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Do You Struggle with the Worry of Weight? I did!

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Weight Loss or GainI Struggled with the Worry of Weight

I tell you this story from decades ago to let you see how I struggled with the worry of weight, aging, and lack of complete joy for so many years. No longer! This makes me feel grateful and happy. You can too.

Did it really begin when I was 20?  Yes, it did. For some crazy reason, I saw myself fearing that I was gaining weight, even though I wasn’t. At age 21, John and I were married. Either we bought a scale or someone gave us one as a wedding present.That darn scale. It only added fuel to the fire.

Can You Believe I Gave the Scale Power Over My Days?

Can you believe I gave that darn scale the power to determine the joy of my day? If it told me I had gained a pound, I was crushed. If it had lost a pound, the day was joyful.  What a way to live. That scale was stealing my joy, mandating a new diet each Monday, and chipping away at my self-image in the midst of some of the happiest days of my life as newly married to the one I loved. This could have been the beginning of a never-ending spiral.  It did get worse as a few years went on; but thankfully, oh so thankfully, the story turned.

God Directs Our StepsHis Mercy Endures Forever

It is evident to me that God directs our steps, sometimes even before we personally know Him. I didn’t come to know Him personally until 1970 when I was 28; but He knew my heart of searching and he
guided me to the right college, the right man, and even the right decisions as my life progressed.  He is such a good God. I can never thank Him enough for his mercy.

You may be thinking:  “well, how overweight did you become in those years?”  I must tell you that for some (me), you don’t have to accumulate more than 10 pounds or 10 inches in certain places to feel worried and defeated.   I seemed to lose and gain the same five pounds and inches back over and over.

Sickness

Added to this season of despair, our young family was sick very often.  I had so many questions: Is sickness part of God’s will for us on earth? Is finding joy and peace a possibility?  What would life be like when I turn 30…..40…..50?The Upward Spiral Began

The upward spiral began when I came to know Jesus as my personal Savior. Hope began to emerge inside of me. I learned that His Will is His Word.  Here I would find many answers. The journey took time as I spent hours each day going through my concordance and finding every scripture in the Old and New Testament that had to do with healing. I had three preachers I listened to each morning on the radio who taught about Faith.

Knowledge, understanding, and faith began to come.  I found without one shadow of a doubt that God’s will for me and my family was healing and health.  This was the beginning.

To make this story shorter and to save the rest for later, one of my questions was answers and I was eager to search for more.

If You Seek, You will Find

As I kept seeking, I kept finding. Other aspects of action were needed to join with my newly found faith. I read that faith without action is dead. Yes, it was; but it was coming alive.Seek and You will Find

Soon I put action with my growing interest and knowledge in nutrition; another of the facets of the framework I would eventually put together for my journey of fitness, health and happiness onward into each decade.

As the components of the framework began to come together, it didn’t take long at all for worry to have shorter stays and fitness and health to begin bursting in. Of course, this brought immense joy, which fueled my discipline and consistence.

Since those days in my 30’s, I have continued to study, implement and share. Each year I have learned more and each year I have become healthier even though I am now in my late 7th decade of life.  The framework I learned, (one component at at time), refined and walked out has taken me through my 40’s, 50’s, 60’s and now almost through my 70’s. Gratefulness fills my heart.

Sharing these components is what Fabufit is all about.

Searching

My goal with Fabufit is to find ones who also are searching for the truth on this path to living long and strong. God has given me the gift of teaching and encouragement, which I would love to share with you via posts, courses, free offers, and/or products. Sometimes it only takes one idea to turn your life path around.

A Starting Point

If this seems to be a path you want to be on too of living long and strong with fitness and health, jump on board with our upcoming course:  Engaging Your Energy.

Are you tired of the worry of weight? Do You know what brings you the greatest joy?  This is a motivator. Do you know what steals your joy?  ZLet’s find ways to overcome and stop that thief. The motivators and the thieves contribute to or steal from, your fitness and health path.  The introductory Engaging Your Energy class begins Monday, 7PM Central, April 26th.

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Be a Patriot

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God bless AmericaBe a Patriot

As a Christian, you and I are called to be a patriot. America was founded on Biblical principles. Our founding Fathers based all of our founding documents on the mighty Word of God. Our “one nation, under God” has been a light to nations. We chose God, because we loved God.  America was established to bless the world.

