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JOY is Prayer!

Posted by buffmother in BuffMother, Michelle Berger, Spiritual Fitness- Christian on June 3rd, 2010


“Joy is prayer – Joy is strength- Joy is love – Joy is a net of love

by which you can catch souls.  She gives most who gives with Joy.”

Mother Teresa

Prayers of a BuffMother!

Please Lord God Almighty,

Let me have the strength to get all the kids buckled up and checked in to childcare today so that I can go kill myself doing my workout

Let all the kids be healthy enough to go to the gym

Let all the kids take their naps so that I can do my workout during naptime

Let all the kids take their naps so that we don’t have melt downs at the gym childcare

Let the kids poop b4 we go to the gym so that they don’t hate me for stinking the place up

Let the kids learn to love spinach, oatmeal and chicken so that I don’t have to make a separate meal for everyone

Help my husband have a huge desire to rub my stiff and tired body tonight

Help me fit into my jeans today, I did legs yesterday and they are so swollen I don’t think my sweats would even fit

Help me figure out a way to wash the dishes since my arms are too sore and tired to even lift them

Help me to be tough and not complain and be a great example to my children to brainwash them into believing working out is actually fun

Keep our family safe from the gym freak who I heard was a convicted rapist

I pray that no one will ask me for any advice today while I am in the middle of my set of walking lunges

Please Lord help me LOVE others, take the time to show love first and foremost to my kids and DH

I love you Lord!

AMEN~ your Daughter Michelle

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Now is the time to learn!

Posted by buffmother in BuffMother, Michelle Berger, Spiritual Fitness- Christian, mental on November 5th, 2009

In keeping with my “NOW is the TIME Novemeber” theme…I really, really believe NOW is the time for me to LEARN!  I am currently hungering to LEARN about 3 things:
1. MY Spirituality…My SAVIOR- Jesus Christ, The HOLY SPIRIT, and God my Father
2. TIME management
3. Fitness~ anything and everything about fitness! Some key interests: Hormones, MMA  fitness, Kids Fitness, and the Fitness Industry

The internet is A SUPER Cool tool for learning!!  Here are some of the FUN stuff I stumbled across this week in my quest to LEARN:

 

 

Our mini-challenge in the SuperSTAR Success contest is to eat 3 servings of greens daily. I stumbled across this most fitting verse today…

Proverbs 15:17
A bowl of vegetables with someone you love is better than steak with someone you hate.

VERSE of the DAY~ I like this because it gives you a verse, some thoughts, a prayer and a PICTURE!

http://www.verseoftheday.com/

 

Devotionals~

http://www.joycemeyer.org/OurMinistries/EverydayAnswers/dailydevotionals/

http://www.upperroom.org/Devotional/

http://www.crosswalk.com/devotionals/girlfriends/

http://www.oneplace.com/devotionals/fordieters/default.aspx

http://www.crosswalk.com/devotionals/ParentingbyDesign/

http://www.crosswalk.com/devotionals/upwords/

Fitness Stuff:

Read a couple issues of Club Industry’s Fitness business pro magazine

Got this e-mail from and online fitness marketer:

Learn about the Vikings, the Gladiators, the Spartans and how
you can develop a physique for the ages. Includes a special bonus
review of The Warrior Diet!

http://the6packsecret.com/the-warrior-physique <– Grab Your Copy Now!

 

 

Other great finds: Dr. Pete Egoscue, Shape magaizing, Spark People and http://www.fuelingtactics.com

 

 

My workouts and eats (except for a bit of Halloween Candy) have been ON! 3 greens for yesterday were Asparagus and Romain Lettuce.  And today so far I’ve gotten in 2 servings of Romain Lettuce.The past 2 days…I had to shift my workouts a forward due to Monday being a crazy work day.  So yesterday I did Legs/ABs- WITH NO PAIN  and today I did Upper body/ABs this morning and just now got done running intervals finished with 2 sprints, some drill and stretching.  I am doing the workouts from our FIRE CRACKIN’ HOT contest, they rock!!  I am very proud of myself for pushing through and making myself do them…I lost a bit of momentum last week from my back injury/UTI!!  BTW~ I am on cycle day 20 and I weighed in at 127. 

