The first day had some great successes. I woke up in plenty of time to get an early morning workout in, but chose to daydream in bed. Not a great start. When I finally got out of bed, I started the day with prayer. I had my grapefruit and egg whites and packed my lunch for the day. I also listened to Charles Stanley on the way to work talking about burdens. He had a great perspective. I spent some time with a friend planning out the next ninety days, but focusing on the next two weeks. It's my goal to lose 5 pounds this first two weeks.
I had two workouts planned today. P90X - Chest and Back and Ab Ripper X DVD and a 3 mile run. Chest and Back is one of those DVDs that is played a lot in my house - not because I love it - although it's a challenging workout - but because it is the first DVD in the series. I've blogged quite a bit about my love of starting things, so that is why Chest and Back gets a lot of air time. It is mainly a push up and pull up workout with some challenging back exercises too. And because its a resistence day, it is followed up by Ab Ripper X. I had forgotten how darn hard Ab Ripper X is. I have two approaches to Ab Ripper X. One is do what I can in the time of the video. The other is to complete all 25 reps per exercise and just use the pause button. Since I woke up this morning with minimal soreness, I clearly did not push myself as hard as I could.
Mark and I also had some work on the deck to complete. One of the posts was leaning and we had to make it level. Pushing and pulling wooden boards was not how I wanted to spend the next hour especially since I had just worked those muscles, but we were able to fix it. Although I just wanted to sit, I went out for my run. There is a 2.6 mile loop around the block. It was after 7:15, so I knew it was getting dark. Perhaps that would motivate me to run faster. I set my timer for 30 minutes and set off. On this run, I have three landmarks - the giant green dumpster on the first corner, the corner of Pine Street - and the cemetary. My goal is to pass those markers before each ten minute mark. I had great success on all three - although I had to push it to make the last one. It still took me 39 minutes to finish, but that was faster than my last time. My music wasn't nearly as inspiring this time. I'm averaging a 15.20 minute mile, which is faster than the necessary Disney time, but still 3 minutes over where I want to be. I'm sure all of the cardio I'm doing will help.
For all my firsts and starts, I have not read Genesis nearly as often as one would think. This past summer, the VBS program was all about how God created the world. Starting this reading plan gave me another opportunity to read about creation. The first reading in the New Testament is the birth of Jesus. Since God is three persons - Father - Son - Spirit - Day 1 of this reading plan sees the Son as creator and the Son as human. Another way to look at it is to see the problem - sin in the Garden of Eden - and the solution - Jesus.
"For the Lord watches over the way of the righteous,
but the way of the wicked leads to destruction." Psalm 1:6
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