Insights from Week 2 on the Fitness Trail

     OK. Two weeks strong on the fitness trail, and I have a few insights to share.
     The last time around, which was about 1 1/2 years ago, it was all about the numbers on the scale. There was a lot of looking in the mirror to measure results. Nothing too atypical about that approach to fitness, but it ended with a thud, just about the time I moved from Beaumont to North Texas.
     Insight No. 1 -- This time around, there is a spiritual component to my working out. I have two wonderful people who "pray over me" each week at church. Through our prayer time, we have confirmed that my workout time is my time alone with God. When I go to the gym or hit the road for a run, I go to meet God. I go to pray. I go to relieve stress and "hand it over" to God.
     It is a markedly different mindset. Not that I won't peak at the scale now and then or strike a pose in the mirror, but the motivation is quite different.
     By God's grace, the Spirit will sustain what the flesh could not.
     Insight No. 2 -- I do need accountability. No sooner did I post the previous post than someone sent me this important reminder. There is something to be said for getting myself out of bed this morning and kicking myself in the pants. Nobody can do it but me. But I need other pants-kickers in my life. I need encouragement from others.
     Many thanks for this reminder.
     Insight No. 3 -- It's got to be daily. I can no longer get by with a Monday, Wednesday, and sometimes Friday workout routine. I need to work out every single day of the week (excluding a Sabbath rest). I've got to do it.
    I am not there yet, but I thank God for gains made so far. I am not sure how much weight I have lost, and for now, it's truly not the most important thing.