Biggest Loser

Ok I'm a fan of the show.  I have always been since it started a few years ago, but for some reason the seasons I get really into it I've been pregnant.  I watch the show and think I should be doing that.  So now I'm not pregnant and really need to lose the weight so I've tried to get the show to motivate me.  haha!

Wes jokes that it's my once a week workout.  For two hours I actually get in the floor and lift Lilly over my head or on my knees.  Get Taylor to hold my feet for crunches etc... They also get baths and bottles and go to bed so it's very intermittent exercising.

I sometimes think if I just had a trainer like they do I could lose weight too.  However I think if I had a trainer be that hard on me I'd pass out and die the first hour!  I never push myself.  In much of anything really.  When it gets hard I usually quit.  

It's kinda like that in my Bible studies too.  I noticed in the last one I did, 'Esther' by Beth Moore, when the personal questions came up I usually skipped them.  I never took time to think them thru and apply them...it would mean work and probably hurt me if I dug deep enough within.  

I'm hoping that things will change a bit now.  I have decided to really work to apply things from my new Bible study, 'He Speaks to Me' by Priscilla Shirer.  So far I think I have and I can tell a difference.  I even decided to get serious about weight loss.  I talked to a friend who's a nutritionist and got better ideas on what I needed to eat and not eat.  I think I've done some good there this week.  I know I've eaten vegetables I would never have chosen before!

Something on Biggest Loser tonight that struck me.  After the challenge, the contestant that came in second place was really mad at himself.  He wasn't happy with not being the winner.  Everyone tried to encourage him and say things like "aren't you glad you could do so well and get that close."  Well his remark was "The world doesn't judge you by how you feel, but by who is the winner."

That struck me.  Of course that's how the world judges.  By appearances, what's on the outside etc... However I'm very thankful that God does not judge that way.  He knows all about the inside and that is so much more important.  

In today's Bible study lesson we talked about worshipping God with a single mind.  The lesson listed things we might be captive by that would hinder our worship.  One was the need to please others.  I never really thought I was a person worried about pleasing others that much until she said "who's applause do I want?"  Well that struck a cord and I realized I do want others to applaud me.  I should only be worried about the applause of Jesus though.  I surely don't want to be like the "righteous" people in Matthew 6:1...

"Be careful no to do your 'acts of righteousness' before men, to be seen by them.  If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven."

I'd much rather earnestly and faithfully seek God and be given the reward He has for me.  Hebrews 11:6

This is probably more important than the reward given to the Biggest Loser, weight loss or money.