Insanity Month 2

Month 2 is definitely no joke!! The workouts are longer...they go from about 40-45 min in the 1st month to 55-65 min in the 2nd month. The exercises are harder; in one workout, Shaun T actually states in the beginning "this workout is going to kick your butt". He was not lying!! I felt great afterwards, though, surprisingly.

Changing my eating habits has definitely made a huge difference in my energy levels. I have been consuming about 600-1000 calories less than I normally would. It seems like a lot, but I am still eating at least 2000 calories per day. When you think about it that way, it really shows how much I had been eating. For so long I have eaten whatever I wanted; I have been so active it did not matter. But over the past 3 years, all that has changed. My activity has to be purposeful, and most of all scheduled and planned. I have learned that I must have a plan in order for anything to be accomplished in my life.

I have also learned that if you allow the Holy Spirit to breathe life into your situation, it can be changed. I was so down about not being able to lose weight; i felt like a failure. That was before I realized that I needed to change more about what I was doing. Saying "I want to lose weight" is not enough to make it happened. So I started working out, but I did not change my eating habits at all. That didn't really produce the results that I was looking for. In fact, I believe that I may have gained a pound or two because I felt like working out gave me a license to eat whatever I wanted! After losing a disappointing 2 pounds, I fell into a mini-funk. It wasn't a depression, just a funk. Then I remembered an AWESOME Word that was preached at my church by Shelbi Pullen. I went back over my notes, and I knew what I had to do. The word tells us in Ezekiel 37:9 to prophecy to our situation and to speak life into it. More importantly, to speak the the breath, which is the Holy Spirit, to breathe on that situation that you think is dead. (I'll stop here; if you want more, you'll have to order the DVD)

To make a long story a bit shorter, I began to speak the Word of God over my situation; then I planned and prepared for Him to show up. I kept working out, but I started eating better....laying off the junk (You all know what junk food is, and NOT just potato chips!) Then, would you look at God, I stepped on the scale, and in 1 week I lost....... 4 1/2 pounds!!!

I have been re-energized; I have a plan in place. God is moving and breathing on my situation and it is changing. I hope that in some way, my journey and my testimony can help you in yours.

Until next time.................