Sunday, February 15th, 2009

My update today will be short, as I am even shorter on time.

I weighted myself this morning to find that I had gained 3 pounds...sad but true. I believe at least one pound is muscle, but the other 2 are from special over indulgence over the lovers weekend. So I am still on track if I divide up the weight for the last 2 weeks, 8 pounds lost. 322 is my weight as of today. I cant wait to get down into the 310's then 300's the 290's...any weight loss to me is exciting, no matter how little or how much. I figure that as long as it is coming off, and i am keeping it off, I will be happy. But I wont mind the days when I do gain, because I can always do better tomorrow, and today. I don't have to start on a Monday. This is something I don't understand. Why must people always start their diets on a Monday? Especially when statistics show that Mondays are the worst of all the days to do so? More people die on Monday's than any of the other day-COMBINED. So, as you can see, my comprehension of starting on Monday is whacked.

I find the number on the scale to be a little intimidating, but I have to remind myself, that I am not just all fat. I do have alot of fat 40% or something, I need to lose half of that (20%) to be at my ideal weight. But since I am also building muscle, I have to also take that into account. So I have also decided to start measurements of myself:
Bust: 52"
Waist: 52.5"
Hips:54.5"
Arms: Upper:18.5" Lower:11.5"
Legs: Upper:27.5" Lower:18"
Neck:16.5"


The Gospel should be Incorporated in every aspect of our lives, as God says it affects every part of our lives, and He wants to be a part of our lives, so I figure, that without God, I will not be able to achieve my goals. And to accomplish all my dreams, I am going to need as many blessings as I can possibly get! I was reading in Isiah, the blessings that come from advised fasting, I want to post the scriptures here and add my notes, thoughts, and comments.

1 Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins.

2 Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways, as a nation that did righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance of their God: they ask of me the ordinances of justice; they take delight in approaching to God.

3 Wherefore have we fasted, say they, and thou seest not? wherefore have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, and exact all your labours.

4 Behold, ye fast for strife and debate, and to smite with the fist of wickedness: ye shall not fast as ye do this day, to make your voice to be heard on high.

5 Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflict his soul? is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the LORD?

6 Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?

7 Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?

8 Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of the LORD shall be thy reward. (*I really liked that he says: and Myranda, your health will come forth quickly-I had to liken it. But it makes me feel like I am missing out on blessings that the Lord himself is willing and ready to grant.*)

9 Then shalt thou call, and the LORD shall answer; thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Here I am. If thou take away from the midst of thee the yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and speaking vanity;

10 And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noon day:

11 And the LORD shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.

12 And they that shall be of thee shall build the old waste places: thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations; and thou shalt be called, The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in.

13 If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the LORD, honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words:

14 Then shalt thou delight thyself in the LORD; and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.

Just another note. I have decided to make Sunday my free day. The Lords day. The Holy Sabbath-no more homework on Sunday. No cleaning on Sunday. No nothing but relaxation and worshiping on Sunday. So that was my weekly update. Anything else I feel like I need to add will be added, but if not, until next Sunday, take care my friends.