January 11, 2009 9:38 AM
Sam wrote:
270...hmmm.....I hope most of that is muscle! Consistency is definitely the key to everything. I was once told that it takes 13 weeks (1 quarter of year, 90-ish days, 3 months) for most people to obtain a HABIT. If you are the practice of praying everyday for 13 weeks, you will, more than likely, continue that habit until you purposely decide to quit it. Same goes for 'dieting', or weight-loss programs. 13 Weeks. A calendar (and a scale) are both good to help develop the habit of losing weight. My son, Daniel, as I have said once before, weighted 230 pounds when he went into the correctional facility for his drug and alcohol addictions. He put himself on a strict no carb diet and worked out in the facility's weight room everyday. Within 6 months, he lost 60 pounds, down to 170 (he is 5'11+). JB, you might want to write to him on the blog and see what difficulties he had along his trek...as he DID experience troubles along the way (a good laxative is a musts!!!). JB, I am not saying any of this to humiliate, degrade or pick on you at all. I also know what it is to be overweight. MY success story began 1 year and 11 days ago. I decided to see how I could lose some of my 210 pounds. For the first month, I ate mostly salads and chicken (baked, never fried) for dinner; had a very small portion of oatmeal for breakfast, and an apple and a bananna for lunch. My exercise started in March when I joined Ft Mac's golf club again and with a friend played at least once, and usually twice a week, walking and pulling my golf cart. Over the first 90 days, I lost 25 pounds, down to 185. But, I didn't stop there. I continued this habit until October (although starting in February, I added a Jenny Craig meal (as my wife decided also to start a weight loss program) per day). I lost another 10 pounds and got down to 175 (like my son). UNFORTUNATELY, Satan stepped in and showed me beans, rice, breads, doughnuts and other high-carbed, good-tasting 'garbage', and I broke my habit. At the end of the dreaded holiday period, I weighed 194 pounds (gained back 19)....hence, I am back on my diet, determined to once again reach 175 pounds (within 90 days) AND STAY WITHIN 5 POUNDS OF THAT EITHER WAY, for the remainder of the year. As a matter of a fact, just last night, I had a dream and in that dream I pictured my self as very obese and could see my big stomach and flabby sides....this morning I am skipping the oatmeal!!! NOW, being heavy is social thing, in general, however, I also found that after getting to 175 pounds (I am 6 feet tall), I fealt tremendously better, had more wind in me (no comments Rik/Tony, and had fewer 'sicknesses' than I would when I weighed over 200 pounds. I am glad you posted your weight, and your plan to lose what you want to. HOWEVER, you need a friend to help you. I'll bet you will not develop the bike-riding into a habit unless you find someone to ride with you. One to encourage, struggle with, and talk to as you rid Reply to this
January 11, 2009 10:27 AM
Johnbob wrote:
Thanks for the challenge for your story (and Daniel's as well). So I do have muscle, but a lot of fat - I am 6' 3" and I hide it okay (though my wife sure does notice). So I guess this is it. I will need to repent of the way I eat and get disciplined. Sigh... Reply to this
January 11, 2009 9:43 AM
Sam wrote:
e your bicycle across America (or your neighborhood). JB, if you think it would help, and I do, if you actually post your daily progress in weight loss on this blog, I encourage you to do so. I did not weigh myself this morning, but I will start doing the same if you want to do this together FOR 13 weeks.
Sorry, ya'll.....this is NOT from Hebrews or 2nd Kings...I'll get to that next. Have a good first day of the week. Reply to this
Just kidding obviously. Not to be overly emotional, but this brings tears to my eyes - someone who cares enough to bother hearing what I ate in order to keep me accountable. So I will do it.