We Never Give Up and Never Quit

One of the framework principles of Fabufit is “We base our lives on the Word of God.” I haven’t given up on our nation and I pray you have not either.  We can look at what is going on and wonder what nation we are in. We could become fearful and discouraged.  I encourage you to keep standing and “fight the good fight of faith”.  Our God is faithful. He sees the “Remnant” that will keep on standing.

Our prayers of faith never expire. The prayers of generations before us still are working. Justice and truth will prevail.

Faith Requires Action

Two currently passed bills by the House of Representatives, HR5 and HR1 are awaiting the Senate. These bills sound harmless and effective by their titles.  To Christians, these two bills are threatening to our freedom, our privacy and the protection of our nation, let alone the safety of ourselves and our children. Actually HR5 should reveal to anyone the serious evil that it submits.

Please read these bills

Good News

Christians are waking up. Revival is beginning. Mario Murillo has amazing tent meetings going on right now in California. Pastors are coming together to stand against unconstitutional rulings. That which is hidden is being revealed. Our vote, which is our voice as American citizens, has been stolen and the Christians must appeal to the highest of all courts, the High Court of Heaven. Each of us must do our part in prayer. Our prayers are far more important than we realize.

Scriptures to Stand On

God wants you protected

The Source of Seeds of Truth

5 For I, saith the Lord, will be unto her a wall of fire round about, and will be the glory in the midst of her.
Zechariah 2:5

The mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped…..Psalms 63:11

The plans of the wicked are being turned upside down.

Resources

GoVictory.com

GoVictory.com/Flashpoint is possibly the very best news station to listen to from a faith-based viewpoint. ThisFlashPoint program airs each Tu. and Th. at 7:00 PM Central. You won’t be disappointed, but you will be enlightened.  And, you can even catch any program you miss with  the archives: https://flashpoint.govictory.com/

KCM.org

Kenneth Copeland has received the word from the Lord concerning 2021:

2021 the year of Divine Recovery

Diving Healing

Divine Health

Divine Prosperity

For those who love the Lord and walk by faith in His promises.

Poem for 2021

Jerry Savelle November 2019 Poem

Don’t fear the future

Because it’s still bright.

And I’ll see you through each and every fight.

It is never my will for you to fail.Trust in the Lord

It is always my will for you to prevail.

Don’t be moved by what you hear and see.

This is how you enter  into greater victory

Be bold and courageous

Stay free from all fear.

For 2021 will turn out to be a great year.

Stay in faith and watch what you say.

Speak only My Word and I’ll have My way.

I’ll take you higher than you’ve even been before.

This is my promise and my promises are sure.

Stay in my Word and rest in me

For this is your year to be totally free.

A Free PDF for You

Overcome fear by meditating on these words:

Fear Not

Treasures to Leave as a Legacy

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Treasures to LeaveTreasures to Leave as a Legacy

As I think on the theme of Fabufit: How to Age Gracefully with Health, Fitness, and Happiness, I begin to think of what treasures one should leave as a legacy in this long life journey. Have you ever thought that thought? Maybe not, as I have not thought about it much before. I would like to leave some financial blessings, but more importantly, I would like to leave memories and wisdom.  Most of all, above all else, I would like to leave a legacy of what I have learned through the Word of God.

I’ve tried to begin this legacy by journaling through a new Bible the year before each grandchild’s HS graduation. In the journaling, I have tried to personalize and pray specifically over the child who I would be giving the Bible to.  Five are now completed and given on graduations. Four are to come.

Bible Journaling

My Dake’s Study Bible

Jim Rohn lists three treasures to leave as a Legacy:

Pictures, Your Journals, Your Books

Your JournalsMy Planner

Your Journals contain your wisdom and your thoughts. I have boxes full of journals and planners of years past Actually, I’ve not been so very consistent in recent times with my journaling. When my mom went on to heaven in December, I began going through many boxes searching to see if she had any journals I didn’t know about.  She had only a very few entries, but I loved reading them. This inspired me to begin consistent journaling again. It helps to have a dedicated book for the year to journal in.

