Day 1- Getting Into The Grove

Today was the first day of my year long Life Improvement Program and so I found myself trying to get into a groove with how I am going to accomplish my daily goals. With today being Sunday it was quite difficult because we were on the road most of the day with traveling to and from our church, The Master's Hand Christian Fellowship, in New Rochelle, NY. I will start by saying I fell short and did not accmpish all of my goals today but there is always tomorrow!

My first goal was a weekly goal, which is to weigh in using the sparkpeople.com app on my iphone. I weighed in at a whooping 322.4lbs! This is by far the heaviest I have ever been, even pregnant! My weight is one of the biggest motivations in working through this LIP (Life Improvement Program). The picture below was taken a few days ago and when I saw it I was mortified to see what I have become. I know you may think, "Didn't you know before the picture you were fat?" The simple answer is yes, but to know your fat and to see yourself as you actually are are two diffrent things. In my mind I know I am fat but I avoid mirrors and pictures at all cost. I have a mental picture of myself that isn't even close to what I look like. So when I saw this picture I knew it was time to face reality and get to work. Not only for myself, although I truly want to be healtier but for my family as well. I want to be able to do things with my family that I am not able to now because of my weight.



I also used the sparkpeople.com app to track my food intake. You can find my personal SparkPage by following this link http://www.sparkpeople.com/mypage.asp?id=KRISTILEE1215. On the page you will be able to see my Weight Loss Tracker, my Food Tracker and a bunch of other diffrent things.

Along with physical changes I planon making Spiritual changes while I am on this jouney. Today I began a "Read the Bible in 1 Year" plan as well. I started by date which was May 1st and I read 1 Chronicles 1-12. I was supposed to start at 7 but I figured I start at th beginning of the book. So far I have read about the lineage of David's kingdom. I am also participating in the American Bible Societies "The Least of These" 40 day prayer and bible reading planner that begins on May 5th. I started early to stay in line with my LIP. The subject today was PEOPLE and I read Genesis 1:26,27. I prayed for people I know that need to come to the saving knowledge of Jesus Christ.

A few of the goals set out for today included setting aside time with each of my children and my husband but becuase we were on the road I was unable toachieve those goals today. But, I will achieve them tomorrow!