1 Corinthians 6:19-20(NLT) Don't you realize that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, who lives in you and was given to you by God? You do not belong to yourself, for God bought you with a high price. So you must honor God with your body.
When I am feeling down, which is a lot, my first reaction is to lie in bed, watch movies, and eat carbs. This approach makes me feel even worse than I felt originally. Unfortunately the movie-carb mode can last for weeks and its a sink hole. Purely by the grace of God I escape from it. And when I do get out, my healthier way of coping is exercise. But not the average 30min/day 3 times a week, instead I tend to go for the extremely hard workouts. The kind that when you are done, you can't believe you made it through.
I love the workouts in P90x, anything from the Biggest Loser folks, Zumba, intense bike rides up steep inclines, trail runs on rolling hills, and swimming laps. Lately I have been trying to prepare for the Air Force Classic Ride its a bike ride that has a 5 mile loop and you have to complete as many loops as you can in 3 hours. I am told there is a really steep hill on this course so I am excited.
Over the past holiday weekend we vacationed on the Eastern Shore of Maryland and biked about 60 miles to help train for my upcoming race-I know its extreme but it keeps me out of the sinkhole!
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When I am feeling down, which is a lot, my first reaction is to lie in bed, watch movies, and eat carbs. This approach makes me feel even worse than I felt originally. Unfortunately the movie-carb mode can last for weeks and its a sink hole. Purely by the grace of God I escape from it. And when I do get out, my healthier way of coping is exercise. But not the average 30min/day 3 times a week, instead I tend to go for the extremely hard workouts. The kind that when you are done, you can't believe you made it through.
I love the workouts in P90x, anything from the Biggest Loser folks, Zumba, intense bike rides up steep inclines, trail runs on rolling hills, and swimming laps. Lately I have been trying to prepare for the Air Force Classic Ride its a bike ride that has a 5 mile loop and you have to complete as many loops as you can in 3 hours. I am told there is a really steep hill on this course so I am excited.
Over the past holiday weekend we vacationed on the Eastern Shore of Maryland and biked about 60 miles to help train for my upcoming race-I know its extreme but it keeps me out of the sinkhole!
We rode out to a wild life refuge
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Riding on the country roads
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Stopped for a break to celebrate and admire the scenery
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Nothing like sharing a hard ride with my BFF
Towards the end of this ride, the hubs decided it was a great time to bust out the iphone to take some video; supposedly to give me tips on my form...but we had already done 35 miles and still had 5 to go!! So instead, here is what he got....!
After going really hard on this ride, towards the end I felt like I was having an out of body experience where all you can focus on is one pedal stroke at a time. Its a similar feeling to the struggle I feel at putting one foot in front of the other and climbing out of the sinkhole. Today, I am out of it and looking forward to the next winding road, In Jesus name
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