Gratitude Journal

I also realize how rewarding it is to keep a gratitude journal and develop the gratitude muscle, which just like physical muscles diminishes with age if not used.My 2021 Gratitude Journal

Your Pictures

Years and years ago I began creating scrapbooks. Back in the early days, there were no digital photos, no IPhone to select photos from, and no easy way to make any kind of a memory book. I remember using my camera to take 8-12 pictures (no retakes or deletes), taking the film to the store to be processed, and then coming home with my few photos to choose from. If I realized I wanted to duplicate any for books I was making for my mom or John’s mom, I then had to go to the negatives and find which ones they were, go back to the processing store, and have copies made. Only then was I ready to paste in a page or two of memories. (And I was creating a book of the entire year:(  Yikes! Oh, this was a difficult process.)

Time Spent

I doubt that few of these books given as gifts at Christmas, containing the entire year of photos, were actually appreciated in comparison to the time I had spent, which was hours and hours and hours.  I persisted. Eventually, digital photos came into existence with ways to take many photos and delete what wasn’t the best.  A blessing!

The Era of Digital Photography

This took my process from the beginning almost impossible process to handmade books putting printed photos into pages in a book and finding captions or icons to cut out and paste also. Next, years later, came a way to create a digital book online.  For so many years I used Creative Memories and made beautiful books. They still took many hours to create, but far less than before.  They changed ownership and I couldn’t really figure out the new process, so I changed to My Publisher. Loved this program too, but they went out of business.

Chatbooksmonthly photos book subscription book with two little girls on the cover and rainbow photo book spines

Then I found Chatbooks. I must admit I miss the wonderful page templates and many formatting features I was used to (especially with Creative Memories), but the ease of creation has almost made up for this. Erin at Crossfit had begun using Chatbooks 3 years ago to capture each month of her new baby’s life with the Mini Books.  I began my own Mini book series, which I still use. I’ve also created the larger 8 x 8 books for Graduation presents and many 6 x 6 books.

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What I may like best about Chatbooks is the online Chat Support. It is wonderful. Many sales pop up here and there so it is always good to have a book ready to go. If you use my referral code, you will receive $10 off on your first book and they even give me a $10 credit on my next book.  You then can get a referral code and give the same gift. Just go to chatbooks.com.

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When you invite friends to Chatbooks, not only will your friend receive $10 off their first book but you will receive a $10 credit! It’s a win-win!

Books You Read

This habit is one of the top 5 Keystone Habits you can develop according to Dream Coach, Terri Foy. Oh the things we can learn from the books we carefully select and read. My favorite is the Bible in many different translations. The Passion Translation has captivated my attention right now.

Find something you really want to learn about and then search of a book. I needed to learn about internet marketing and found Expert Secrets. Years ago I wanted to find out just how to know God’s Will. God’s Will for You by Gloria Copeland opened my eyes and changed my life. All of my library of books are highlighted and filled with notes. Some I review often.  My prayer is that these books will be a blessing to our children and grandchildren as the years travel by. Follow the link to the KCM.org website and for a small cost ($2.99) you can get a PDF of God’s Will for Your Healing by Gloria.

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Three Things God Desires for You

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God's Desires for MeThree Things  God Desires for You

There are so many more than three things that God desires for you. He says “He wishes above all things that you would prosper and be in health, even as your soul (mind, will, and emotions) prospers and keeps well.” III John 2.

He says  in Ephesians 3:20:

20″Never doubt God’s mighty power to work in you and accomplish all this. He will achieve infinitely more than your greatest request, your most unbelievable dream, and exceed your wildest imagination![a] He will outdo them all, for his miraculous power constantly energizes you.”

Every Promise has a Condition

He is such a good Heavenly Father.  And now the question is, what are His desires that he would like to have from us? This is very important. Every single promise we are given in the Bible has a condition. If we will do this, then He will this that. Search it out yourself and see if this isn’t true.

If you believe in your heart and confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord,

Then you will be saved

If you seek Him with all your heart

Then you will find Him

If you sow

Then you will reap

If you ask

Then you will receive

God Desires Three Sacrifices from Each of Us

These aren’t to take away but to add to our happiness and long life. Believe it or not, they will also add to our accomplishing our goals of becoming, and staying healthy and fit.  Here we go. Let’s see what they are:

Ps 50:14-15, 23

Why don’t you bring me the sacrifices I desire?
    Bring me your true and sincere thanks,
    and show your gratitude by keeping your promises to me,
    the Most High.
15 Honor me by trusting in me in your day of trouble.
    Cry aloud to me, and I will be there to rescue you.

