In The Beginning

About a year ago I was sitting in a room with a few other Ladies doing a Christian shine programme.
My (now) very good friend D was talking about running and getting fit. Looking after your own body and bettering yourself. At that point she was loving running and her future was holding a few marathons.
This was really hard for me to take. My little boy was 2 and I had no confidence in my appearance at all. I felt huge, massive. A large size 16 and kept saying to myself I will do something about it soon.
I was lying to myself.
I walked out of that girlie morning, which is a programme to make you feel great about yourself and like the way you are, feeling angry and disappointed in myself. I actually hated the way I felt about my body. And I was kidding myself if I thought that I was going to do something about it soon.

Like I said that was a year ago.
Since then I got a revelation. I started a bible course which runs for 2 years, that my amazing friend D runs with her husband, and I am renewing my mind. I also joined a gym and am renewing my body.
I have been going to the gym 4-5 times a week. I spoke to a personal trainer and got a programme going.
Now let me tell you. All these things are well out of my comfort zone. Well they were. God has been talking to me a lot, and finally I have the ears to listen.
In a month and half I lost 4 inches from my abs. 3 inches from my thighs and 2 inches from my arms.
Today I had to up my weights for the third time in 3 days as they are to easy.

So why this blog?.
I was on the rowing machine the other day, chatting to God as I like to do. And he brought to mind the London Marathon.
So there I was sweating away, and I texts D.
I wasn't going to but I have been disciplining myself to a 'JUST DO IT' attitude.
"wanna do the London Marathon 2015".
So that's how it started.
After that gym session I went to the steam room. It was empty so I had a audible conversation with Jesus.
The steam room is my favourite place to chat with God. He nearly always reveals things to me.
So I said. "so God, I really need to chat to you about this Marathon thing". 
And he just replied with -
" I have already seen you run it".
That blew me away. The fact that he had already seen me do it confirmed to me that I could do it. And was going to do it!
Since then I had 2 pictures from God.
The first one was me in the middle of the race, running along and seeing people I know.
The second picture was my lying on the floor at the end of the race, looking up to heaven and giving my family and friends in the heavenly realm the peace sign. And they were all cheering me.

So there it is.
I'm a thirty (cough) something, size (now) large 14, with two gawjus little people under my belt. A 5 year old girlie and a 2 year old boy and a husband who loves me.
And in 2 years time. I am going to run and complete the London Marathon.
I hope you enjoy journeying with me.