War on Weight Show!!

Hello everyone!! I attempted my show last Saturday, but it didn't go so well due to my own errors. So THIS Saturday will be my first show on War on Weight. I will continue to keep this blog going. It may not be as long as it has been in the past, but I will still keep posting. I will also be putting my show on this blog. Every Saturday so you can listen to it. It's only 15 minutes long. I would LOVE for you to join me THIS Saturday @ 8:30 A.M. Live on blog talk radio. Keep an eye on my face book page or twitter page. I will post the link. See you Saturday!! Here's the link NOW, you can click this. It will take you to my homepage http://www.blogtalkradio.com/miracle-morningministries2/2011/10/22/war-on-weight

1st broadcast!!!

My 1st "War on Weight" broadcast will be THIS Saturday @ 8:30 A.M. Join me LIVE on blog talk radio. I will leave a link for you on Face book be watching for the link and listen Saturday!!

War on Weight!!! Moving?

I am considering moving from typing my blog every morning Mon through Friday - because I am so slow at typing - to having an online radio spot at blogtalkradio.com once a week. It will be live at 8:30 A.M. Saturday mornings. I will post it to this page so you can hear it. It will be a short program, but when I'm live I can actually take callers. You will be able to listen to the archives anytime. I REALLY NEED some opinions. WHAT DO YOU THINK? Should I keep typing or do the radio thing? PLEASE let me know your opinion.

Pushing off Paleo

      Yea, I pushed off starting the Paleo diet until this Sunday. I didn't exactly "mean" to push it off. Here's the story. On the Paleo diet you get one day of cheats - I think I have it right. So I am planning on using Tuesday as that cheat time. - It may be one cheat meal, I'll have to double check. Anyway We were having chili Tuesday and I had planned, for awhile to make a new "spicy" chili. Everything seemed o.k. I told Holly on Monday, "Hey, We're having chili Tomorrow. It uses beans, which is on my diet and peppers, which are also on my diet! I can use today foe my 'cheat day'" Then after eating fries and burger with cheese on it, it struck me. My recipe also calls for sugar and cocoa, both of these items NOT ALLOWED on this diet. So I thought I would make this pot of chili for the next day and start the paleo on Wednesday. The only problem is that my chili was a great success! It was hot and had great taste...except everyone else like the chili Holly made too. It is not as spicy, but it also tastes great. Corban didn't want any of my chili, my dad had one bowl of my chili and my mom had one "dipper" full of my chili. It was up to me to eat my own chili. Let's just say that it has taken a few days to get down eating the BIG pot of chili!

UPDATE!!!!

     Now, I don't want you to worry I have been down weight watchers this week. so I have not gone hog wild. I have however been gaining some weight. Yesterday I weighed in at 361.5. I am afraid I will either stay the same today at weigh in or at best stay the same. I don't see weight loss for me today. Now this week I am supposed to be down to 356 pounds. I currently have 5.5 pounds to lose to get down to that weight. It will take hard work, focus, and discipline, but I think I can still do this. I am finding that the most DIFFICULT thing about losing weight is the mindset. I am REALLY struggling with changing the way I think about food. It is the craziest thing. It's like I can't control that "animal" that just wants one more helping, one more bite. This has been my struggle this week. I am hoping that my focus now will not be too little too late. We'll see. I'm strapping in..

What a weekend!!! - The Start of Day 1 (Paleo Diet)

     I trust you all had a GREAT weekend. It was a very sobering one with 9/11 this past weekend. It was, however, a weekend to find a great since of courage. We found many people coming together, praying for those lost in the attacks of 9/11. We also prayed for America. It was a very thought provoking, spiritually challenging weekend.

     Today is it! Today I start the paleo diet. As I said I will follow this plan for the next thirty days and see what happens. It has already played tricks on my "normal" way of thinking about food. Yea, I stooped myself from reaching out for the doughnuts, cookies, cheese sticks. Instead I went and bought chicken, some steak - lean, of course, and something I have not ever really bought before...fish! WHOA! I am NOT a fish person, but Holly likes it and I told her I would try some, since I can have it.

     I have been given some "homework" from the one who suggested this "diet" to me. I will simply call him my "Paleo Pilot" - Hey, I'm a preacher I have to fulfill the urge to alliterate (LOL). So I will be doing some reading and sharing with you what I discover. My "Paleo Pilot" has informed me that this is not just a diet is supposed to be a lifestyle change. If you need a refresher of what this paleo diet is about, I give a brief outline in my "Change" blog. So ready or not.... I am Plotting off into the Paleo diet and Plan to come in first Place!!! (HAHAHAHAHA!!!) - I just can't help myself today, I MUST alliterate.
    
