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Down 10 Pounds, Up 1 Mindset
This is just gross…
I’m on my last week of a 4 week workout and eating plan. It’s been difficult to say the least.
Exercise muscles to failure. Eat 6 perfect meals a day. Only one cheat day per week.
Week one was brutal. I was sore, hungry, and tired all the time… as if I needed one more thing in my life right now!
But then I settled into the routine. And things got awesome.
In the last 3 weeks I’ve lost 6.5 pounds…and I’ve doubled every single ones of my lifts. Hopefully by the time I get my fat % checked next week I’ll be down 15+ pounds of fat. No bad for a total of 4 hours at the gym!
But more important than losing weight and gaining muscle is this- it’s changed my mindset completely.
10 years ago, I thought I’d be happy if I lived to age 30. 5 years ago, I thought 40 sounded pretty nice.
Now I want to make 100. I also want to get in good enough shape to dunk 10 feet. Michelle and I are planning to run up the CN Tower next year. I want to be healthy.
I love the gym. I can’t wait to get back. I think about it all the time. It’s good for my body, and it’s good for my brain.
(and now the bumbling transition)
I need a mindset change when it comes to purity right now. I need a mindset change for how I’m currently viewing life. Our viewpoint determines our reality, and I know I’m not seeing life and the world as I could and maybe should be.
I want to see with God’s eyes. I want to see things as He sees them. As Paul puts it, I want to “have the mind of Christ.” And this is going to take a change of mindset.
Help me out here- what suggestions would you give me for how to get there? I’m serious- what’s been working for you to change your mind?
Thanks brothers,
Jay
September 1st, 2009 at 5:08 pm
Jay,
I love where you’re heart is at with this. I hope you’re keeping up with your routine. How’s it going?
My heart is in the same place right now. There are so many things to seek, but I have so far to go. I feel like I’m at the base of the mountain. I want to be healthy, but the hardest part for me right now is eating. It takes a lot of self-discipline to go the extra mile in making a healthy meal. It’s the same with other things in my life. I want to exercise regularly, go to bed early, focus on purity, and have the mind of Christ, but what holds me back it self-discipline. If self-discipline is choosing between what i want now and what I want most, then I too often choose what I want now.
One other obstacle that is hard to overcome is finding the right route up the mountain. How do I get where I want to go? I think the best way to get there is by asking those who have already travelled the path. That being said, what’s your workout and eating plan??
Keep striving bro!
Jer Ward