Friday Evening - Week 4

I was able to get in my two miles today.  So my week's total is 10 miles.  I made good choices on eating and I will see what the scales show on Monday morning.  :)

Another week is just about ended.  Tomorrow is my day off, then a new week starts!  I feel good about this week.

Yesterday while I was on the treadmill, I was reading my daily Bible reading for the day.  I'm in Exodus now and I was reading chapter 33.  I'll be honest some of the reading in Exodus was a little dry, not all but a couple of chapters were.  Anyway, what stood out to me was how awesome and amazing it was that Moses could talk to the Lord face to face.

"So the Lord spoke to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend". Exodus 33:11a

A little later in the chapter, it says Moses was not allowed to see the LORD'S face and the Lord covered him with His hand when he passed by, but he was able to see the LORD'S back.  To be in the LORD'S presence... wow....  What a special privilege!

Then Moses said to the Lord, “See, You say to me, ‘Bring up this people.’ But You have not let me know whom You will send with me. Yet You have said, ‘I know you by name, and you have also found grace in My sight.’  Now therefore, I pray, if I have found grace in Your sight, show me now Your way, that I may know You and that I may find grace in Your sight. And consider that this nation is Your people.”

And He said, “My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.”

 Then he said to Him, “If Your Presence does not go with us, do not bring us up from here.  For how then will it be known that Your people and I have found grace in Your sight, except You go with us? So we shall be separate, Your people and I, from all the people who are upon the face of the earth.”

 So the Lord said to Moses, “I will also do this thing that you have spoken; for you have found grace in My sight, and I know you by name.”

 And he said, “Please, show me Your glory.”

 Then He said, “I will make all My goodness pass before you, and I will proclaim the name of the Lord before you. I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.”  But He said, “You cannot see My face; for no man shall see Me, and live.”  And the Lord said, “Here is a place by Me, and you shall stand on the rock.  So it shall be, while My glory passes by, that I will put you in the cleft of the rock, and will cover you with My hand while I pass by.  Then I will take away My hand, and you shall see My back; but My face shall not be seen.” 

Exodus 34:12-23

Today we are not blessed in being able to speak to the Lord face to face like Moses did or even see His presence, but the Lord does use many ways to speak to us and show us His great love.  The wonderful thing is that we can still have a close relationship with our Lord.  We also have the blood of Jesus, the gift of eternal life and the promise of being face to face and living with our Lord Jesus one day.  

Getting back into GOD'S WORD has been a blessing to me.  I've been reminded on how much the Lord loves us and after the fall of Adam and Eve, He gave us the plan of redemption, so that we could ONE day be with HIM FOREVER.  Just had to share my musings I had while on the treadmill yesterday.  Our Lord is so GOOD.

Thursday Afternoon Update (week 4)

THREE miles done so far today!!  

Temptations to eat sweets has been strong this week...  I think after I've reach my four mile goal for today, I'll treat myself to some dark chocolate.  :)  YUM!!!

I think from now on I'll try and break up my miles, seems to make the time on the dreadmill a bit easier.  Oh, I'm looking forward to warm weather and less mud, so that I can walk on the road!  :)

Week 4 -Thurday Morning

Hello!!

I was not able to get in my walking yesterday, so today my goal is to do 4 miles. (maybe more)

I've got two done already, one before chores and then I just finished another mile now.

I have to run, but just wanted to post my goals for today, I hope to be back later and share what I read in the Bibles this morning too.  :)

Blessings and I hope the rest of you are doing well!  I have to make time to "visit" you!

Tuesday Morning Week 4

I came in from the barn this morning and told my dh how I'd love to go for a walk outside.  He encouraged me to go!  So I walked 1 mile this morning.  It gave me a time to talk to the Lord and reflect on Him.  It was good!  I love my hubby!!

My prayer today is the that Lord Jesus would be reflected in me.

On another note the scale reading was 169.8.  Yay!! 

Why does our weight change so much...  I do hope toreach the milestone of being below 170.  :D

Week 4 - Musings

Back in 2010 when I did the 500 mile walking challenge with MOMYS, I had wanted to be more active, but losing weight was not really on my mind.  But by June 2010, friends were commenting on how good I looked and about my weight loss.  I was feeling great and quite happy about the extra bonus of losing weight.  I didn't really have to work hard at it either. I probably lost about 25 pounds that year.

Now this year 2012, losing weight is something I really want.  I find my thoughts heading there all the time and I'm hoping it is going to be easy and not much work. *sigh*  I'm older and it will be work...

So the reason for me sharing...  I don't want my weight to be my focus, but I want to be making good eating choices and staying active.  It is easy for me, especially in the winter is to stay indoors and keep busy in the house. Now that we have animals I am out milking and carrying hay bales around and it is good work, but I need to walk too.  It has been hard to get the walking in! 

Anyway, just musing out loud here...

I will keep pressing on...

Week 4 - I'm Back

Ok, I'm back and ready to work...  LOL  I took all of last week off and I'm feeling much better, so back to the walking etc...

Weight this morning was up from last week, I wasn't surprised, yet I was a bit disappointed. 
Last week was 167.8

Today 171.2

Today's weight was down a tiny bit from 2 weeks ago, so that is good.  Anyway, I'll keep working away here and see what the scales say next week.  I guess it would have been to easy to already be in the 160's range.  LOL

So goals for the week...

Walk 10 miles
Keep up with my read my Bible though in a year

Watch what I eat...  no sweets except on the weekend, I notice that come the weekend, I enjoy a little bit of ice cream, but am quite content with eating just a small amount.  I'm going to try and watch my carb intake as well.  No plan, but just make good choices.

I'm going to have to catch up on your blog updates later!