monotony of running around the gym started to get to me after a while. But it was nice to catch up with Addie, as we hadn't really had a chance to hang out since school started. Tuesday and Thursday were Pilate's days! Oh boy, how I am starting to love the gentle stretching and ease of Pilates. Wednesday was running at the track with several wonderful women of God. Ended up walking 1 3/4 miles and running for 1/2 mile without stopping! I was super excited.

Today I ended up back at the gym because of frozen snow everywhere. This was a great exercise in not dying on the way to the gym because of black ice! Any way, I got on the stationary bike and ended up riding for 6 1/2 miles! Woo Hoo! So tired now! Worked with some weights and stretched to end this great week. I will tell you though, getting out of bed was very hard for me this morning. I went to bed late for the past two nights trying to fix my computer which makes for hard early mornings.

As for my body...I feel as though I have been hit by a truck! I am very sore and tired, but I know its worth it. I have lost approximately 5 lbs in the last two weeks! Starting to be able to fit back into my clothes after the unfortunate event of one to many cookies at Christmas time. Now, I'm starting to eat better and continue on this work out battle.

This week I realised that it is tough sticking out this walk. I have more energy than ever and my metabolism has skyrocketed; however, having the gumption to continue is tough. I know how my muscles are going to feel, but I still push on. Hopefully it will get easier from here.

This week there was a man who came to church named Keith Luker. He is a very talented musician and worshiper of God. It was a blessing to have him here and to pray for us. He prayed over several people, including myself, about receiving a double anointing to reach the unreached. I realised after this that worship for me has a much bigger burden than before. It surprises me that this has happened, simply because it was unexpected. But my Jesus is amazing. I said in a Bible study last night that my heart bleeds to worship Jesus. I don't know if that makes any sense to any one else, but it does for me. Basically saying that worshiping Jesus sets an unquenchable fire in my heart. Communicating with Jesus while worshiping is changing my heart for Him.

Any way, this week was good. I will update this blog next week as the work out saga continues.

Be blessed my beloved friends,
Eden