Sugar is what kills me most. Knowing I have to post will make me think twice about eating sweets, though it is a scary thought to only eat what I know I should. I probably should have waited to reply because we have pot luck at church today! Reply to this
January 11, 2009 10:26 AM
Sam wrote:
"-) You know why they call it "POT" Luck, now, don't you????????? And it isn't because of the 'pot' the food was cooked in!!! Reply to this
January 11, 2009 10:17 AM
Sam wrote:
Trying to leave the 'milk' as we always talk about and hear teachings on elementary teachings (v1), and falling away (V6), and producing good crops (v7) and God's justness (v10) and the certainty of God's promise (v13), I want to talk about a strange Scripture, verse 18. One which I have not heard any sermons about, or studied about before. "God did this so that, by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled to take hold of the hope offered to us may be greatly encouraged." I read this several times this morning, and didn't see 'two things'. What ARE these two things. Well, first, we must understand, in two different situations, God cannot lie, for sure, and actually in NO situation can God lie as that is opposite his 'perfection'. Lying and truth (which God is) do not mix, as they say. But specifically, this Scripture is referring to two specific acts. One, is when God makes a promise. His promise to Abraham was that, no matter what happens, no matter what Abraham does in the future, but because of his actions due to his faith, God promised to keep Abraham's descendents on the throne of Israel forever. Abraham's 'kids', and THEIR descendents would always have a role to play in God's plan. That was God's promise to a man who was willing to kill his only son simply because he believed God told, and wanted, him to do so. The other situation in which God cannot lie is when God makes an oath. Commercial break here:----you want a REALLY KOOL WEBSITE to help you, check out this one: http://multilingualbible.com Back to the program. An oath is really a promise. However, the Bible refers more to an oath as a promise made in the name of someone, and more specifically, that someone is God. God swore (made an oath) to Himself when He was telling David about the future with a Christ on the earth: "The Lord has sworn and will not change His mind, Thou art a priest forever..."(Ps. 110:4). We are told, in some places of the Bible, not to swear (that is, not to make an oath), but you have to look at those Scriptures very carefully, because in actuality, we ARE allowed (and encouraged to make oaths like God did). For instances: Scripture COMMANDS us to swear by the name of God on certain occasions. In Deuteronomy 6:13, for example, Scripture commands God's people "You shall fear only the Lord your God; and you shall worship Him, and swear by His name." Far from prohibiting all oaths, Isaiah tells us that "he who swears in the earth shall swear by the name of God" (Is. 65:16)
And when we swear by His name, when we make an oath is His name, we need to complete our 'promise' to Him. God was the same. He promised Abraham things. He swore Himself to give us Christ. If you research all the times God made an oath or a promise, you will see that all of it has come true (or WILL in the case of the return of Jesus). In these instances, God cannot lie. NOR SHOULD WE, when we make an oath or a promise. Reply to this
January 11, 2009 10:24 AM
Sam wrote:
Sorry to be so long winded today, but the HS has been with me to talk about this Scripture which I didn't understand this morning, until I started researching what it really meant. Two situations in which God cannon lie? When He makes an oath or a promise. How encouraging that is to us, as He as promised (with Scripture) that good will eventually conquer evil. AND, with Scripture, God has promised US, made an oath to US, that if we don't fall away (the milky teachings earlier in this chapter), we will inherit (that is get to go to) Heaven. I am so glad God is not lying when He tells us this.
Lessons to learn from this for us? Be a god to your kids. If you promise them something, or make an oath to them that you will do something, DO IT. Don't let work, selfish ambitions or other things get in the way and cause you to lie to your kids. If you promise to take them fishing in the Spring. DO IT! If you promise them a trip to the ice cream 'parlor' (do they have 'parlors' any more??). DO IT. If you promise to help them with the homework in the evening. DO IT. Don't forget your promises to your kids, your spouse or even your friends. Don't become a liar. There are two instances in which you should not lie (and in the case I mentioned earlier with God that he CANNOT lie in ANY situation, then neither should you). If you promise your boss completion of project by some specific time...DO IT.
