Had to say something...

I was hoping to use my blog to keep me accountable in life, mainly on my time with my bible and on my fitness. Since my last posting I have not accomplished much except for:

1. I found out that you can get a 30 minute workout done on an hour long lunch. I was able to do that on one day last week as a trial and it was great. Didn't eat much but I have some protien shakes that need to be used and can use those on busy lunch days.

2. When I don't go to work on Monday's I spend a good amount of time reading my bible and just thinking. I tend to find that when I read through scripture with an open mind I learn a lot about how I handle areas of my life and how I can attempt to change them for the better. (I need to find time to do this without skipping work as I don't have that much vacation time)

3. It is a great feeling to have a large amount of friends and family that care enough about me to say "happy birthday"... as a kid you get used to it but as time goes on you come across it less and less... but this year it seems all knew and said something. I guess I am surrounded by good people.

That is all I have. My next post will include my goals for April 1st as I am still trying to figure out what is achievable.

Addiction...

Ok... so we all have addictions, right? Some better than others and some that we hide from everyone, even those closest to us. To me, an addiction is anything that we do that is more or less out of habit... ie, we can't control it even when we don't want to do it. Now the bad addictions are the obvious: alcohol, gambling, drugs, porn.

I truly believe it is more than that... there are people that can't prevent themselves from: cutting their hair, drinking soda, getting online instead of playing with your kids, spending all of your time with your kids and ignoring your own personal life, constantly working out, watching T.V., reading books... but here is the question, CAN WE CHOSE WHAT WE ARE ADDICTED TO?

I asked Tricia to set up a blog for me because I want to end my bad addictions and I am hoping that my friends and family can help. Addictions are difficult to stop on your own especially when the act itself is most the time out of habit. (Side note, back in 8th grade I used profanity after working in the mill with my dad without even realizing it so my good friend Nathan took it upon himself to hit me in the shoulder as hard as he could whenever I used profanity. Soon I no longer had any trouble speaking like a gentleman.)

Back to my addictions... after doing the biggest loser I was happy and eating right (something about posting my weight online) but I have too quickly gone from179 to 185 with no end in sight.

So my goal is to end my addiction to sugar (my nickname from Tricia used to by Litttle Debbie, the maker of delicious pastries) and a lazy life where I would rather sit and watch T.V. on a beautiful Saturday than be outside enjoying life... I want to replace those addictions with a life of loving/knowing God and physical fitness.

I want to CHOOSE my addictions and I choose a life filled with God and a healthy lifestyle so that I will be around a long time to share with people how wonderful God is. I don't want to be lazy and I don't want to be the lazy christian that keeps people from coming back to church. I need help in this, Addictions don't go away easily and I have had them for a long time.

This turned into more rambling than I wanted (sorry), further blogs will be more to the point with my progress and set backs. Maybe I can't choose my addiction but I am surely going to try.

1st post

OK, your all set babe, don't say anything too weird! Love u.