     As for my war on weight, it was a great success. I won a BIG battle this week. I am feeling MUCH better! I can't believe how good I feel and I am just now making some progress. My goal weight was set for 358 pounds for Sunday - my official weigh day. I stepped on the scale and it said 356.5 pounds!!! I actually went OVER my goal this week!! What a shot in the arm to get me motivated and ready to go. The great news is that my goal weight for this Sunday is 356 pounds. I only have 1/2 a pound to lose to reach that goal. Now, a word of caution, I reached this goal while on my monthly "special diet" I am coming off this "special diet" today, so I am fully expecting to gain SOME of the weight back, but not ALL. So my 1/2 a pound weight loss goal for this week will take GREAT discipline. My goal is to NEVER EVER see my scale say that I weigh 360 again...EVER!!! I am determined and will work hard not to see that again.

Chili

     Yesterday was a very difficult day. I didn't eat anything bad, but I sure wanted to. Holy and the kids were eating big bowls of chili and me well... let's just say I didn't eat any chili, although it is one of my favorite meals when it is "cold" outside. I had instead a nice big cup of water. This is something do every month. I don't eat "normally" for several days in a row. This month it is 4 days and eventually I will work my way up to the first 7 days of a month. At the beginning of the year I go on the "special diet" for 40 days. This helps me with discipline and gives me time to focus on things more important than food. It is the first day that is the most difficult for me. I usually get a headache. Then when the family eats a meal I REALLY have to fight the temptation to give in to my flesh and eat. Yesterday was my first day and boy did that chili smell good! We are having my parents over Tuesday and I will be done with this "diet". I am planning on making some chili! I would however like to try something new so I am looking for a new recipe for chili. If you have one I would LOVE to hear from you!!

UPDATE!!!!

I stayed the same weight wise. I am fully anticipating weight loss today when I step on the scale. I need to lose 9 pounds to reach my goal this week. I still think it is possible. We will see.

Vegetarian

Gen. 1:29 And God said , Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.

     Man did not always eat beef, venison, pork, or any meat for that matter. This all came about because of sin - the wages of sin is death. Adam and Eve were placed in the garden of Eden and was told that they could eat any herb bearing seed, and fruit from any tree to eat. Originally man was created as vegetarians. Man sinned as a result a lamb was killed - the 1st physical death as a result of sin. After that man began to eat meat. I am not saying that it is wrong or a sin to eat meat I am only pointing to what man ate in the very beginning, and what we will eat in the end.

     Fruit and vegetables are very important to health, because that is originally what we were meant to eat. We need to make sure we incorporate these into our diets. This is  something I will need to try to do as well. I am still preparing for my 30 day test of the paleo diet that one of my readers told me about. I looked up the diet in more detail. It looks pretty interesting. The only concern I have is that the whole diet is based off evolutionary concepts. I am looking forward to trying this diet. Then after that I will either still with it or I may try a diet based on the Old Testament law that God gave to Israel, just to see what happens. We will see. I can't wait to get this new diet started. It should be interesting.

UPDATE!!!

Just call me the world's largest yo-yo. I gain then I lose, I gain then I lose, etc. As I stepped on the scale yesterday I weighed in at 367. Yes this is a loss of 1 pound and a half.  I can't remember what all I ate. For some reason I didn't write them down. I will try to remember to do that from here on out. I have tried to send pictures to my blog, but for some reason I can't get them to go through. Right now I can't even send pictures to Facebook. I will keep trying to figure this out.

Is Exercise important to weight loss

I have recently been challenged on the statement that I need to exercise more to lose weight. While I thought it was a given that exercise is important to weight loss, obviously it isn't (a given). So I have found some information about weight loss and exercise. The results of my research surprised me! Here is the link to where I found my information. This comes from the Mayo Clinic - very reliable. http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/weight-loss/AN01619

UPDATE!!!

I stepped on the scale anticipating a gain since I ate pizza the day before, and I was right. I weighed in at 368.5. This leaves me 10.5 pounds to lose o reach my goal for this week. It is as I said yesterday there must be a change. I cannot lose weight eating the way I have. It must take a COMPLETE overhaul. Good news; I didn't eat any of my kids leftovers yesterday!! That is a bit of good news! One small step in the right direction.

Change

     "I need to make changes in my life." Have you ever said that? I know I have, recently. I have wondered HOW to go about making the needed changes. Do I just Start from scratch? Is that even possible? Do I make small changes and make a complete overhaul over time? Do i just accept where I am and just enjoy life? But then HOW do you enjoy life when you know changes need to be made? You can't. As I have been considering what to do, I think I will make small changes and work to make progress slowly, but surely. 1st change I am going to make has nothing to do with weight loss, but I will clean my office. This is actually quit a statement. My "Office" at home is not even usable and hasn't been for about...1 year? maybe a little longer. yea, I know, that's bad. Like I said it is a change that is a small change that will help me make other bigger changes in my life.

UPDATE!!! 



     I stepped on the scale and was delighted to see that I had lost 1/5 a pound. I went from 367.5 to 367. I am now 9 pounds from my goal this week. I did not exercise, I ate my kids left overs, and I had seconds. I think I will simply try to do one thing at a time... I will not eat any of my kids left overs. There it is, I know this can be done. It's a small step in the right direction.

