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  • Smeltzer2
    Smeltzer2 Posts: 210 Member
    Welcome BunnieLR and all the newcomers to Virtuous Living. The Bible studies and thought provoking questions that Chaplain Lynne writes for us each day are a true blessing. Each day i look forward to learning more about God's plans for me. She uses the true and only word of God the Bible to assist us in our walk with Christ. Please don't be afraid to study and give your input no matter how small. God accepts us like children. We here at Virtuous Living are blessed. Spiritual food keeps us in good shape. Harriet
  • MissSharon2013
    MissSharon2013 Posts: 536 Member
    WELCOME BunnieLR!

    We're glad to have you join us! Happy New Year! We hope that you will enjoy fellowship with us. Don't hesitate to PM me if you have questions. Do go to the members section and feel free to friend all our members.

    Everyone, let's make BunnieLR feel welcome. Remember to friend her: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/user/bunnielr/status and add her to your prayer list.

    Blessings,
    ChapLynne

    Welcome BunnieLR! We are so glad you are here! I pray for your success here in all that you seek to do; as I do for all of our beloved members. I pray you will join us as we meditate on the word and pray for and encourage one another. Again, welcome to our group! I pray you will enjoy it!
  • MissSharon2013
    MissSharon2013 Posts: 536 Member
    Good Morning All

    Thank you for inviting/ Welcome me :)

    My name is Kamla and I am 26 years old. I am a faithful believer in Jesus Christ. I am a positive, loving, caring, hardworking, and compassionate woman. I attend a Bayside of South Sacramento (BOSS) church every Sunday or Saturday service. I love going my Boss church :)

    My health is a work in progress. I am blessed with one body in this lifetime, and I choose to treat my body as a temple. I want to be healthy again :) Here is my story..Well graduating college is supposed to be one of the happiest and proudest moments of your life. For me, this feeling was overshadowed every time I looked at my graduation photos: / And It is a wake-up call when someone you have not seen in a long time calls you pregnant when I am not. After being mad at people calling me fat (in my mind, I started thinking....If I wasn't eating so much junk food and be more serious about my weight loss then I wouldn't have such comments. Also seeing some of my family members have diabetes and high blood pressure is giving me motivation to get in shape.

    Currently I weigh 156 pounds and wear a 10/12. I start eating less than I was normally, watching my calories intake and replacing every beverage with water. My goal is to exercise 5 day week for 60 minutes. I've become very conscience about what I put into my body.

    I joined First Place 4 Health (FP4H) around July 2013 and it is a Christ-centered weight-loss and healthy-living program. I have meeting on Monday nights with my leader. It is just my leader and I in the group. We are on our 3rd bible study YAY. FP4H is unique because it aims to foster growth in all four areas of life—physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual. The basic time commitments are: weekly attendance at the group meeting; 20-30 minutes a day quiet time in prayer and study; 20-30 minutes 3 days a week in planned physical activity; completion of the ‘tracker’ daily or Myfitnesspal and turn in weekly.

    FP4H is a full year commitments. Please pray for me to keep my commitments to meeting attendance, encouragement, pray/journal (Quite Time with God), scripture reading, memory verse, FP4H bible study, food plan (Myfitnesspal), & Exercise/Physical Activity. I am finding that my daily quiet time in prayer and study to be my source of strength in all the other areas of life. I am thankful for FP4H because my leader told me about Myfitnesspal.

    Myfitnesspal has been a tremendous help keeping me on track with my goals. I am still not yet where I want to be, but I thank God, my family, and friends for their support because I am not where I use to be...So I started changing to my eating habits consist of reading labels and eating healthy. When I want something special, I've learned to eat it in moderation.

    Ticking to a regular exercise schedule isn't easy for me sometimes. I work in an office were I use computers most of the day I am sitting down at my desk and I am staring at a computer screen; so walking would give me a break. I feel it is very easy for me to weight in my occupation. So I joined curves gym about 9 months ago and it was the best decision I've ever made. Lately I have been struggling to go to the gym :(. But my goal is to go to Curves Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday. I am struggling to walk on my 1st work break or lunch break I work.

    I also I am trying to attend FREE Herbalife boot camps 2x a week with a friend on Wednesday night and Friday nights. Please pray for me to be more physical/or more committed to exercise. Honestly my mind is ready to get in shape for the New Years to come. I am Thankful that I add virtuous Living group to Myfitnesspal :) & you are more than welcome to add me as a friend.

    Thanks again and have blessed day.

    Love Kam

    Welcome Kamla, looks like you have a lot on your schedule, I pray you are very successful in meeting your goals.

    Gwen

    Welcome Kamla! I would like to extend my hand to you in welcoming you to our group. It is a place of encouragement and uplifting prayer. Such a great thing to have new members. We are so happy you have decided to join us! May God bless you and all of us here with success!
  • HealthFitNow
    HealthFitNow Posts: 1,205 Member
    Welcome to Mellie Jean,

    We've already welcomed you in the other thread, but we've added you here, too.

    We're glad you are here and hope you grow spiritually with this time together.

