eye of the tiger baby....

Happy Monday!

After being well rested from a great weekend, I am back at it hardcore today. Started the morning off at 6 with a killer core workout, my abs are still threatening to cramp! Then a great breakfast and a weight training session, I cant lift either arm at the moment. Got a little free time right now and then onto lunch followed by a 6 mile hike ( which I can now do no problem)

Its crazy, the more I push my body, the more it likes it. I have pushed far past any place I have ever been mentally and physically. And I found out that I can in fact do it. I have found something here that is precious. And it is growing. I have found Confidence! Not in myself, but what God will help me do when I lean on him and push it.

I realized today that I am changing in more than just physical ways. I am up at the butt crack of dawn everyday, and I love it. I get to watch God bring the sun up every morning and its one of my favorite things now. Eating the right way, so much good healthy food out there.

My blood pressure has lowered, I was on medication when I came here and now I don't need it! My resting heart rate is 32 beats per minute lower. Which means I can do more stuff now. I used to sometimes not even get off the couch and now I am literally climbing mountains! I am falling in love with God like I never have before. Spending so much time with him. I almost cant stand to sit still anymore. I feel like I should be doing something. Total 180 from before. I am finding out that I am pretty competitive. And that I love beating new challenges. I couldn't walk one mile before I came here without being winded and having to stop. This morning as a warm up I jogged a mile and then went on to a full workout.

The body is a truly amazing creation. God doesn't get enough credit for his genius. I am turning into a machine. And I am loving it!

But this is all just a training ground. I have 5 more weeks here. And then its back to the real world. And I cant wait. Because I know its going to be completely different. Because it a choice. And its my choice. I know where I am coming from, and I'll never go back there again!

with the eye of the tiger,
big ken