Diet Challenge Thingie Something

I am at a lost of what to call this collective effort of my peeps wanting to lose weight. Thus, the title for this post.
My friend Brent at InWorship throws down this challenge:
“Starting this Friday, I will begin a new journey of eating well and exercising. Over the next couple of days, I will be working with my wife to figure out an eating plan and a daily routine to whip me into shape.”
… whereas my Twitter pal, Travis, throws down this challenge:
- 30 mins of exercise every day
- drink 64 oz. of water each day
- No soda
- No fried food
I am wrapping up a fast food fast in order to cut out both bad foods and convenience and a coffee fast (as a courtesy to my friend who fasted coffee for a month). I have been adding sports (basketball, soccer, football) to my everyday routine and I have gotten soda consumption down to once/twice per week all the while taking in a gallon of water per day.
I definitely don’t want to go back to fast food at all. So I figure I pick up these challenges, I can keep with that change in lifestyle and keep losing weight.
Most of all, I want to support and encourage those who want to lose weight and get healthy.
Over the last two years, I have lost 80 lbs. I was 10lbs away from my goal but now I want to lower that goal from 240 to 220lbs.. With that new goal, that would put me 20lbs. away.
I have a goal to aim for and I will be alongside others who want to lose weight as well. Woohoo!
Note: I don’t know why I didn’t think about this before. But I have to give thanks to God for taking care of my temple. When I started dieting, I would fail. Then I thought, “If I depend on Him for everything, why can’t that include a healthy lifestyle?”. So I leaned into Him to show me, help me and teach me for what is best for me.
Our God alone is good. - Ed.


