Well it's official I'm going to General Conference this October.. I'm so excited because it's my first time even going to Utah and I'm going with some friends of mine. I told them it's my first time going to Utah and they said we'll go to all the cool places, Temple Square etc. I'm sooo excited!
I am in the 280's which is good, once I get to the 260's I'll send in mission papers, hopefully it doesn't feel long, I don't think it will. I lost 14 pounds last month.
So yeah.. sorry for not posting for awhile.
But we'll be leaving on Thursday (or Friday) and coming home on Monday, I can't wait hah it's going to be so much fun.. road trip!
Other then that and Operation Slim I have been working at the movie theater (Carmike) and it's going good so far.. it's just job training now and hopefully once that is over they will actually hire me.. if so then that'd be so great!
Look forward to seeing pictures of me at temple square, Conference center, and just in Utah haha
Tuesday, September 17, 2013
Sunday, September 1, 2013
A great day.
Hey readers, today has been an amazing day
On the 8th of August I started the program, which I named Operation Slim
It is now the first day of September (Wow, time goes by fast) and I have lost 12 pounds so far in this Operation.
I think I'll be ready sometime in October to send in papers... we'll see
Today was fast Sunday and I wanted to bear my testimony, this was probably only the 3rd time I had done so in the branch.. and I been going for a year and 2 months.
Earlier in the week I wanted to start writing poems again, as it have been closed to a year without writing one.. so I asked a good friend of mine what subject I should write about, and she told me about God's timing. So on Saturday night I was writing.. and it was done and ready in the morning to go along with my testimony.
At testimony meeting I got up, bore my testimony on God's timing.. said I had wanted to go when I was 19 and now I'm 20, and I talked about that I started the program on the 8th and had lost 12 pounds so far. some other things and in closing I shared my poem.
*His timing*
My dear child, don't you worry
You're not ready, I know what is best
You are in such a hurry
But in my timing, you shall be blessed.
At this moment
You're still learning
In my time you'll have fulfillment
At this moment, you are yearning
My child, if only you can see
My ways are higher then your ways
Then you would agree
Wouldn't see this as delays
In my timing, greater joy awaits you
I'm guiding you for purposes unknown now
When the time comes, you'll be able to see anew
You'll know why and how.
My child, my thoughts are higher then yours
Trust in my timing, trust in Me
It may take years
But I foresee
**********
So yeah, hah people loved it three people went up and in their testimonies they talked about me
Greg asked if he could write down the poem for himself, and yeah.. today was just amazing.
Also Brother Haws said that I have a special spirit and that people felt that when I read my poem
Endure to the end, stay strong in the Gospel and you won't regret it
On the 8th of August I started the program, which I named Operation Slim
It is now the first day of September (Wow, time goes by fast) and I have lost 12 pounds so far in this Operation.
I think I'll be ready sometime in October to send in papers... we'll see
Today was fast Sunday and I wanted to bear my testimony, this was probably only the 3rd time I had done so in the branch.. and I been going for a year and 2 months.
Earlier in the week I wanted to start writing poems again, as it have been closed to a year without writing one.. so I asked a good friend of mine what subject I should write about, and she told me about God's timing. So on Saturday night I was writing.. and it was done and ready in the morning to go along with my testimony.
At testimony meeting I got up, bore my testimony on God's timing.. said I had wanted to go when I was 19 and now I'm 20, and I talked about that I started the program on the 8th and had lost 12 pounds so far. some other things and in closing I shared my poem.
*His timing*
My dear child, don't you worry
You're not ready, I know what is best
You are in such a hurry
But in my timing, you shall be blessed.
At this moment
You're still learning
In my time you'll have fulfillment
At this moment, you are yearning
My child, if only you can see
My ways are higher then your ways
Then you would agree
Wouldn't see this as delays
In my timing, greater joy awaits you
I'm guiding you for purposes unknown now
When the time comes, you'll be able to see anew
You'll know why and how.
