No Pain, No Gain?!?!?!?

In my attempt to lead a more healthy lifestyle I borrowed Kaytie's copy of Jillian Michael's 30 Day Shred and it just kicked my butt! That woman is intense, but if I can get abs like her's I will muster through the pain. I also didn't realize that people still did jumping jacks for cardio, that wasn't the hard part, the hard part was trying not to kick Posey as she tried to bite my bouncing shoelaces!

Part of my desire to be healthier is of course to be thinner! Thank you society for giving me an unrealistic idea of what true beauty is. I know in my heart that being thinner will not ultimately make me beautiful. One of my favorite scriptures is Ecclesiastes 3:11, "He has made everything beautiful in its time". I don't think that means that we are all walking around as ugly ducklings waiting for the magic wand to turn us into a swan, but it is through maturity and growth that we all recognize our own beauty. It is almost like a paint by number, we fill in one color at a time watching the entire picture come into view; through time and the challenges God has blessed us with, we add color to our lives and see our own picture come into focus.

Often times we simply miss the picture and see only blobs of color, with God's help we can begin to realize how the colors come together to make a masterpiece. I say all of this but right now I feel like a toddler has been working on my paint by number and its a big ol' mess! More important than my appearance I need to work on seeing the beauty in the person that I am. He created me in His image and I should strive not to weigh less but to love others and model the truth in His word. 

I am going to continue to exercise and strive to lose a few pounds, but not because I want to be supermodel thin but because I want to take care of the body that God has given me. I have to start taking better care of myself in order to feel better and have less "bad diabetic days". Jillian Michaels and I will be spending a lot of quality time together! :)