Louise LaMarca-Gay's Journal, 05 June 2013

You can do it Louise. ^ ^, Take it easy on yourself. And before you know it, taadaaa! a healthier sexier you. I have a friend at the office who shed the weight in like 2-3 years time. Imagine if he didn't start. It never would have happened. She lost more than half of her weight. She looks great. Go go go! You can do it! Pray. May the Lord give you strength. 

Thank you barbydebbie. I have to lose this wait and hopefully live longer (am 66). When my husband died I think I used food as comfort. I know it was wrong but I was happy. Now my children and friends are expressing concern and I have a daughter that is Bipolar and she definitely needs me. I appreciate your support.  

Hi Louise. May I add you as my buddy here. I'm a bit new here. Though people may think I'm young and phew what she only needs to loose that little weight. Honestly, its more than that. I have PCOS. And unless I get to my target weight I do not ovulate. And PCOS likes to keep my fats. so its tricky. And I wanna be a mom. :) Its actually has been hard. But so far I'm doing 30 mins exercise a day and some PCOS symptoms went away. No more pimples. :) HappY! So far so good. every month I lose 1 lb. How are you doing?  

Yes you are my buddy. I will pray for you that you will be able to be a Mommy. I have 2 children who wanted children and one who did not. The one who did not has a husband who feels the same. They are so good with kids but I have accepted their decision because it would be worse to have kids if you did not want them. Keep the faith and keep working to on those exercises.  

How do I add you as a buddy? I checked buddies and you are not there 

Thank you for your prayers I appreciate that. ^ ^. And I'm so happy that you are also my sister in faith. Oh yes, a lot of people now are choosing not to have kids. Like Carrie in the Sex in the City show/movie. I sent you a request to be buddies already. (I went to view your profile then clicked add to be a buddy). You're my first. I'm impress by your motivation. When I'm lazy I just do 15 minutes exercise. Its better than nothing. :) Say hi to Gabby for me.  

Yeah I found and accepted you. I truly believe God answers our prayers. It may not be right away. The prayers that he did not answer for me have turned out to be a blessing. God answered both my and my deceased husband's prayers by making it possible for us to be together after knowing each other for25 years. We both had bad marriages and I believe that it was through him that events happened to bring us together and let us go from friends to mates for life. I asked God to help me find a way to lose weight and he sent me Gabby to concentrate on now that my husband is gone. Since I have had him I have not had the hunger all night long like I had since Carl, my husband died. So where do you live? I am in Rochester, NH 

Hi! Yes, God is great. He is everything and we are so blessed to be loved by a might living God. My love story is also nice, we we're friends. In Asia we have a different levels of respect and friendship. I'm from the Philippines. Here we call the older Men "Kuya" he was like my confidant. So we thought it was just like that till God changed our hearts. And now taadaa. Getting married! He's in the military. Its hard before. But now, I'm getting by. I don't worry too. Coz as you said God answers prayers. I just pray for his safety. I live in Baguio City, Philippines. (Mountains, Plants, Vegetables and cold weather - for us but not as cold as winter.) Now, I'm studying my Masters degree in Makati City (Business City of the Country where pollution is present) and also working for IHG (InterContinental Hotels Group _ InterContinental Hotels, Holiday Inn(s), Crowne Plaza, etc. ) What do you do?  

I was working in an office for many years doing accounting, payroll, and trouble shooting calls. I did this for most of my working life and then went to work at Walgreens Pharmacy that is now merged with Alliance Boots company in Europe. This was going to be the last job until I retired. It was more physical and not as much mental work. I left in 2008 when my husband got sick and when he passed away I went back. I now work just 13 and 1/2hours a week. This is just enough to keep me active and social and give me some money for extras. I am a very organized person and work on photo albums I have also. When I go home to God my family will have my life in all my albums and there are a lot. Even with digital cameras I still print a lot of photos to be able to look at manually. I can do all jobs at Walgreens except the photo department. I have been with them for 17 years. I love the people I work with and love doing what I do. I wait on customers, do suggestive selling and do a lot of organizing of products on the shelves by doing what we call resets and revisions. We have a Holiday Inn just down the street from where I work. Nice place.  

Hi Louise! Hope you're having a good day! You can do this. :) You can reach your goal. Just keep on going. :) Go Go Go! We can do this. I know better days are coming. Specially that Gabby is there. :) I'm so touched by this I hope you can listen to it too. Do you know Joni Eareckson Tada? Gosh, I'm in awe of this woman. 1. https://www.reviveourhearts.com/resource-library/Programs/p/Revive%20Our%20Hearts/series/A%2520Conversation%2520with%2520Joni/ and 2. http://www.reviveourhearts.com/radio/revive-our-hearts/play/how-much-pain-enough/  

I don't know why if I paste the link its not showing completely, let me try that again. http://www.reviveourhearts.com/radio/revive-our-hearts/celebrating-life-1/ 

Just viewed your profile on buddies. You are so cute. It just goes to show you weight problems are not just for the fat. I am going to add you to my prayers. I am going to pray that you reach your goal and that after you get married you will be able to get pregnant. I am doing good. Spent the last two days working in my yard. We had so much rain that I could not get to it. Mowed the lawn, planted some flowers, pulled some weeds and today put in the air conditioner. In the exercise list gardening is listed so I got exercise doing something I love to do. I like to mow the lawn too because I love to see the progress as all the lawn becomes the same height and looks so smooth. I hope you are well and I know you can lose the weight you need to. You look like someone who can do something once you set your mind to it.  

Oh! I'm sure your yard looks great!!! :) And I can only imagine how much calories you burned with that work. I pray that you continue to find joy in the things you love/enjoy that keeps you healthier. And I also pray that you meet your goals. Thank you so much for your prayers. I am bless to be your new friend. You are a treasured one to me too! You are also a lovely woman. And your family is blessed to have you. The photo albums which you do will be passed on to generations and I think that's great. ^ ^.