HFH: Fat ticker Friday

Well, I did it! I made it through the first week of Hot for the Holidays! It wasn't so bad...I don't know what I was waiting for! I've ridden my bike and walked almost every day this week. Jessie is even benefiting from this because I have to drag her with me LOL. My efforts were rewarded with a 1 1/2 pound weight loss! How exciting is that? Ok goals for next week:

Drink my water (At least 4, if not 5 bottles a day)
Eat at least 2 fruits/veggies per day (baby steps here)
Fill out my food journal
Exercise 5 hours
Plan meals and cook at home

I did ok on my goals for this week. I did fill out my food journal pretty completely, as well as watched out for eating after dinner. I exercised every day but Monday, and did it twice one day. As for cooking at home more, well, that didn't go so well. Overall, it was a great week.

The question posed at the Hot for the Holidays blog is this:

What do you want your legacy to be? Or rather, what is it about yourself that you want to be known for? And do you think you've accomplished that so far in your life? Are you the person you want to be? If not, how will you get there?

Legacy. Defined it is anything handed down from the past, as from an ancestor or predecessor. Legacy reminds me of inheritance. Just this week, Jessie memorized scripture for her bible lessons at school. You guessed it, it fits right into this theme. "Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart as working for the Lord, not for men, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving" Col 3:23-24. All this to say that I want to leave a simple legacy. I want to love like Christ loves. I want to live like Christ lived here on this earth. I want to be full of compassion for those hurting around me. Acts 20-24 pretty much sums it up "However, I consider my life worth nothing to me, if only I may finish the race and complete the task the Lord Jesus has given me—the task of testifying to the gospel of God's grace." Phil 3:12 also says "Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already been made perfect, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me." I was created for a purpose. I have a destiny. Jesus took hold me me for a reason! If you look at that last verse, you will see that it is an ongoing process. We need to keep striving for the goal. I want people to be able to say that I ran a good race, pointing to the Lord the whole way.

Steph