Food Follow Up... brownies

Many diets suggest removing all food temptations from your home. I don't have a healthy relationship with food. I know what it is to go hungry, to eat food that makes me sick on purpose, to eat simply for the sake of eating. I've attempted to remove some foods from my diet to disastrous effect. I would eat everything and anything, to the point where I was making myself sick.

I already know I have absolutely no control with somethings, like chocolate covered graham crackers and Thin Mints. I can't have them in the house. I don't buy them. If they are on offer somewhere else, I will eat them. I do endeavor to not devour every single one I find.

I have little self-control regarding brownies. I'm not great with caramels, either. I am able to remove them from the house and not really miss them. Unfortunately, I'm not able to toss them or give them away, which means eating them. However, I won't buy any more.

Chocolate sandwich cookies, amazingly enough, I'm able to have only two and stop, usually. They can stay in the house. Dove dark chocolate can also stay in the house.

Follow Up 08/25

How'd I do?

Dictation done.

Self editing of one chapter of Reluctant Knight done.

Reading homework, which includes 1chapter of 40 Days of Grace, The Battle Plan for Prayer, and Battlefield of the Mind, done.

Just Friends isn't done, but I did add to it.

Carpe Diem... Bristol

NASCAR ~ Carl came in 7th! Another top 10! Go Carl!

What needs to be done?

I'm doing self edits for Reluctant Knight.

I need to finish Just Friends.

Reading homework.

Dictation.

Thank Goodness It's Sunday... 273

~ Found a soft pillow to match my soft blanket. Nice.

~ Dog time.

~ Yummy food.

~ Inspiring books.

~ And yes, A/C. It's been extra warm.

My Heroes... Firefighters

This week, we lost three firefighters battling the fires in Washington. May God bless their families.

Over a thousand responders are fighting those fires.

It's a brutal, miserable, dangerous job. Hot weather, unpredictable winds, and the vagaries of Mother Nature combine against people who have trained hard and work hard.

I can't imagine choosing to do this kind of work. Others dreamed of being a firefighter.

To each, God gives different talents and gifts. It is up to us to decide what we will do with what we are given. Will we develop what we've been given or hide it away? We decide.

Brain Dump...

I saw a news headline about which candidate did the most diet damage in Iowa.

Really?

This is news?

Christian women are being rounded up by ISIS and sold as sex slaves. They are raped up to 30x before lunch, one victim explained. She went on to beg anyone to bomb them to end the torture. Girls as young as 9 years old are being brutally raped. There are price lists for slaves as young as 1.

Homosexuals are being thrown off buildings. If they survive, they're stoned to death.

Christians, adults and children, are being beheaded, burned, drowned, and crucified for their faith in Jesus Christ.

Our media titters about calorie counts.

After the Holocaust, people swore, "Never again!"

After 9/11, people swore, "Never again!"

I thought it meant we would never allow such brutal slaughtering of human life.

Planned Parenthood, a Federally funded organization (taxpayers' money), has brutally ended the lives of over 58 million human beings. Innocent, defenseless babies are being butchered and sold in pieces. For the record, selling body parts is a felony.

There is no outcry of "Never again!"

The question begs to be asked, "Never again what?"

Does "Never again" mean anything beyond a feel-good declaration?

Too many are too busy ogling the salacious scandals dished out by a media only interested in pedaling their own agenda. Too many are as sounding brass and tinkling cymbals, void of substance, revealing hearts turned to stone.

I am only one, but I know there are others like me. We silently unite our hearts in prayer, thank God for revealing the truth and beg His forgiveness and mercy.

Week 217 of REAL...

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. So my SEAL puppy reps (SEALp) consist of girls' pushups, crunches, and flutter kicks, a SEAL training basic. I started with doing one of each. 

PT ~ Physical therapy using 2-lb and 1-lb weights, alternating days.

UB ~ Upper body exercises

I'm starting low, at 10, to restart my workouts, with no weights yet.

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

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

14: Short walks. PT. UB. Stretch.

15: 1+ mile walk. PT. UB. Stretch. Heat. Tennis ball.

16: Rest.

17: 1-mile walk.

18: Short walks. PT. UB. Stretch.

19: 1-mile walk. PT. UB. Stretch.

20: Short walks. PT. UB. Stretch. Heat. Tennis ball.

The first picture was taken in February 2012. The second picture was taken in June 2012. Inspiration, at least to me: