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So I am approaching the 1 month mark! At my last weigh in I had lost 10 pounds and I am hoping that by the end of this first month it will be 12! Honestly, I can't believe that I am actually doing this and sticking to it. I am amazed at how easy it has been. I have tried dieting before and told myself a million times before that I want to get in shape and I have just never been able to stick to it. The biggest break through that I have had lately is realizing that even on the days when I eat like crap and don't work out I still have to log them to the best of my ability so that I can see how I can make up for that one day in the next couple days. In the past when I have had a binge day it turns into a binge week, but now I feel like as long as I record it I can see how bad I really deviated and then start the next day to make up for it. My workouts have been awesome too. I have a schedule that has been working and it is something that I can stick to. I have been trying to mix it up between working out in the morning and working out after work and I usually take one or two days off. Its incredible how much more energy I have and how I want to get up in the morning to work out. I have also noticed that as I have been more discipled physically I have been more disciplined spiritually. At the end of April I finished memorizing Ephesians 1 and 2 and now I am moving on to 1 Samuel 2:1-10. It has been incredible and I feel like the Lord is really blessing my obedience and my desire to "glorify God in my body". My challenge as I finish the first month and start the second is to not fall off. It is to "persevere until I am made perfect and complete" and to not be like the Israelites who would worship God but as soon as things got good and comfortable they would start worshiping other gods and God would punish them and then they would start worshiping him again. I don't want to waver. Things are good! So good! but I have a goal and I am not going to stop now!