I think that is what I got out of that verse this morning. "Make a promise or an oath, and do it." Reply to this
January 11, 2009 10:31 AM
rik wrote:
vs 4-6 has always frightened me. It is very clear about falling away. I do believe this is speaking of falling away from God not church. we can all go through low points in life and we may not attend church like we know we should. but that does not mean we have fallen away from God. When I was in New Orleans I stopped going to church for about 2 years. (i think I went about 6 times in that time span.) I never stopped talking with God. I did stop reading his word and I definitely indulged in sin, but I kept asking God to get me away from there and I told him I would do my best(I know you are not supposed to make deals with God, but like I said I was in all kinds of sin). He brought me back to the ATL and I am doing my best to live up to what God want me to be. Reply to this
270...hmmm.....I hope most of that is muscle! Consistency is definitely the key to everything. I was once told that it takes 13 weeks (1 quarter of year, 90-ish days, 3 months) for most people to obtain a HABIT. If you are the practice of praying everyday for 13 weeks, you will, more than likely, continue that habit until you purposely decide to quit it. Same goes for 'dieting', or weight-loss programs. 13 Weeks. A calendar (and a scale) are both good to help develop the habit of losing weight. My son, Daniel, as I have said once before, weighted 230 pounds when he went into the correctional facility for his drug and alcohol addictions. He put himself on a strict no carb diet and worked out in the facility's weight room everyday. Within 6 months, he lost 60 pounds, down to 170 (he is 5'11+). JB, you might want to write to him on the blog and see what difficulties he had along his trek...as he DID experience troubles along the way (a good laxative is a musts!!!).
JB, I am not saying any of this to humiliate, degrade or pick on you at all. I also know what it is to be overweight. MY success story began 1 year and 11 days ago. I decided to see how I could lose some of my 210 pounds. For the first month, I ate mostly salads and chicken (baked, never fried) for dinner; had a very small portion of oatmeal for breakfast, and an apple and a bananna for lunch. My exercise started in March when I joined Ft Mac's golf club again and with a friend played at least once, and usually twice a week, walking and pulling my golf cart. Over the first 90 days, I lost 25 pounds, down to 185. But, I didn't stop there. I continued this habit until October (although starting in February, I added a Jenny Craig meal (as my wife decided also to start a weight loss program) per day). I lost another 10 pounds and got down to 175 (like my son).
UNFORTUNATELY, Satan stepped in and showed me beans, rice, breads, doughnuts and other high-carbed, good-tasting 'garbage', and I broke my habit. At the end of the dreaded holiday period, I weighed 194 pounds (gained back 19)....hence, I am back on my diet, determined to once again reach 175 pounds (within 90 days) AND STAY WITHIN 5 POUNDS OF THAT EITHER WAY, for the remainder of the year.
As a matter of a fact, just last night, I had a dream and in that dream I pictured my self as very obese and could see my big stomach and flabby sides....this morning I am skipping the oatmeal!!!
NOW, being heavy is social thing, in general, however, I also found that after getting to 175 pounds (I am 6 feet tall), I fealt tremendously better, had more wind in me (no comments Rik/Tony, and had fewer 'sicknesses' than I would when I weighed over 200 pounds.
I am glad you posted your weight, and your plan to lose what you want to. HOWEVER, you need a friend to help you. I'll bet you will not develop the bike-riding into a habit unless you find someone to ride with you. One to encourage, struggle with, and talk to as you rid
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Thanks for the challenge for your story (and Daniel's as well). So I do have muscle, but a lot of fat - I am 6' 3" and I hide it okay (though my wife sure does notice). So I guess this is it. I will need to repent of the way I eat and get disciplined. Sigh...
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e your bicycle across America (or your neighborhood).
JB, if you think it would help, and I do, if you actually post your daily progress in weight loss on this blog, I encourage you to do so. I did not weigh myself this morning, but I will start doing the same if you want to do this together FOR 13 weeks.
Sorry, ya'll.....this is NOT from Hebrews or 2nd Kings...I'll get to that next. Have a good first day of the week.
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What?? Accountability??? That wasn't part of the agreement!!!
Just kidding obviously. Not to be overly emotional, but this brings tears to my eyes - someone who cares enough to bother hearing what I ate in order to keep me accountable. So I will do it.
Sugar is what kills me most. Knowing I have to post will make me think twice about eating sweets, though it is a scary thought to only eat what I know I should. I probably should have waited to reply because we have pot luck at church today!
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"-)
You know why they call it "POT" Luck, now, don't you????????? And it isn't because of the 'pot' the food was cooked in!!!