I went for lunch with my SIL (Heidi) today…she seems to be doing quite well!  We talked forever and it was great to catch up~ We are planning to celebrate Gracie’s Birthday at their house and Christmas there too.  It should be a GREAT TIME!

I am off to clean up so that we can have a nice family BONFIRE tonight…I may need to run and get som HOT DOGS for the kids~ then later we’ll watch  TUF…this season has stunk thus far…Rampage has really been a disappointment!

Have a GREAT night and never stop learning!!!
-Michelle

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Thoughts…

Posted by buffmother in BuffMother, Michelle Berger, Goal Setting (POA), Spiritual Fitness- Christian, mental on October 29th, 2009

I’ve been thinking a lot of thoughts lately…do I sound like POOH bear?

Anyhoo…Thoughts about my mission, my current existance, my goals, my frustrations, etc…  Overall this October has been filled with un-rest…stress…contemplation…and SICKNESSES!  ICKY!  I know the mental really affects my physical. I also know that the definition of INSANITY is to continue to do the same thing over and over expecting different results.  Thus…my blog about CHANGE on Tuesday.

I am sick of the unrest and sick of the lack of peace…So where do I start?  I KNOW where to start…with GOD!  He is the start of it all and my #1 priority, my first love.  I’ve been neglecting HIM for too long, taking HIM for granted and separated from HIM due to my own stupidity. 

The past 3 days I’ve been pouring into who I love the most~ God, Travis and my family and guess what…I feel better both emotionally and physically.  I’ve listened to several amazing messages from pastors I HIGHLY respect to fill my heart and mind with wonderful thoughts about my Jesus, my KING, my Father, my Love!  And that love has spilled over to my DH…I had a GREAT date with Travis yesterday~ The first in a long time!   Because God is LOVE, I need HIM and HIS love in order to have love to give to others.  He holds a stockpile of Love and gives it to us when we give HIM LOVE.  It’s so wonderful!!  God is GOOD!!

I plan to keep going after God; Keeping HIM my #1 priority in life above ALL else…and YES even above my husband and above my children.  HE has to be FIRST!  Becuase I know from horrible past experiences that when HE is not #1, everything else falls apart!!  I want HIS love so I can GIVE MORE LOVE and have more passion for the all those looking for true LOVE!  I want to really make an impact on this world and there is no way I can do that if I don’t have massive amounts of LOVE! 

Thanks for reading this!  I love that I have friends who love me~ I LOVE YOU too!!

God Bless us all!!
LOVE,

Michelle

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“Energize OTHERS October”- our Monthly theme!!

Posted by buffmother in Goal Setting (POA), Spiritual Fitness- Christian, rally room on October 3rd, 2009

“Energize OTHERS October”- our Monthly theme!!

