The BIG Weigh-In Week 1

Philippians 3:13-14 - 13 Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended : but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, 14 I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.

     I will be giving a weekly report on Monday's as to how my over all weight loss "attempt" went the week before. I want to do this for the fact that it will bring me accountability - which I desperatly need. Please allow me to quickly review my goals for this past week.

1. drink two gallons of water a day
2. eat less "fatty" foods and more fruits and vegi's
3. exercize at least three times this week
4. lose 5 lbs.    

    This past week 8/16/10 - 8/22/10

• I reached my first goal excpet Sunday - I drank 1 gallon of water
• Goal #2 was a struggle, and since there is no "measurableness" to it then I can only say that over all I feel that I reached this goal - for the most part anyway.
• I exercized only 1 time this past week so I failed to reach this goal
• Did I lose 5 lbs.? Well... no. I began last week with 378.8 and this morning I weighed 378.0 - NOT EVEN CLOSE.

     So, where did I go wrong and what can I do this week to do better?
I went wrong by not reaching goal #3, also on Tuesday I had gained up to 381 lbs. so this put me behind the eight ball. If I go from this weight I would have lost about 4 lbs. This shows me that 1 bad day equals 1 bad week. I cannot lose focus this week. These are the ways I failed last week. I will admit some frustration because on Friday I weighed 376 - ONLY 3 lbs. from my goal!!! Oh well I will refuse to dwell on last weeks mistakes and instead I will look toward this weeks successes.
     Now how can I improve this week? I will begin by keeping my same 4 goals from last week and I will be adding a couple to this week, so

1. drink two gallons of water a day
2. eat less "fatty" foods and more fruits and vegi's
3. exercize at least three times this week
4. lose 5 lbs. actually I will be attempting to lose 10 lbs. so next Monday I should weigh 368 lbs.
5. I will not eat past 6:00 p.m.
6. I will spend extra time with God in prayer and Devo's - about 10 min. extra a day

    So how did you do? lose any weight? Gain weight? Forget last weeks past failures or even successes and let's press toward our mark this week. It will be a victorious week as we give our fleshly desires to God!!