Facing a Giant

This weekend was great for me, I'm officially "back on the horse." I walked about 5 or 6 miles going to have lunch with girlfriends, then after I walked to CVS to pick up a new battery for my pedometer so I can start working towards 10,000 steps per day.
Sunday I walked home from church, which is about 4 1/2 miles, and a lot of the walk was kind of hilly. Today I'm feeling it in my legs, but it's a good hurt. Sunday evening I played Just Dance 3 with my daughter for about 45 minutes or so. It was quite a work out, but we had fun!!
After the previous two weekend were wasted sitting on the couch until my hips hurt, this was a wonderful change. I am thrilled to be back moving. But even as great a this week and especially the weekend had been, there was a challenge that loomed, facing a giant.
In 2010 when I had so much success working out and losing weight, my Wii Fit Plus was my daily companion. Wii is a difficult taskmaster who groans as you step on the board if you've gained even a pound. I honestly couldn't bear to face what Wii would say after this major fall. Honestly, it's been part of why I kept putting it off. Yes, sad, I know, but true, I could not face the little Wii.
But after such a great weekend, I decided today was the day to bite the bullet and quite literally "step up to the plate." It wasn't pretty. Wii groaned, oh how he groaned. "He" also informed me it had been 446 days since my last work out. That's a sad statement about 2011. Then it let me know I had gained 21.6 lbs. To be honest I was a little relieved. It must have been a random sole shot at working out after the slide had begun, because like I shared before I am currently 38 lbs above my lowest 2010 weight, that makes 21.6 not sound so bad.
But the point is, I did it. I faced my reality, I faced my giant. I didn't come close to 10,000 steps today, that's going to be tough on the days I'm stuck at the office, but I did get 35 minutes on Wii Fit, and the kids and I danced 7 songs with our Just Dance games.
My giant is far from slain, but I'm ready to face "him" in the battle. My body aches in many places, but I'm fighting. Let me say though, just like David fought Goliath because he knew God was on his side, I'm doing this with the Lord on mine. There won't be the morning workouts like 2010, that's my time in the Word. Walks will still mean prayer and I'm giving God all the glory in reigniting my fire to get healthy, but this time staying spiritually strong. IJN!!!