My child, my thoughts are higher then yours
Trust in my timing, trust in Me
It may take years
But I foresee
**********
So yeah, hah people loved it three people went up and in their testimonies they talked about me
Greg asked if he could write down the poem for himself, and yeah.. today was just amazing.
Also Brother Haws said that I have a special spirit and that people felt that when I read my poem
Endure to the end, stay strong in the Gospel and you won't regret it
Monday, July 29, 2013
Heavenly Father is leading me
Hey readers, I thought I would make an update about my mission papers and so on.
I have started the paper work, I'm so excited about that and hopefully it won't be much longer til I will actually have my call and know where I will go for the next two years.
The first and second counselors in my YSA Branch got released a couple weeks ago and then last week (not the 28th) President Haws called me on Saturday and we met on Sunday to talk (He is one of the new counselors) We were talking about stuttering.. because I stutter and he used to stutter, worse then me actually and now he doesn't anymore. President Haws learned this thing to help people who stutter to stop stuttering and he'll be helping me with it.
Then when I was about to go home after church President Jensen (The Branch President) he called me and we were talking, he told me that he talked to President Call (The Stake President) and that he knows of a Doctor that'd be able to help me come up with a program for what to eat and what kind of exercise is best for me. This is amazing because I have been jogging but I probably can't go jogging anymore (or at least as much as I been doing) because I have really flat feet and they were causing a problems.
With that all happening on the same day, about a week after I started my mission papers is amazing. I know that Heavenly Father is leading me, he knows when the right time is for me to be on my mission, in my patriarchal blessing it says I'll be able to go on a fulltime mission at the appropriate time.
And all of this has happened since I started my papers.
Endure to the end stay strong in the Gospel and you won't regret it
I have started the paper work, I'm so excited about that and hopefully it won't be much longer til I will actually have my call and know where I will go for the next two years.
The first and second counselors in my YSA Branch got released a couple weeks ago and then last week (not the 28th) President Haws called me on Saturday and we met on Sunday to talk (He is one of the new counselors) We were talking about stuttering.. because I stutter and he used to stutter, worse then me actually and now he doesn't anymore. President Haws learned this thing to help people who stutter to stop stuttering and he'll be helping me with it.
Then when I was about to go home after church President Jensen (The Branch President) he called me and we were talking, he told me that he talked to President Call (The Stake President) and that he knows of a Doctor that'd be able to help me come up with a program for what to eat and what kind of exercise is best for me. This is amazing because I have been jogging but I probably can't go jogging anymore (or at least as much as I been doing) because I have really flat feet and they were causing a problems.
With that all happening on the same day, about a week after I started my mission papers is amazing. I know that Heavenly Father is leading me, he knows when the right time is for me to be on my mission, in my patriarchal blessing it says I'll be able to go on a fulltime mission at the appropriate time.
And all of this has happened since I started my papers.
Endure to the end stay strong in the Gospel and you won't regret it
Sunday, July 7, 2013
Good news
I have some good news..
My branch president has signed me up for getting my mission papers ready, I'm excited for this as you can imagine, although I won't be sending them in for a little after I have finish them.
The reason is I still have weight to lose, but being able to start the papers is one big step. My plans of getting my call before the 3rd week of August will not work now, because some things has came up which I had no control over.. as in I needed to get some arch support for my shoes, because my feet are very flat and they were starting to hurt by jogging the 4.31 miles as you can imagine hah.
Another one is I could have a thyroid problem so no matter how long or hard I work out, I will not lose weight, not until I see a Doctor and run some test.. I was taking some meds a couple of years ago because of thyroid but then the Dr wanted to test me without taking them and he never did, so I never took them since.
I hope it's not a thyroid problem because if it is then I need to wait until I'll be able to go see a Dr, so more waiting.
But being able to start my papers and do as much for them as possible will be great, and then I'll be able to send them in right when I get to the weight range where I would like to be 260-250 (Then I'll still have time to lose more weight while I'm waiting to leave, which can take 2+ months)
I know that everything will go well, that Heavenly Father is guiding me, he knows when the perfect time for me to leave for my mission is.
