Are you in shape? I am...my shape is round :)

Well, Wookie and I just finished week one of our C25K training! YAY! My sweet little pup is totally getting the hang of running with me (without pulling me and tripping me). Of course, I think he gets hot when he is running with all that hair he has...it is time for a trip for to the salon for my pooch anyway so I will be having him shaved soon (even though he looks a bit like a rat with no hair.....LOL.....it is okay, I still love him).

So, I am planning on making a little book with the pics I take as Wookie and I run together all the way through our first 5K. It really is a big deal. I mean, I used to run miles and miles but I also used to be 20....LOL! Times have changed but I gotta get back into shape.

What does being in shape mean anyway? I used to think it meant teeny tiny and thin but I am learning that all shapes are good...even if the shape tends to be a bit round.

Now, I am not saying that we should all just eat dessert seven times a day and not worry if we get big as a barge. What I am saying is....we need to quit focusing on what our shape is and focus more on how long we are going to live. As I was thinking about taking pictures for the picture book I am making of our jogging journey I started thinking how I needed to get up and fix my hair and make up and stuff so that the pictures would not be bad...and ever worse....I started thinking about how I needed to suck in my tum-tum for each pic. REALLY!? Wow...I catch myself downing myself on the regular. And ladies....thinking you have to wear make up every single day and have a wash-board tum-tum is just a new way of putting yourself down! So STOP DOING IT!

I have a challenge for every lady out there: Go one week....seven full days....and use NO make up and NO hair product (except some shampoo of course...LOL). Can you do it? No? Why not? What do you see when you look in the mirror? Ask God to start showing you what He sees instead? You may be surprised at how freeing it really is when God shows us how much we are loved and how much our inner beauty really does radiate out and makes us amazingly beautiful...with or without all the make up! Loves!