I haven't had a week where I went in reverse (gaining instead of losing). That is, until this past weekend.
After a week of illness- losing 12lbs, then losing another 2 the next week, my body finally returned to normal hydration and this past weekend, the truth teller showed me a 0.6 lb gain. That might not seem like much, you might be like "LUKE it's LESS THAN A POUND! Quit freakin out!" But. I can't get it out of my head that I gained. I take it as a challenge- This week I have been busting my butt at the gym- just really trying to do what Matt B. talks about- Going till failure. I have been doing that.
This morning I had a little encouragement from a stranger. I was on the elliptical just doing my thing, and this older guy on the elliptical next to me says "Wow! You're really pluggin' away on that, aren't you?" I smiled and told him "Yep, I'm trying". He said "you've lost a lot of weight haven't you? How much have you lost?"
When I told him 85lbs he said "You can really tell, I've seen you up here working out- every day don't you?"
I told him 6 days a week- and he told me it was great to see the progress.
Now, I don't know this guy from Adam. He's just a stranger- but I know- that God uses people in our circles to give us encouragement, even if we don't know they're watching.
Thanks-
Luke
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