Continuing to catch up!

Since my workout weeks are supposed to start on Friday and go Friday, Sunday, Tuesday, I decided to try to catch up my blog with that schedule. :-)

Friday and Sunday (the 5th and the 7th) we missed.
I can't remember which day was which, but I felt crappy one day (probably the 5th) and I think my partner was feeling bad on the 7th, so we didn't get to work out. I think I was just mentally exhausted from the week and I do remember that I had an extremely emotionally stressful day on that Thursday.

OH and now I remember why!!!!

I am a very affectionate guy and when Jesus said that "those who do the will of my Father are my mother and brothers and sisters," I took that to heart. When God places someone in my life, closely, I consider them family. This family is more real to me than biological family. I figure if I am a Christian and I have given Jesus my life, then I should probably let Him renew my mind, like Romans 12 says. PLUS, since God created family, I think He has the right to define it.

SO... a SISTER of mine was going out of town for the weekend and Saturday was her birthday. I decided that I wanted to make her feel special, and give her a physical example of how much God loves her. So, I bought her a teddy bear. Apparently, this made her think I was wanting more than a "brother/sister" relationship. SOOOOO not the case. Don't get me wrong, I think she's great and she is very attractive, but I KNOW she is not my wife and I am not interested in pursuing her. ANYWAY, it made the whole thing awkward and I was PISSED. Not at her, but at the fact that our society has twisted affection to a point that a guy can't give a female friend a gift without it implying something more. That's just freaking STUPID!!!!

I believe that it is EXTREMELY important for women to be complimented and treated like princesses by someone with NO ulterior motive! That is me! I am not going to change because YOUR view of the world is tainted! As Christians, we need to allow God to renew our minds and begin to think of things through the lens of Scripture, not our experience!

OK, rant over. It just hurt to have my pure motives perverted by someone's pain and defense mechanism-induced perception.

There are real Men of God in this world, ladies!!!!

OK, Also during this weekend, I taught my first 4 CPR classes ever! My students seemed to really enjoy my classes and I got progressively faster! I had fun and I think I'm going to enjoy this new job!

Tuesday, Feb 9th: MaxFit workout #9
1) Plank to Hip Extensions (would this have been as hard if we'd not had like a week off?)
2) Squat to X-press (Burst - WAYYYYYY hard)
3) three position leg raise (6", 12" and 18" off the ground... 12" seemed the hardest to me)
4) Box Jumps (burst - too advanced for me right now, so I did New York style salsa back & forth)
5) stability ball roll outs (the worst part about this challenging exercise was the rubber smell of the stability ball)
6) Running Jump rope
Rinse and repeat...

With us back on track, I went to get wings for the 5th Tuesday in a row, this time with my brother Rubenga Nigaglioni, from Richmond, but down in Atlanta for a work seminar! Hooray!!! Fellowship with the Richmond Body of Christ!!! It's been too long!!!!

I'll be in Pittsburgh for a conference this weekend (Valentine's weekend?! Yeah! Because I love Jesus and I love Richmond, and I will be learning to decrease toxicity, cellular inflammation and reverse the chronic "diseases of the new millenium!" I want Richmond to be one of the healthiest cities in the USA, if not THE healthiest! We're going to get there, RVA!!!!)