Be The Best You Can Be

Family I received this Daily Word on my usual spiritual email listing. This is an original posting by Mr. Don Rice, a very anointed brother.

It really hit home for me, especially as I continue with my weight loss goals. Hope this blessed you as it did me....be encouraged all!


BE THE BEST YOU CAN BE

By: Don Rice


God has created you to live a full and healthy life. Within this full and healthy life are opportunities that will propel and promote you to new and exciting places. Each opportunity causes you to grow and expand as a person. God who has a plan for us then desires one thing from that and us is to be the best we can be.

Being the best we can be means that with consistency we give God our absolute all. We strive each day to live above the negative and the nasty by focusing on our relationship with Jesus Christ. We yield ourselves to the Holy Spirit and fulfill the mandate of Jesus Christ to obey his word and follow his teachings. Being our best is about living a life that pleases God. Be your best then. Work at life and work at satisfying God’s heart. Give your all and watch God through your life do the most amazing things. Today be the best you can be!

Read Colossians 3:17

Exercise Log #33

As you may remember, I mentioned that I will be in and out of my home over the next month. Its starts today. So to start my month off right, I decided to get up early today and work out. I plan to take the Get Fit 4 Christ DVD with me to do in my hotel room before I start my day. At least this way, I am still on the program's activity schedule, as I battle finding good food essentials to continue to drop the weight. Below is today's regimen:



+ MVP "Get Fit 4 Christ" DVD = about 37 minutes total

+ Biggest Looser "Cardio Max" warm up, level 2 cardio and cool down = about 15 minutes total

+ Knee drop exercises (specifically given to me by my physical therapist for my "special knee" = 3 minutes total



I usually like to pair my work out DVD's together to get between a 45-60 minute work out. Another thing I like to do right afterward is ice my knee and to do my daily bible study. This way I am keeping God all up in my daily regimen (lol) and also can give thanks and praise for the work out I just completed.

I give God thanks for waking me up every morning and reminding me WHY I am getting fit for him. I also give glory for allowing me the opportunity to read and study his word on a daily basis. Praying is becoming easier (and more comfortable) and I am noticing that I am starting to learn the order of the chapters faster as well...another goal I had. Once you start, it becomes habit.

I want to encourage all that are following my journey to try to do the same. Start off small and then build your way up. It will become easier and don't worry, God knows you are trying, but you are to meet him at least half way and you will be surprised at the wonders he will do. Be blessed family!

Mid Day Break #2

John 18-20 The crucifixion, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ

For today's mid day break, I decided to come home, fix my lunch and continue to read threw today's bible reading (see above). While I've heard the story of Jesus being crucified and arising from the dead, its always been second hand and/or through a movie interpretation. Its so much more moving to read it directly from the Word. I can feel the love that Jesus had for me and why he had to leave this earth and die for me. Knowing this, makes me want to do even better daily as I walk threw life. This is why this program is so awesome and important for me to be apart of it.

My thoughts for you this afternoon family is this, if Jesus was willing to give his life for us, and go threw all that he did with betrayal, contradictions from others and down right hatred (because he loved us)....can't we commit thy ways to the Lord and GET FIT 4 CHRIST? God has so much he wants us to accomplish while on earth, we need to be in good health to do his will. Is that not a reason to get fit, get right and get going..........reflect on this this afternoon family.....

Mid Day Break

So yesterday at lunch, I went home and did a 20 minute work out. Since today is a "break day", I actually went home, cooked a decent (healthy) lunch and continued working threw my bible assignment for the day. It was very invigorating actually. Lol.

The assignment was John 8-15 for tonight, as of right now, I've read all the way up to chapter 13. Four chapters were read this morning, one chapter at lunch and the rest will be read before I go to sleep. This technique is something I may incorporate for the rest of my time on the program, for I came back into the office, motivated, inspired and highly encouraged to conquer the rest of the day.

I want to encourage all to take time during the day, stop and pray. You would be surprised the difference it will make.

As of 3:30 pm today:
Water update = 40 oz
Fruit servings = 2
Protein = 3 servings
Veggies = 2 servings

Daily Bible Reading - IT REALLY WORKS

I first have to thank Coach Johnson for developing this program. Not only am I able to work to achieve my health goals, but I will also run a 5k and train myself to read the scripture daily. While I was already working on this individually, this program has helped to put it in gear!

Even though I just started reading the Word (in detail) daily, I had already incorporated listening to the audio bible on itunes in the morning before work. Now, I am dedicating 20-30 minutes twice a day to the Lord's word and its making a difference. How you may ask....

+ Stories that were explained or told to me second hand are now making more sense
+ There are valuable lesson that I can now directly relate to my everyday life
+ The Word has become so much easier to read and comprehend, versus having to read over and over again (KJV)
+ I have a sense of purpose more now than ever before
+ I'm not afraid to witness
(the list can go on and on really...)

I say this to you family because everyone falls short. No human is perfect at all! While I never thought I was perfect, I sometimes put myself a little higher than the norm (lol). Hate to admit it, but I did not know what I was thinking and what I was missing out on. My example is Christ, and that is who I want to live my life like. ...and I am willing to spend my ENTIRE life striving to be just that.

If your interested in following other topics I discuss outside of weight loss, please take a look at my blog "The Silky Chronicles" here on blogspot. I really hope you will follow it as well for I cover many current events, thoughts and struggles outside of health management. As always, I want to inspire you all to get up, get moving AND read the bible on a regular basis. I promise you it will change your life :)

Last Day of Freedom

The "Get Fit 4 Christ" beta test starts officially tomorrow, and I must admit that I am a little nervous. I will be on a specialized exercise program and logging everything I eat on my blog. Lol. That is going to be interesting for the WORLD will be able to see what your girl is eating on every single day. On a different note, this is probably good for me, for I will be held accountable.

The thing I really like about the rules is that everyday, is bible study reading that I must do. For my followers, I plan to attempt to recap my readings and what I've learned from the scriptures. Remember family, I am new to this, so don't be to hard on me at first. Lol.

I plan to post my detail goals for you all to see tomorrow. Tell me what you think of them...are they to lofty, not "hard" enough....weigh in on the subjects posted in this blog family...I want to hear from you...

Things i will be incorporating into my regimen daily include:
+ Drink at least 80 oz of water
+ Drink 2 teaspoons of ACV
+ Supplements include multivitamin, B12 and Biotin
+ Exercise in the morning and after work
+ Journal my food log
+ Bible readings daily for 30 minutes

My ultimate goal is to become more physically fit and to have 20lbs shredded by the time the 40 days are up. I am confident that God is with me threw all of this, and I will be victorious over this mountain.....negative thinking and over eating.