This blog is about my new normal. My new normal is to live without debt and with a healthy body. Last year on November 17th I received total hip replacement. Before that I had been a avid cyclist for about 5 years. As my hip became more and more nonfunctioning all things became more difficult. That along with the use of painkillers made life difficult and not a lot of fun.
The hip replacement went well and I thought is was totally recovered from the surgery in March. I was wrong! As I look back month after month I feel progressively better each month. My body does continue to heal even almost a year later. The body is an amazing machine!
Our debt free journey started over a year ago. Jeanne and I attended the Dave Ramsey Financial Peace University. It was a shock to the system and a totally different way of looking at life and money. We have since been attacking our debt and have now paid off over $58,000. What an amazing transformation we have seen. Ideas that appeared impossible are now not only possible they are our future, God willing. I have taken over all financial aspects of our family with the bosses oversight.
The latest journey into "The New Normal" is getting our bodies healthy once again. It is difficult to look at my body 60 pounds overweight. My frame is small and I can only imagine the damage I am doing to this temple God has provided for me. I am powerfully made. It is time to no longer treat myself poorly. This is not being a good steward of what God has intrusted to me. On November 2nd Jeanne and I started Weight Watchers. This is not the first time I have started Weight Watchers but this time is does feel different. The hip replacement needs to last a long time. I can only image carrying an extra 60 pounds around would limit the life of the hip. It is time to change! Getting a hip replacement makes me feel old... old people get hip replacements! My hope is that in losing the weight I will not feel as old and will be able to do more of the activities I love. I LOVE being on a bicycle. There is a freedom of thought and movement I have only ever felt on a bicycle. I want to climb mountains and ride my bicycle across the nation. Now, It might take me more time than before my hip replacement, but for my life to be complete it is something I must do. Shut up and pedal! Praise God that he has given me a body that is outstanding at pedalling!!
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