THE U IN JESUS

I got the following in an email and wanted to share! :)

THE  U IN JESUS
Before  U were thought of or time had begun,
God  stuck U in the name of His Son.
And  each time U pray, you'll see it's true,
You  can't spell out JesUs and not include U.
You're  a pretty big part of His wonderful name,
For  U, He was born; that's why He came.
And  His great love for U is the reason He died.
It  even takes U to spell crUcified.
Isn't  it thrilling and splendidly grand
He  rose from the dead, with U in His plan?
The  stones split away, the gold trUmpet blew,
And  this word resUrrection is spelled with a U.
When  JesUs left earth at His Upward ascension,
He  felt there was one thing He just had to  mention.
"Go  into the world and tell them it's true
That  I love them all - Just like I love U."
So  many great people are spelled with a U,
Don't  they have a right to know JesUs too?
It  all depends now on what U will do,
He'd  like them to know,
But  it all starts with U.
~ Author Unknown ~

My New Workout Challenge

I have this idea for a workout challenge for myself. I came up with the idea after I was watching an infomercial for a new exercise program that I saw on TV that I wanted. I knew that I really couldn't afford it right now, plus I'd rather wait until it's available in stores before I decided to try it out.

 

Anyways, I thought to myself, "Why waste money on another workout program that'll probably get used maybe once or twice, then get stuck on my shelf to collect dust, especially when I have all these other workout DVDs just sitting around. Plus, I'm always complaining that I get too easily bored with my workout routine." Then, that is when I had this idea.

 

The specific goal was to make a list of every DVD workout that I own with the total number of minutes per workout. Then, once I figured up how many individual DVD workouts I had, I would assign a specific workout to a certain day. The ending goal is to go through all my workout DVDs within a specific time frame without using the same DVD twice.

 

I have 2 reasons why I think this will be a fun and interesting challenge:

1) I get to change up my exercise routine each day, so that I will not get bored & want to quit. I kind of have this tendency to find specific DVDs that I really like and then I use those over and over again until I get bored with them.

2) It gives me a chance to go through my entire collection while taking inventory of ones that I really like and once that I could do without.

 

I thought about this idea over a week ago, so today I finally sat down to make my list. Well, after counting up all the DVDs that I have - including sets & individual DVDs - I found I that I have 45 in total with approx 77 variable workout routines.

 

Here's a couple pictures that I took of them all below.

 

 

 

 
 

Now some of these DVDs have multiple workouts on them and are broken into sections. For example, one of the videos that I have is called, 10 Minute Solutions: Fat Blasting Dance party. The total video time is 54 minutes long. But, there are actually 5 - 10 minute workout routines on the DVD. So, lets say that my goal is to exercise for 5 days/week, and on those days I do either one whole DVD or one specific routine per day, Since this particular DVD is broken into 5, 10 minute workouts and each one is a different routine, I could easily do this DVD for one week, and not do the same routine/exercise twice. Which is my goal. So, that by the time I've finished, I will have gone through my entire collection.

 

I'm planning on starting this goal hopefully tomorrow. I haven't decided which one I will begin with, but I'm planning on printing a calendar off my computer to keep track of the specific workouts that I do. I also want to make this as flexible as possible because I know that schedules change and things happen. I will also be planning on checking in here at least once a week, probably at the end, to give you an update and let you know how things are going.

 

So, wish me luck & feel free to leave some comments and let me know what you think. :)

 

 

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Word Filled Wednesday

Today I am participating in Word-Filled Wednesday from the 160 Acre Woods blog. To visit the others participating, please visit the hosting site - PennyRaine.com

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I picked this verse because I'm going through a little situation right now and felt this verse was perfect.