Alma 36:3 "And now, O my son Helaman, behold thou art in thy youth, and therefore, I beseech of thee that thou wilt hear my words and learn of me; for I do know that whosoever shall put their trust in God shall be supported in their trials, and their troubles, and their afflictions, and shall lifted up at the last day"
I watched this video on Mormon Message about trusting in the Lord, and although her story is not like mine, it is still the same thing.. to trust in the Lord
Endure to the end stay strong in the Gospel and you won't regret it
My branch president has signed me up for getting my mission papers ready, I'm excited for this as you can imagine, although I won't be sending them in for a little after I have finish them.
The reason is I still have weight to lose, but being able to start the papers is one big step. My plans of getting my call before the 3rd week of August will not work now, because some things has came up which I had no control over.. as in I needed to get some arch support for my shoes, because my feet are very flat and they were starting to hurt by jogging the 4.31 miles as you can imagine hah.
Another one is I could have a thyroid problem so no matter how long or hard I work out, I will not lose weight, not until I see a Doctor and run some test.. I was taking some meds a couple of years ago because of thyroid but then the Dr wanted to test me without taking them and he never did, so I never took them since.
I hope it's not a thyroid problem because if it is then I need to wait until I'll be able to go see a Dr, so more waiting.
But being able to start my papers and do as much for them as possible will be great, and then I'll be able to send them in right when I get to the weight range where I would like to be 260-250 (Then I'll still have time to lose more weight while I'm waiting to leave, which can take 2+ months)
I know that everything will go well, that Heavenly Father is guiding me, he knows when the perfect time for me to leave for my mission is.
Alma 36:3 "And now, O my son Helaman, behold thou art in thy youth, and therefore, I beseech of thee that thou wilt hear my words and learn of me; for I do know that whosoever shall put their trust in God shall be supported in their trials, and their troubles, and their afflictions, and shall lifted up at the last day"
I watched this video on Mormon Message about trusting in the Lord, and although her story is not like mine, it is still the same thing.. to trust in the Lord
Sunday, June 23, 2013
Feeling a bit discourage
Hey readers, well it's the 23rd of June now... and I am still in the high 290's.
This last two weeks I have been doing everything right, been working out, 4.31 miles each day (probably only missed 2-3 days from those two weeks, not counting not working out on Sundays) and a couple times doing P90X aswell and eating right. I did lost one pound it showed for this week but later on in the week I gain it back.
This as you can imagine is really discouraging. I have talked to my mom about this and she told me the weight probably doesn't want to leave, so the weight I have lost turn into water (or something along those lines, I forgot) anyways and she said that by the 3rd or 4th week it will show I have lost a lot of weight and all will be fine...
I hope that this is what going on, because I want my mission call here before the 3rd Sunday of August, even if I'm only around 270 pounds I'll still send in my papers. it takes a couple of weeks for it to come and then I'll still have a couple of weeks before I even leave to go on my mission.
By the time I leave I hope I'll be around 250-230. but right now it is just all really discouraging
I won't be able to go jogging for a little while, my feet are flat and I have ruined my shoes, even though I have some arch supports now, it is to late for the shoes and they give me blisters etc by wearing them. I can still do P90X and eat healthy, which hopefully will work with losing weight.. I hope so, so much because it's July soon and then August and oh man it's just getting to close already and I'm still in the high 290's, I got to get to at least the 270's before I will send in my papers
Although I haven't lost weight (From what the scale tells me) I think my church pants fit a little better then before, I hope that is the case and it's not me thinking they do.
This is a really hard trial I'm going threw, by the end I'll grow in many different parts of life. but in the mist of this trial it is just really hard and I want out, I just want to be on my mission already. but all I can do is keep on working out.
Endure to the end stay strong in the Gospel and you won't regret it
This last two weeks I have been doing everything right, been working out, 4.31 miles each day (probably only missed 2-3 days from those two weeks, not counting not working out on Sundays) and a couple times doing P90X aswell and eating right. I did lost one pound it showed for this week but later on in the week I gain it back.
