Decisions, Decisions

Had another great week with the weights and the scale.   Once again I made continuous progress in all of my exercises.   I've been getting stronger and faster every week and the scale weight has been continuously dropping.  

I've also been aware of God's grace that has been helping me through it all.  Many times this week before going into a workout, my physical body just felt weak and I was dreading the workouts.  I did not want the momentum of continuous strength gains to hit a wall and I thought for sure I wasn't making any progress this week because of how my body felt.   So before and during each workout I had to completely rely on God's grace to give me the strength needed for further breakthrough.   I can say from experience He helped me increase my intensity, lift more, run faster and even subdued my cravings.   His grace is very real and thrusts me from surviving to thriving.  Another big yay God.  

Now comes some serious decisions I need to make over these next two weeks.   I totally forgot about some changes that are occurring in my workouts.  In the fit2fat2fit program, week 17 and 18 have five lifting days instead of three to shock your muscles and metabolism.  I've been following very strict caloric guidelines for weight lifting, cardio and rest days in order to make muscular gains while losing fat at the same time.   If I continue with my same diet routine, I am going to have 5 high calorie days per week instead of 3.   So for the next two weeks, I would expect to either maintain or even slightly gain some scale weight.   

Now I have to ask myself am I ok with that?   Am I ok with not being a certain scale weight or body fat percentage by my birthday?   Or is my main goal establishing a lifestyle and continuing on with my current caloric guidelines.    These are the questions I will be asking myself this weekend.  These are the questions I have to completely surrender to God and ask for His wisdom and grace to help me through it.  I will not make any progress and will be miserable if I waver and don't make a solid decision and follow through with it.  So I must be content with whatever decision I choose.  

As long as I acknowledge Him, He promises to direct my path.  With that I have peace and that's all that matters.