Every Day Learning and Growing

     A little while ago I posted about my super-intense workout (for me) that raised the bar for me personally. A little before that, and the next day I was getting really discouraged because I was still eating really well and I was exercising more than I have in the past, but I was gaining weight! Thankfully, after resting a day and then doing cardio instead of muscle-building the next few days, I found out that it had been muscle gain and I felt a lot better. And now I have more muscle to burn the fat faster, and I'm a little lower now than I was before I gained the muscle weight! So if you are working as hard as you can and working out faithfully and you are gaining weight, don't beat yourself up. You are getting stronger and soon it will become easier to lose than before. You will get there, but it takes a lot of patience, self pep-talks, and pushing your own limits.
     Night before last, I also had a huge eye-opening experience that will forever change me. As you know, I am working to lose this weight not only to be healthier, but to be able to serve an LDS mission. I have been praying so hard for help to do the things I need to accomplish, and I kept getting the feeling that I needed to ask for a blessing because there was something that I needed to hear. I had been getting this prompting for a while now, but I kept putting it off, I didn't know why I would need one. As I finally asked my dad and received a blessing and it wasn't only a confirmation that I was praying for the right things and that I had correctly interpreted the answer to my prayers, but I was blessed to learn how very proud my Heavenly Father is of my and what I am doing and accomplishing. For some reason I always felt like I was letting him down because I don't feel like I'm really good at doing everything I need to be, but I never thought to ask if he was proud of me. I also learned how important I was, and I felt His love for me in a way that I have never experienced before. It was so overwhelming and I couldn't believe that I hadn't seen it.
      Don't ever forget your worth as a child of God. He loves you and wants the best for you. Overcoming your trials will be difficult and will take time, but your life and the lives of those around you will be blessed because of it. Ask for help; sometimes that's all you need to do. There are many people around you that love you and want to help and support you. You are always important to somebody. Don't give up, you can make it.