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Trying to leave the 'milk' as we always talk about and hear teachings on elementary teachings (v1), and falling away (V6), and producing good crops (v7) and God's justness (v10) and the certainty of God's promise (v13), I want to talk about a strange Scripture, verse 18. One which I have not heard any sermons about, or studied about before.
"God did this so that, by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled to take hold of the hope offered to us may be greatly encouraged." I read this several times this morning, and didn't see 'two things'. What ARE these two things. Well, first, we must understand, in two different situations, God cannot lie, for sure, and actually in NO situation can God lie as that is opposite his 'perfection'. Lying and truth (which God is) do not mix, as they say. But specifically, this Scripture is referring to two specific acts. One, is when God makes a promise. His promise to Abraham was that, no matter what happens, no matter what Abraham does in the future, but because of his actions due to his faith, God promised to keep Abraham's descendents on the throne of Israel forever. Abraham's 'kids', and THEIR descendents would always have a role to play in God's plan. That was God's promise to a man who was willing to kill his only son simply because he believed God told, and wanted, him to do so.
The other situation in which God cannot lie is when God makes an oath.
Commercial break here:----you want a REALLY KOOL WEBSITE to help you, check out this one: http://multilingualbible.com
Back to the program. An oath is really a promise. However, the Bible refers more to an oath as a promise made in the name of someone, and more specifically, that someone is God. God swore (made an oath) to Himself when He was telling David about the future with a Christ on the earth: "The Lord has sworn and will not change His mind, Thou art a priest forever..."(Ps. 110:4). We are told, in some places of the Bible, not to swear (that is, not to make an oath), but you have to look at those Scriptures very carefully, because in actuality, we ARE allowed (and encouraged to make oaths like God did). For instances: Scripture COMMANDS us to swear by the name of God on certain occasions. In Deuteronomy 6:13, for example, Scripture commands God's people "You shall fear only the Lord your God; and you shall worship Him, and swear by His name." Far from prohibiting all oaths, Isaiah tells us that "he who swears in the earth shall swear by the name of God" (Is. 65:16)
And when we swear by His name, when we make an oath is His name, we need to complete our 'promise' to Him. God was the same. He promised Abraham things. He swore Himself to give us Christ. If you research all the times God made an oath or a promise, you will see that all of it has come true (or WILL in the case of the return of Jesus). In these instances, God cannot lie. NOR SHOULD WE, when we make an oath or a promise.
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Sorry to be so long winded today, but the HS has been with me to talk about this Scripture which I didn't understand this morning, until I started researching what it really meant. Two situations in which God cannon lie? When He makes an oath or a promise. How encouraging that is to us, as He as promised (with Scripture) that good will eventually conquer evil. AND, with Scripture, God has promised US, made an oath to US, that if we don't fall away (the milky teachings earlier in this chapter), we will inherit (that is get to go to) Heaven. I am so glad God is not lying when He tells us this.
Lessons to learn from this for us? Be a god to your kids. If you promise them something, or make an oath to them that you will do something, DO IT. Don't let work, selfish ambitions or other things get in the way and cause you to lie to your kids. If you promise to take them fishing in the Spring. DO IT! If you promise them a trip to the ice cream 'parlor' (do they have 'parlors' any more??). DO IT. If you promise to help them with the homework in the evening. DO IT. Don't forget your promises to your kids, your spouse or even your friends. Don't become a liar. There are two instances in which you should not lie (and in the case I mentioned earlier with God that he CANNOT lie in ANY situation, then neither should you). If you promise your boss completion of project by some specific time...DO IT.
I think that is what I got out of that verse this morning. "Make a promise or an oath, and do it."
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vs 4-6 has always frightened me. It is very clear about falling away. I do believe this is speaking of falling away from God not church. we can all go through low points in life and we may not attend church like we know we should. but that does not mean we have fallen away from God. When I was in New Orleans I stopped going to church for about 2 years. (i think I went about 6 times in that time span.) I never stopped talking with God. I did stop reading his word and I definitely indulged in sin, but I kept asking God to get me away from there and I told him I would do my best(I know you are not supposed to make deals with God, but like I said I was in all kinds of sin). He brought me back to the ATL and I am doing my best to live up to what God want me to be.
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