Christmas....

Well I am really trying to prepare myself for Christmas, my eating habits and working out. We are going to my parents again and being in that happy atmosphere just makes me want to eat, but this time I promise to indulge on ONE meal a day for two days. By indulge I don't mean a complete pig out but I will have Tamales and the fixings but I am not going to eat to the point where I want to throw up (like I used to). I AM going to use my sisters eliptical machine and since at this mornings weigh in I was ALMOST in my 213's I am not gonna blow that. I have 3 more days to loose one pound and I know I can do that but can I stay 212? Yes I can! It's so totally do-able.

Anyway, I am typing this because I want to make myself accountable. I don't want to come back here on Monday and read this and shake my head in shame. For Thanksgiving it's like I programmed my mind a day before that it was ok to indulge the whole weekend. I was 221 on Thanksgiving and now I am 214 (almost 213) so that's 7 almost 8 pounds since then. I could of done so much better but I have been eating crappy 3 out of the 4 weekends...so I gain 1, 2 even 3 pounds by Mondays's, I know it's mostly water weight on some weekend because of all the salt but it still takes me 3 to 4 days to get rid of that weekend weight gain. I can use the weekends to loose and not just maintain or worst GAIN.

I brought my bike to work today so I plan on doing that. Laura and I haven't gone walking at all this week and the only day I rode my bike this week was Monday. I took a short walk yesterday after my sucky lunch so today I am taking my lunch at 10am and going for a 3 mile ride. That should work well. I think I definitely will be 212 by Saturday if not lower. Ok well today is probably my last day training which will be nice because I will have my space back!


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I got my Cooking Light magazine yesterday and there are so many yummy recipes in there. I think I might try a few while I am gone.
Ok off to eat my breakfast but read below...this is something we should all think about.

No Room in the Inn

"She brought forth her firstborn Son, and wrapped Him in swaddling cloths, and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn."
Luke 27


In these days of modern technology, we never miss a thing with TiVo, voice mail, DVD recorders, and camera phones. But even though our toys keep us from missing a phone call, they can also cause us to miss the real reason for the holiday season. You can watch Christmas disappear in front of your eyes in a heap of shredded wrapping paper, and find yourself saying, "I was so busy shopping, so busy attending this, going to that, that I think I actually missed the point of Christmas."

It might be surprising to know that the majority of people missed the very first Christmas as well. People just carried on with business as usual, paying no attention to what was happening just a few feet away. In Luke chapter 2, we are introduced to an innkeeper who had no time for Christmas. In this familiar story, Mary and Joseph came to the innkeeper for a room, but because his inn was full, he turned them away. The only place to which he referred this young pregnant woman and her husband was a stable, a cold, dark, and damp stable—which was more than likely a cave. He was too preoccupied with other things to make the time for Christmas.

There are people like this in the world today. They don't necessarily oppose or hate God outright. They are simply preoccupied. God and spiritual things do not concern them. Their interests lie more in what can immediately satisfy their own physical needs. The innkeeper was too busy to make room in the inn for the soon coming Messiah.

Let me ask you this: have you made room for Jesus this Christmas? If not, there is still time to refocus your holidays and make room for Christ this Christmas.