Went back to the gym last Monday. I was there for a purpose. I had about a month to lose weight.
Now, some people say that I don’t look fat. And I think I’m not fat..as in obese fat. But I do need to lose some pounds that I gained during the holidays. It seems that my midsection area gained a few inches and my pants are protesting against the changes.
Off to the Cross Trainer. With my Pink iPod (Yes Pink! A gift from my wifey with my name specially engraved at the back. And YES…Pink!) strapped around my left arm, John Maxwell’s “21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership” raging in my earbuds and with level 7 resistance on the machine, I started running.
Cardio was my goal that day. I wanted to do as much cardio as I can without pushing my body too much. Remember, this was my first time in a long time in the gym and I don’t want to have a sudden breakdown. Besides, falling off the Cross Trainer would be very embarrassing.
John Maxwell starts teaching about “The Law of the Lid” (which I will talk about here soon). I took my towel and covered the dashboard that displayed my stats namely the calories that I was about to burn, the number of strides I will eventually take and the number of minutes I will be spending on the machine.
Why you may ask? I don’t want to give my mind bad ideas.
See, sometimes, these number can play tricks on your mind. When you see that you only did 5 minutes when it feels like forever, your mind starts telling your to stop. You feel tired suddenly. Then you feel like giving up.
So to stop from being tempted, I covered the console. Not to mention, John Maxwell was giving me a constructive distraction through his teachings. I think I was more concerned that I don’t miss what he was saying than counting how many strides I took.
Minutes went by and I started sweating. I was a great feeling. It’s been a while since I got drenched in my own sweat. It felt good knowing that my body was responding to the exercise. Though I may not be sweating pounds, I sure was on my way in doing so. Plus my heart is pumping and I’m helping my blood circulate better.
Little did I know that I had already been Cross Training for 30 minutes and had burned an estimated 340 calories. Not bad for my first day. I felt good.
When the Bible said that “Your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit” (1 Corinthians 6:19), it was speaking in the context of sexual immorality. However, if the body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, then the body should not just be respected but be taken cared of.
Shouldn’t we take care of God’s gifts to us including our bodies?
I’ll share more in the coming days of my new adventures in the gym. There might be some little nuggets of knowledge and wisdom worthy of sharing along the way.
Till then, I pray you lose weight this month for the right reasons and the right means.
God bless.
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