This as you can imagine is really discouraging. I have talked to my mom about this and she told me the weight probably doesn't want to leave, so the weight I have lost turn into water (or something along those lines, I forgot) anyways and she said that by the 3rd or 4th week it will show I have lost a lot of weight and all will be fine...
I hope that this is what going on, because I want my mission call here before the 3rd Sunday of August, even if I'm only around 270 pounds I'll still send in my papers. it takes a couple of weeks for it to come and then I'll still have a couple of weeks before I even leave to go on my mission.
By the time I leave I hope I'll be around 250-230. but right now it is just all really discouraging
I won't be able to go jogging for a little while, my feet are flat and I have ruined my shoes, even though I have some arch supports now, it is to late for the shoes and they give me blisters etc by wearing them. I can still do P90X and eat healthy, which hopefully will work with losing weight.. I hope so, so much because it's July soon and then August and oh man it's just getting to close already and I'm still in the high 290's, I got to get to at least the 270's before I will send in my papers
Although I haven't lost weight (From what the scale tells me) I think my church pants fit a little better then before, I hope that is the case and it's not me thinking they do.
This is a really hard trial I'm going threw, by the end I'll grow in many different parts of life. but in the mist of this trial it is just really hard and I want out, I just want to be on my mission already. but all I can do is keep on working out.
Endure to the end stay strong in the Gospel and you won't regret it
Sunday, June 9, 2013
As the days go by
As the days go by... I wonder if I'll be able to lose 30 pounds by the end of July.
There are 52 days and 30 pounds to lose.
To have my mission call come in August before the 3rd Sunday, when it's linger longer at the branch (A dinner we have at the YSA branch, on the 3rd Sunday of every month)
I would like to read my call at the linger longer.. to let everyone know from the branch where I have gotten my call to serve
Of course I'll be opening my call when it comes, with family and a couple of friends.. but I would like to announce it at the dinner.. I'm just worried that the 3rd week of August will be here sooner then I know it and I won't have lost the amount of weight which I would like to lose. I will work as hard as I can to lose weight each week, so far it has been going good. I have lost around 3-4 pounds this week
If I keep at it, and don't let the amount of days and weight discourage me I can do it... and I WILL do it. going on a mission will be amazing and getting my call will be awesome because it's one step closer.
I got a pair of workout clothes for my birthday (They are awesome :D) tomorrow I will use them. On Saturdays some people from the YSA branch play basketball in the mornings so I'll be jogging to the building which is like a little over a mile and then play basketball.. I'm looking forward to Saturdays
I need to believe in myself that I can do it, and I will do it. I said this in multiples posts but I just need to take it one day at a time, one week at a time and one month at a time.
Endure to the end, stay strong in the Gospel and you won't regret it
There are 52 days and 30 pounds to lose.
To have my mission call come in August before the 3rd Sunday, when it's linger longer at the branch (A dinner we have at the YSA branch, on the 3rd Sunday of every month)
I would like to read my call at the linger longer.. to let everyone know from the branch where I have gotten my call to serve
Of course I'll be opening my call when it comes, with family and a couple of friends.. but I would like to announce it at the dinner.. I'm just worried that the 3rd week of August will be here sooner then I know it and I won't have lost the amount of weight which I would like to lose. I will work as hard as I can to lose weight each week, so far it has been going good. I have lost around 3-4 pounds this week
If I keep at it, and don't let the amount of days and weight discourage me I can do it... and I WILL do it. going on a mission will be amazing and getting my call will be awesome because it's one step closer.
I got a pair of workout clothes for my birthday (They are awesome :D) tomorrow I will use them. On Saturdays some people from the YSA branch play basketball in the mornings so I'll be jogging to the building which is like a little over a mile and then play basketball.. I'm looking forward to Saturdays
I need to believe in myself that I can do it, and I will do it. I said this in multiples posts but I just need to take it one day at a time, one week at a time and one month at a time.
Endure to the end, stay strong in the Gospel and you won't regret it
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