     I received a message from one of my blog readers, that basically laid it all out there for me. He made one clear observation. I have not gotten very far in my war on weight. He is absolutely correct. He then continued to offer me a diet plan to try for 30 days. It will take discipline, hard work, and focus. I wrote him back and told him that I would take him up on this diet plan. We'll see what happens. I will try to start this new plan Monday. Oh yeah I will be keeping you all updated. It may be a great way to give me a boost in my efforts to lose weight. Here's the plan laid out for me:

You can eat: lean meats, veggies, eggs, legumes, a little bit of nuts (almonds and walnuts), and a little bit of fruit (preferably after exercise)

You can't eat: grains, cereals, breads, starches, dairy, or any kind of processed sugar (anything besides fruit that has sugar in it)

Labor Day!!

I will not write much today, I will only let you know I did not reach my goal for the week. I weighed in at 367.5. My goal for this weak is 358 - 9.5 pounds to lose. I am pretty confidant that I will reach this goal. I will set the same goals this week as I did for last week. I will:

1. Not Eat Seconds
2. Not eat "leftovers" from my kids plates
3. Not eat past 6:00 p.m.
4. Will drink ALL my water for the day - approx. 1 gal.
5. Will exercise for a minimum of 15-20 minutes Monday through Saturday. 6 x's this week

It's Hard...So Hard to do...but NOT Impossible Pt. 2

"AAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!"

     That's what I feel like screaming when I think of eating right! Oh man is it hard to turn down the french fries, burger, and soda/ pop - Depending where your from - so that I can eat lettuce! O.K. I'll admit it I do like salads, but it's more along the line of taco salads, you know with extra meat and cheese. It is so hard to eat right in a world where fast food, fattening food is less expensive, more easily accessible, and tastes better than the "health foods" we're supposed to eat. I do NOT blame anyone else other than me, though, for being so overweight. I need that self discipline, yeah, SELF discipline. I can't, nor should I point fingers at anyone else. So it's time to "cowboy up" and get disciplined .

     I have noticed that the more I am disciplined in food, I am more self disciplined in other things in life as well. I manage time better, I am more disciplined to get things done I need to get done, I am also more disciplined to refuse or stay away from those things I am tempted by. It is amazing that when I sit back and consider how this thing of being overweight effects me in so many areas, I can't help but want to lose weight. I AM tired of saying it. I am ready for action. It will be Hard, very hard, but not impossible. I will depend on family, friends, YOU - my blog readers, but most importantly I will depend on my Lord to help me in this fight of (and quite possibly for) my life.

   UPDATE!!!!!! - I lost 1.5 pounds!! According to the scale I weighed in yesterday at 366! I now have 6 pounds to reach my goal this week. I did not, however eat very well. I had an apple for breakfast - YEA ME!! For lunch it was two WHOPPING bowls of spaghetti, and 2 1/2 pieces of garlic bread sticks. Supper was not much better. I had 15 chicken nuggets - microwavable, then the rest of the family wanted DQ, so off I went. I got me a grilled chicken wrap and a small chocolate milk shake. I didn't think that was that bad, but then Harmony did not want her fries, so I ate them, Corban ate his french fries, but only ate a couple small bites of his burger, with cheese, then was done, so I ate it too. NOT GOOD. I did not exercise or drink my water either. I believe this puts me exactly -3 on my goals list from yesterday.

GOALS for today!!! O.K. I will once again shoot for the same goals I had yesterday.

1. NO SECONDS
2. EXERCISE
3. DRINK WATER
4. NO EATING PAST 6:00 P.M.

Until tomorrow, stay in the battle, we will win this "war on weight!!"

It's Hard...So Hard to do...but NOT Impossible Pt. 1

    In order to lose weight a person must exercise.

     It is hard to get into a workout routine. For me it is difficult because both the physical strain and the emotional will to get up and go. It is key to overcome the battle of will. This is why being overweight is very often a sign of the sin selfishness, lack of control, discipline...etc. because it is all about what I want at that time. We do not stop to think (or at least I don't) about the result of not exercising compared to the result of working out. My knees, ankles, and my feet hurt. It is key to start with low impact aerobics. walking is a great exercise. I must remember that No pain = No Gain! So time to go feel the pain...

      UPDATE!!! - As I stepped on the scale yesterday I was hopeful for a weight loss. It didn't happen, I stayed the same at 367.5 and still needing to lose 7.5 pounds by Sunday. While this goal may look out of reach this week, I will be able to catch up next week. I will simply try to get back on track after being in Arkansas. Bring on the FOCUS!!! Yesterday I ate 5 pieces of pizza, 5 cheese sticks, and for supper I ate a southwestern salad from Wal-mart. Tasted GREAT!

     GOALS!!!! - My goals for the rest of this week is:

1. Do not eat past 6:00 p.m.
2. Do not eat ANY seconds - including cleaning the kids plates
3. Drink ALL my water (approx. 1 gal.)
4. Exercise Thursday, Friday, and Saturday