drum roll please.......

So I am down for the count today with a bug. A few people here have been passing it around. But the good news is that yesterday I weighed in. And in addition to losing 10 inches, I also lost 10.8 pounds!!! That is awesome and I am really excited. I can actually feel my body changing. I am getting stronger and faster. The human body is an amazing machine. God is super creative. Since I have been here I have also lowered my resting heart rate by 18 beats per minute. Which means my heart isn't having to work as hard. And when it is working hard during workouts it is liking it.

Like I said I am sick today. I started running a fever last night and into the morning. But it is early afternoon now and I am already feeling better. My trainers ordered me to take the day off and recover. I am just anxious to get up tomorrow and hit it hard again! We are going hiking tomorrow up in the mountains. They spotted 2 mountain lions at the same spot a week ago. Everyone here is saying how they don't want to see them cause it would be dangerous. I totally want to see them and get close! I am starting to develop a zeal and excitement for life! I used to watch other people have adventures or read about it. I find myself pushing things harder and faster now. To live in fear is not to live at all. You just have to accept the fact that you will get hurt, bruised and possibly broken, but its a small price to pay to live!

I am going crazy sitting here in my room resting. This is the first time I have watched tv since I have been here. And its really boring!

I went for a short walk this morning a little before 7. And as the sun came up over the snowy mountain range it was so beautiful that I started to cry. Not a bad cry, just one of wonderment and joy. I had this thought that the same God that made those breathtaking mountains, and that awesome sun, the same God that made all those colors, that very same God made me in his image. And that he loved me over his other beautiful creations in nature. That thought was literally overwhelming. And I told God in that moment that I would never waste my life again. Because its really not my life. If I believe that I am indeed created in his image and that he does love me an unmeasurable amount. Then I also have to believe that he has plans for my life, that my life has to be about more than just myself. I have to believe that my life is valuable to him. And that he also he wants me enjoy this life and enjoy his other creations in nature.

Its crazy, I find myself totally changing. Not only physically, but my thought process as well. My desires for the future.

I don't know what God has planned for me, but I know and I trust that it is far better then anything I could dream up for myself. And that makes me smile : )

miss you all,
ken