Dear Family,

I wanted to tell you how much I love you. These past couple weeks I have lost more than 10lbs but I have also lost many other things. As I have committed myself to running on my elliptical for over an hour each day it has caused me to lose many bad habits such as staying up late, eating junk, and laziness. It is a wonderful thing to lose weight and bad habits as I fill my life with good ones. I have relearned the fact that there is a connection between the physical and the spiritual. I may be losing weight and losing time in my day by working out each day but I am gaining so much. I am gaining in physical strength and good health. As I lose the bad habits I want to fill my life with good ones. I have found myself wanting to study the scriptures more, pray more, and thus feel the spirit more. I think having a healthy body and life help us stay spiritually healthy and the same goes the other way. I started feeling this way last year at this time but lost it through the summer. I hope I can do better this go around.
I thought I would share with you these feelings. I hope we can all conquer ourselves and become what God wants us to become. Keep the faith and SHAKE HELL like unto Moroni Alma 48:17