donniemae's Journal, 16 May 2021

Donniemae, please come join me in my fitness challenge, I do need a partner💞. Posted earlier on one of your posts, here are the details: I've set a mini goal to take my fitness to a higher level, please join me🤗🤗, modify it for you, even if it is lifting your arms up 20 times each day or taking a 5 minute walk. Think about what extra movement you're going to add to your days, and let me know, you keep me accountable and I'll do the same for you. I'm exercising every day except Sundays, but somedays it will be longer than others, it's a mix of Zumba, walking, aerobics, kickboxing and maybe some taebo. Wnen I first began to walk, I would only manage a few minutes and I felt like people stared at me, but I kept at it and now I can walk for hours, and you know those people don't matter because this is my life not theirs so let them stare. Let's move a little more each day D🏃🏾‍♀️, you're gonna feel great for having done it, you got this 💪🏽🥗. Ps. You are crushing OMAD!🙌🏽👏🏽🌻 

Oh Ettenauj I am so proud of you! 👍 I need to move more too, sitting at a desk all day just benefits the company not me. You have me energized, join Ettenauj in his moving more challenge Donnie!👏 👍🌼 I couldn’t walk either at the end of 2019, I have only been walking a little more each day and doing so much better now, what a difference. Brighten your day with just a little bit more exercise than before and you will be amazed how much better you get with each day!😊 I usually just have one meal a day too and that really kicked my weight loss journey more than anything else. I looked forward to that meal, but wasn’t hungry any longer to snack on crap.😁 Have a Spectacular Wonderful Sunday Donnie!🌺  

Blessings Shrew, I hereby name you and Donnimae the bringer of smiles 😁, cause you ladies always make me smile. Have a wonderful Sunday🙏🏽💗 Ps. Donniemae listen to Mama Shrew🤗 and let's get moving🏃🏾‍♀️🤸🏾‍♀️ 

Shrewdness...Hello, Thank you very much for your encouragement and also sharing with me your testimony of some of what you did, with a determined mind and hard work in your journey to losing weight in order to live a healthier life...God Bless.  

Ettenauj ...You're God sent, I know it's him that's brought you in my life, Yes! on FatSecret but God knows your words are helpful, inspiring, motivational and also very comforting to me. My eyes are full of tears as I type, feeling overwhelmed, as thoughts flood my mind, to join FS I had to give info to complete and join, tried to add over 500 but could not, so typed in 500 and it accepted that, obviously the limitation to join, truth is I feel I'm more. I've not been outside for a long time, 1st reason was due to being gawked/stared at, mocked, laughed at, the most hurtful part was my family having to deal with people's cruelty, no matter how happy we were or enjoying time out, the minute it started the tension got intense, forced conversations, trying to over talk the remarks and laughter, being told to ignore what's being said or done, would get bad so uncomfortable that I would ask to leave, making me feel worse for spoiling family outings and also that my family would have to endure such actions due to me looking the way I am. 2nd reason, refused to go out after awhile due to 1st reason so hiding in the house and then staying in my room avoiding everyone due to depression, this made my gain of weight get worse & out of hand, started having thoughts of suicide, one time my husband walked in on me as I went to cut my wrists, felt useless/worthless and in the way, thought of it a lot as I got bigger & bigger, moving around was to painful, ankles feeling that they would snap due to my weight, started having problems with my heart, breathing, couldn't sleep, waking up in a few minutes if I dropped of to sleep with terrible headaches, hospitalized, found out that my heart was swollen, fluid in my lungs, was not breathing when ever I slept and that my brain would signal lack of oxygen by way of intense headaches to wake up, after finding that out started having anxiety/panic attacks, afraid to sleep. Decided to give my heart to God, feeling I'm going to die soon, got my affairs straight But! Praise be to God, God stepped in, was introduced to Keto by my sister in law and from then my life has taken a change. I'm strict with my diet, not cheated, by God's grace, I'm on my feet, still painful, not as bad as before, but walking, from bedroom to family room, may not seem like much to some, but to me it's an accomplishment, not breathing like before, dress size dropped, though the dress could make a sheet for a bed, at one time not so long ago, I could not get in it at all, now I am...God has been so good to me, I thank God for my family, to you Ettenauj and a few other friends here on FS but also read other's success as motivation to keep me pushing forward. I will join you in your challenge and will do as much as I can, my best, until it get easier and easier for me. Again Thank You! Love You! God Bless. 

Blessed goodmorning beautiful Donniemae👋🏽🌻. You are brave, beautiful and born again in Christ and He is giving you beauty for all of your ashes, praise His name🙏🏽💗. Your life is a powerful testimony for Christ, if Lazarus was sick and healed it would have been one more healing miracle, if He was dead one day, some may have said He was not truly dead, but because He was dead for 4 day😱, there was no doubt that Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead, calling on the stone to be rolled away and the dead to arise🤯. That is our story my friend, a powerful testimony of God calling us to arise from dead situations, glory to His name!🙏🏽❤ Next post for the details of this challenge.  

Ok D, one thing I love about you is your discipline (how do I know......you said you have not cheated so far on Keto Omad), but know that if we fall down we just get back up, using the grace Jesus died to afford us. D let's start with walking for 5 mins in the house and add on one more minute each day, play your favorite music while you walk and sing too, it's good for the lungs and the mind🤗. You're also gonna do some arm raises straight in front of you, first day find out how many you can get done and then add 2 more every day. You've got this D by the grace of God 🙏🏽❤. Will pop in to check your journal and will log my exercise to remain accountable. Going into a busy season, happy for it 💃🏽🙏🏽, and will make time for you for sure! 

You have been working very hard you have had to struggle and sometimes I just hate the way that people are we are who we are and no one has the right to judge but then we know how that goes I wish you the best of luck and I'm happy to already hear dress sizes down I wish nothing but the best of luck for you and for you to make it outdoors fingers crossed