End of the Week Follow Up

How'd I do?

sick

Give the battle to God

Praise God in the Storm

Brain Dump

John the Baptist accepted his calling with courage and strength. I was listening to Jonathan Roumie read from Matthew 3, describing John. He wore camel hair and ate locus and wild honey. Suddenly it occurred to me that I'm grateful I wasn't called to John's place. Camel hair is itchy, and I locus give me the willies. I do love wild honey. Then I wondered: How many opportunities do I miss because I would never consider them due to personal preferences?

REAL Week 626

REAL - Reduce stress Exercise Adequate sleep Lower caloric intake

What Navy SEALs are required to do to make it into BUD/S:

http://navyseal.s5.com/requirements.html

http://military-fitness.military.com/2013/01/the-spartan-300-workout-and-new-variations.html?ESRC=sm_fit.nl

Right up front: Never in a million years could I do what is required. However, I needed to start somewhere. Considering how fit the SEALs are, I figured it was a good place to start. My pushups are against the wall.

Using 1, 2, and/or 4-lb weights:

PT ~ Physical therapy

UBP ~ Upper body exercises, pushups, and chair sits against the wall

FL ~ Sitting foot lifts to strengthen knees

SEALFit shared some good hints I want to learn and remember:

http://sealfit.com/sealfit-blog-how-to-build-durability/

23: sick

24: sick PT 0-lb x1

25: Rest

26: sick PT 0-lb x2 

27: sick walk around the house a bit PT 0-lb x1 

28: sick

29: sick  

TBR

71. Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself: How to Love Your Mind and Create a New One by Dr. Joe Dispenza self-help. Fascinating read. I spent a lot of time adapting what he was saying in terms to which I better related. He provides a good step by step exercise for learning to meditate. I used it to help me improve my prayer time. I never used the recorded message for focusing on body parts, a way of turning inward, because my mind tends to wander when I'm listening to almost anything. Instead, I took the opportunity to offer a prayer of gratitude for body parts, which worked in well with my desire to learn to love my body; I've hated it all my life, which seems pretty silly and ungrateful when it's a God-given gift. When I chose a trait to focus on correcting I chose anxiety. It's a totally useless emotion, so I chose to give it to God and see what He would do with it. In less than a week, my anxiety was diminishing. Then in church, a gentleman talked about the Disciples being in the boat with Jesus asleep when the sea was raging. They asked Jesus, "Carest thou not that we perish?" In my head and heart I heard clearly, "Peace, be still." My anxiety is the wind and the waves raging around my little Gospel boat, the place I chose so I could be with Jesus, and He whispers to me, "Peace, be still."

72. Safe In His Arms (Life Unexpected series Book 1) by Melanie D. Snitker inspirational suspense romance. 

73. Marrying Mandy (Brides of Clearwater series Book 1) by Melanie D. Snitker inspirational romance.   

74. A Work in Progress (Faith Series Book 1) by Staci Stallings Christian romance. As always, I discovered new ways of looking at my faith journey, of strengthening it and expanding my love for Jesus. Though the characters were in college, I was still able to relate to them. Loved the new insights.   

75. Intuitive Eating : A Revolutionary Anti-Diet Approach by Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch self-help. It was interesting to see that I came to a lot of the same conclusions on my own. I was already implementing many of their suggestions. This simply gave me the push to keep going in the direction I was already headed. A few things provided clarification for me and have been helpful. Glad I read it and passing it along.

One Day Follow Up

How'd I do, so far?

sick

Give the battle to God

Praise God in the storm

Carpe Diem

What needs to be done?

Physical therapy

Walk

Scripture study

Rewrites

Read

Eat healthy

Good sleep

Errands

Make something fun

Give the battle to God

Praise God in the storm

Thank Goodness it's Sunday 578

~ God bless A/C, the man who created it, and those who are able to fix it

~ Chatting with my Mama Hattie

~ God's patience 

~ God's healing

~ God's grace

End of the Week Follow Up

How'd I do?

Physical therapy ~ Done

Walk ~ Done

Scripture study ~ Done

Edits ~ Progressing

Read ~ Done

Eat healthy ~ Good 

Good sleep ~ Sometimes good, sometimes not

Errands ~ Done

Give the battle to God

Praise God in the Storm

All or Nothing Day is on July 26

Celebrate with a story.

All or Nothing 

The tenth novella in the series is here...

Welcome back to Holiday, USA, small town America, where nothing happens, except holidays... and a little romance, if the hero and heroine trust God.

Secrets? Angela Goodrich owns a few. Moving to Holiday is her dream come true. As Holiday Sweets' new manager, she wants a fresh start even as she wants to share the truth of who she is. Will she still be welcomed?

Anger issues? Caleb Bronson denies it despite the fact he'd like to throttle his EMT partner's new fiancé for wronging his sister. What does it matter if his anger is dominating his life and spills over on the attractive and newest resident of Holiday?

The truth will set you free, if you're willing to endure the discomfort of letting go of the lies. God knows the pain hidden in the soul anyway...

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01N7MZC9M/ref=sr_1_1

If you prefer paperback, Holiday, USA Anthology 2016-17.

All four novellas, 9-12, are available in their entirety in paperback, including the covers on the back, for those who enjoy collecting a series.

http://a.co/5ETTtmt  

REAL Week 625

REAL - Reduce stress Exercise Adequate sleep Lower caloric intake

What Navy SEALs are required to do to make it into BUD/S:

http://navyseal.s5.com/requirements.html

http://military-fitness.military.com/2013/01/the-spartan-300-workout-and-new-variations.html?ESRC=sm_fit.nl

Right up front: Never in a million years could I do what is required. However, I needed to start somewhere. Considering how fit the SEALs are, I figured it was a good place to start. My pushups are against the wall.

Using 1, 2, and/or 4-lb weights:

PT ~ Physical therapy

UBP ~ Upper body exercises, pushups, and chair sits against the wall

FL ~ Sitting foot lifts to strengthen knees

SEALFit shared some good hints I want to learn and remember:

http://sealfit.com/sealfit-blog-how-to-build-durability/

16: 1/4-mile walk PT UBP 0-lb x3 Stretch 5 FL 

17: 1/2-mile walk PT UBP 0-lb x3 1-lb x3 Stretch 5 FL

18: Rest

19: 1/4-mile walk PT UBP 0-lb x3 1-lb x3 Stretch 5 FL 45 minutes yard work

20: 1/2 mile walk PT UBP 0-lb x3 Stretch 5 FL

21: 1/4-mile walk PT UBP 0-lb x3 1-lb x3 Stretch 5 FL 30 minutes yard work

22: 1/4-mile walk PT UBP 0-lb x3 Stretch 5 FL