You have been blessed with very unique talents, gifts, abilities, opportunities, ideas, thoughts, etc. These can all be described as seeds of energy and nobody on earth, past, present, or future will have access to the same combination of these seeds as you!
Every one of these “energy seeds” can be planted and exponentially multiply exactly like the acorn example. However, you must learn to take the focus off of yourself and these seeds to energize others without expecting anything in return!
“You can have anything in the world you want if you’ll just help enough other people get what they want.” Zig Ziglar
Consider the energy contained in a single “energy seed”:
  • If you plant an energizing deed it can grow into exponential energy.
  • That energy can produce thousands of inspirational actions, kind deeds and good choices.
  • Those of positive actions can grow into hundreds of successful legacies.
  • Those success legacies will be converted into new generation of health.
  • That generation can be used to build an entire fit and healthy civilization!!!
  • I could go on and on but the fact is, there are no limits to what can be produced. from act to energizing another person, give it away! Plant your energy seeds!!
Another way to put it is to GIVE away what you have. Have you ever heard the expression, “It is more blessed to give than receive”? This verse comes from the book of Acts in the Bible. Virtually every religion and or philosophical viewpoint teaches about the importance of giving. Personally, I can’t say that I was inspired or enthused in any way when I first read about giving to others. I didn’t feel I had anything to give and what I did have I need for myself! You might feel the same way.   However, I now believe that nothing has more power to unleash incredible rewards into your life than the act of giving to benefit other people!
Identify your gifts/Passion/Talents
Now let’s take it one step further…..In order to give, you must know what you have to give. In the exact same way that everyone has needs, every person also has been blessed with certain gifts, talents and abilities.   These gifts are your “energy seeds”!!!
Write down every gift, talent, skill, ability, or thing you like doing or are good at.
For example:
  • I am a good at writing.
  • I have always been a great cheerleader.
  • I love organizing things.
  • I am generous.
  • I enjoy manual labor.
  • I have a lot of computer skills.
Can you imagine what will happen in your life if you decide to “plant” your gifts into the lives of others? In time you will experience what can only be described as a natural phenomenon. The energy from every seed you planted will multiply exponentially and flow back to you! It’s so simple, but you need to be willing to take the first step. Don’t sit around thinking, talking and worrying about the things you don’t have. Instead, use what you do have to help other people (plant your “energy seeds”) In time, you will always be rewarded exponentially!!

For the Month of OCTOBER I want you to energize others by planting (giving) energy.
You will experience 2 benefits:

1. You will feel instant gratification when you sincerely help someone in need. Giving always feels far better than you originally predicted.
2. Sooner or later, a tidal wave of energy will flow into your life. Every need you have will miraculously be met. Don’t try to figure out how it works. Just go DO IT NOW and find out for yourself!!
**There is one little catch. You must give without expecting anything in return! If you only “give” to “get,” this law won’t have any power in your life and you will be completely wasting your time!
Now that you know what you have to give (your personal “energy seeds”)…WHO do you give them to? We all know that walking up to a stranger at the gym and giving a compliment is not an easy thing to do. Sometimes finding someone who openly wants and will willingly accept a genuine act of kindness is the hardest part of planting “energy seeds”. Well, I have the simplest solution; I’ve created the perfect place for you to plant your seeds, the Team BuffMother Rally Room!!
If you are a member of the Rally Room- plant your energy seeds by commenting on OTHER’s Blogs (shoot for 5 or mor a day)!
If you are not a member of the Rally Room~ consider joining NOW: www.therallyroom.com or STRIVE to comment on other’s blogs, status updates, etc…

Let’s make October all about Energizing OTHERS!!!

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Heavenly Thoughts

Posted by buffmother in Spiritual Fitness- Christian on July 9th, 2008

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I’ve been dreaming a bit about heaven today…I can’t wait to feel what heaven is like!!!  A book I recently read “When Heaven Invades Earth” talks about how we should expect and go after the things of heaven here on earth.  For instance we should expect that we should be healthy as we will be in heaven.  In THE LORD’s prayer Jesus even said this “…Your will be done on earth as it is in HEAVEN!”  Isn’t that cool!!!   Heaven on earth is possible!!  What an awesome dream to dream and to go for!!

My workouts the past 2 days have been great!!
I did a really good leg workout with more than 100 lunges in it yesterday followed by my RUN!!  I ran on the treddy rather hard for about 11 mins….
And when I got home my new running shoes showed up!!!  now I can really feel good about running every other day this month!!!

Today, I did a back, shoulder and bicep workout followed by 11 mins of intervals on the r-bike.  It was a BONUS workout for the week as I had planned to take today off!!  I am so happy that I got it done!

I ovulated last night and I feel so much better today …I think it was Carrie who asked about  how we feel on our ovulation, this month for me was extra bad for some reason (since I’ve had twins, I have months when I double ovulate and this makes things doubly icky hormone wise for me on those months) my symptoms were: nausea the night before, bloating, extreme fatigue, zits, horrible ovary pain and some breast tenderness.

Well I gotta go and get some things done while the kids are all occupied.
Have a HEAVENLY hump day!!
Love,
Michelle

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