I Have Abs.....Who Knew?

Ok, it's been 8 days, 16 hours, and 10 minutes since my last real Dr. Pepper. Yes I AM counting, for now anyway. : ) So I started working out on tuesday (3-28), thanks to a great, wonderful, sweet, kind, and caring friend by the name of Kate (was that enough props?) I have an organized plan of attack and workout buddy! However, in doing this thing called "working out", I discovered some muscles that I thought had disappeared. You know just vanished over time, due to lack of use. Why, it puts me in the mind of the scripture that states, "the Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away". Well, I just figured the Lord tooketh away my abs and gaveth me extra cushioning in its place. However, that was not the case. No, they have been hiding, hibernating if you will and when I awakened them, they weren't too happy. They rebelled against me, threatened me, dared me to try another crunch. However they were agreeable to trying a Crunch bar (as sold by Nestle)! Guys, my stomach hurt for three days and I'm not joking!
In all seriousness, the devil has definetly been trying to convince me many times this past week to give up. "It's too hard, what's the point, you'll never reach your goals, blah blah blah". I just had to keep holding on to the promise that, "GREATER IS HE THAT IS IN ME, THAN he THAT IS IN THE WORLD". (note that the reference to the devil got no caps, bold, or italics because that's how small he is!!) That's not to say that my eating has been great, but everyday is a new day. Also, that's not to say whenever I see someone walking by with a real dr. pepper in their hands, I don't think about knocking 'em down and taking the pop (that's a total shout out to my Yankee family, CORNHUSKERS ROCK!!! :D) I know that with God on my side and great, great, great and totally awesome friends with me, I can't fail! Plus, if I give up Iris will beat me up. For those of you who don't know Iris, she's the baddest mamma jamma I know. Thanks Homie!!!!