Gratefulness

I will be thankful today

Gratefulness is a choice. It can become a habit. Many times it feels like a sacrifice. This pleases the Lord very much. Continually thank Him for what He has done and is doing in your life, ( even when you can’t see it, as he is often working behind the scenes. Thank Him for His angels who are all on assignment for us who are heirs of salvation

 

 

Keeping Your Promises to Him

Yes, it is easy to make a commitment and then not keep it. Early on this year I made a decision and a promise to get up an hour earlier in order to work on an assigned project concerning this website. Yikes, I kept putting it off as I fought the “battle of the covers” each morning. Finally, I chose to enforce my commitment. It was hard at first but now is actually a joy. He says it brings Him joy when we keep our promises to Him. I want to bring Him great joy.
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Trusting in Him in Your Day of Trouble

This may be the hardest one. We each can do it because He tells us to.

6 Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time, 7 casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you.

8 Be [a]sober, be [b]vigilant; [c]because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour. I Peter 5:6-8

Since this is something that pleases our Heavenly Father, let’s develop this habit.

 

 

 

 

Beware of Habits of the Unsuccessful

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Beware of Habits of the Unsuccessful

We must beware of those habits of the unsuccessful. Knowing the enemy’s tactics is important in every war. We are in a war.

These habits found in the “unsuccessful” are ones we must become very aware of so that we don’t fall into their trap and blindly adopt them for ourselves.

10 Common Habits to Run From

These are ideas from Terri Foy’s book Things Successful People Do Before 8 AM (with my own ideas included). Watch for a follow-up post revealing 7 Attitude Diseases named by Jim Rohn.  They aren’t all the same, but they do walk hand in hand. And we want to be free of all of them.

Complaining

Complainers aren’t any fun to be around. They seem to enjoy wasting their time complaining. They don’t realize that although “negative” is rather normal in life, it is not successful. Jim Rohn says this is possibly the most deadly of the attitude diseases.

 

Habit 2 ReadAlways being Late

The unsuccessful even joke about always being late.  They don’t seem to realize the lack of respect it shows to the ones who came on time or planned the event to begin at a certain time.

 

Blaming Others

No, nothing is ever their fault.  I think of Adam and Eve. Adam blamed Eve for giving him the apple when he failed to take the responsibility to say, “no!” People of character stand up and take the responsibility for themselves.

Wasting Money

Scripture tells us if we are faithful in the little, we will be ruler over much.  Those who are not faithful over little are seldom given much more. How can they be trusted?

 

 

fifth bonusSurrounding with Unsuccessful

“Iron sharpens iron.”  We tend to become like the ones we associate with. It is important to look at your circle of friends.

 

 

Watching TV a Lot

This is a difficult habit to break for most. TV will steal our time to read, to have conversations with our loved ones, and our time to pray and plan. The unsuccessful tend to live the life of others instead of adventuring into creating life for themselves.

 

Being Careless about Health

The unsuccessful are too busy to care about their health. Oh, how sad this is. Possibly they think they are invincible. Or could it be they don’t value themselves enough to take the care needed?  Our body is the temple of the Holy Spirit. It is where we live. If we neglect this body, where will we live? Care about your personal health and fitness!  Turn Fitness Goals into Habits

 

Gossipping

This is deadly! It is a slippery slope easily fallen into. We each need to constantly monitor our acts and watch out for this trap of the enemy to enter innocently (seemingly) in.

 

 

Procrastinating

This unsuccessful habit steals our self-confidence as we fail to keep promises to ourselves.  As we complete small daily disciplines consistently self-confidence will grow. Don’t sabotage your own personal growth.

 

Quitting

There is a race set before us. God has given each of us special giftings and special callings. It isn’t always easy. It usually isn’t. The completion of our destiny requires time to prepare, study, fail and learn from failures. The practice of sticking with what we begin will lead us to the successful attitude of “Quitting is not an option.”

 

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