it all adds up

so i have actually been pretty serious about this whole getting in better shape thing. i can legitimately say that this is the first time i've ever actually kept track of the stuff that goes into my body and made a conscious effort to regulate it. it's all been pretty interesting to me actually because a certain program has helped me realize the science that is involved in this process. it's called lose it! and is singlehandly the most useful app i've ever had on my iPhone (besides I am T-Pain).

basically you start by putting your height/weight/and weightloss goal. then you pick how you want to lose the weight (i.e. 1/2 lb per week, 1 lb per week, 1 1/2 per week, etc). then you can search any kind of food you could ever imagine, and it knows how many calories are in it, and you add what you eat throughout the day and it tracks your calories compared to what your intake should be if you want to acheive your goal. you can also search every single type of exercise you could ever imagine and then based on what you do it subtracts how many calories you've burned doing that exercise from your daily log. i've done really well at keeping up with this so far, and it will be interesting to see if it really equates to some actual pound droppage.


don't know who really cares to know this, but I got done writing VBS lessons early at work today, and i needed something to do....


i've also been preparing for a sermon i'm preaching next week on submission to authority (1 Peter 2:13-25). i came across some writings by Watchman Nee, and this really stuck out to me, "Christ represents submission, a perfect submission, just as God's authority is perfect authority. Today some think they know authority, but they do not know submission."

interesting stuff.