    Blessings,
    ChapLynne
  • kks1987
    kks1987 Posts: 123 Member
    Thanks Gwen for your prayers :)
  • kks1987
    kks1987 Posts: 123 Member
    Thanks MissSharon201 for your prayers too
    Good Morning All

    Thank you for inviting/ Welcome me :)

    My name is Kamla and I am 26 years old. I am a faithful believer in Jesus Christ. I am a positive, loving, caring, hardworking, and compassionate woman. I attend a Bayside of South Sacramento (BOSS) church every Sunday or Saturday service. I love going my Boss church :)

    My health is a work in progress. I am blessed with one body in this lifetime, and I choose to treat my body as a temple. I want to be healthy again :) Here is my story..Well graduating college is supposed to be one of the happiest and proudest moments of your life. For me, this feeling was overshadowed every time I looked at my graduation photos: / And It is a wake-up call when someone you have not seen in a long time calls you pregnant when I am not. After being mad at people calling me fat (in my mind, I started thinking....If I wasn't eating so much junk food and be more serious about my weight loss then I wouldn't have such comments. Also seeing some of my family members have diabetes and high blood pressure is giving me motivation to get in shape.

    Currently I weigh 156 pounds and wear a 10/12. I start eating less than I was normally, watching my calories intake and replacing every beverage with water. My goal is to exercise 5 day week for 60 minutes. I've become very conscience about what I put into my body.

    I joined First Place 4 Health (FP4H) around July 2013 and it is a Christ-centered weight-loss and healthy-living program. I have meeting on Monday nights with my leader. It is just my leader and I in the group. We are on our 3rd bible study YAY. FP4H is unique because it aims to foster growth in all four areas of life—physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual. The basic time commitments are: weekly attendance at the group meeting; 20-30 minutes a day quiet time in prayer and study; 20-30 minutes 3 days a week in planned physical activity; completion of the ‘tracker’ daily or Myfitnesspal and turn in weekly.

    FP4H is a full year commitments. Please pray for me to keep my commitments to meeting attendance, encouragement, pray/journal (Quite Time with God), scripture reading, memory verse, FP4H bible study, food plan (Myfitnesspal), & Exercise/Physical Activity. I am finding that my daily quiet time in prayer and study to be my source of strength in all the other areas of life. I am thankful for FP4H because my leader told me about Myfitnesspal.

    Myfitnesspal has been a tremendous help keeping me on track with my goals. I am still not yet where I want to be, but I thank God, my family, and friends for their support because I am not where I use to be...So I started changing to my eating habits consist of reading labels and eating healthy. When I want something special, I've learned to eat it in moderation.

    Ticking to a regular exercise schedule isn't easy for me sometimes. I work in an office were I use computers most of the day I am sitting down at my desk and I am staring at a computer screen; so walking would give me a break. I feel it is very easy for me to weight in my occupation. So I joined curves gym about 9 months ago and it was the best decision I've ever made. Lately I have been struggling to go to the gym :(. But my goal is to go to Curves Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday. I am struggling to walk on my 1st work break or lunch break I work.

    I also I am trying to attend FREE Herbalife boot camps 2x a week with a friend on Wednesday night and Friday nights. Please pray for me to be more physical/or more committed to exercise. Honestly my mind is ready to get in shape for the New Years to come. I am Thankful that I add virtuous Living group to Myfitnesspal :) & you are more than welcome to add me as a friend.

    Thanks again and have blessed day.

    Love Kam

    Welcome Kamla, looks like you have a lot on your schedule, I pray you are very successful in meeting your goals.

    Gwen

    Welcome Kamla! I would like to extend my hand to you in welcoming you to our group. It is a place of encouragement and uplifting prayer. Such a great thing to have new members. We are so happy you have decided to join us! May God bless you and all of us here with success!
  • kks1987
    kks1987 Posts: 123 Member
    Julieann3377 Welcome to our group
    Welcome to Julieann3377! Our newest member. Let's make her feel welcome and friend her, so she knows she will be supported in her journey, whatever that may be.

    Warm wishes, Julieann3377. Glad you are here.

    Blessings,
    ChapLynne
  • kks1987
    kks1987 Posts: 123 Member
    Also Welcome BunnieLR :)
    WELCOME BunnieLR!

    We're glad to have you join us! Happy New Year! We hope that you will enjoy fellowship with us. Don't hesitate to PM me if you have questions. Do go to the members section and feel free to friend all our members.

    Everyone, let's make BunnieLR feel welcome. Remember to friend her: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/user/bunnielr/status and add her to your prayer list.

    Blessings,
    ChapLynne
  • HealthFitNow
    HealthFitNow Posts: 1,205 Member
    Let's Welcome DivineMissM46 to our group!
    We're glad to have you join us! Happy Valentine's Day belated! We hope that you will enjoy fellowship with us. Don't hesitate to PM me if you have questions. Do go to the members section and feel free to friend all our members.

    Everyone, let's make DivineMissM46 feel welcome. Remember to friend her: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/user/divinemissm46/status and add her to your prayer list.

    Blessings,
    ChapLynne
  • HealthFitNow
    HealthFitNow Posts: 1,205 Member
    Welcome Tamarawalkingingrace!

    We're glad to have you join us! Happy Valentine's Day belated! We hope that you will enjoy fellowship with us. Don't hesitate to PM me if you have questions. Do go to the members section and feel free to friend all our members.

    Everyone, let's make Tamarawalkingingrace feel welcome. Remember to friend her: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/user/tamarawalkingingrace/status and add her to your prayer list.

    Also, Tamara has started a new MFP group called the Daniel Group--which follows the Daniel Diet -- promoted by Rev Rick Warren, Dr. Oz, Dr. Amen and others to bring a spiritual dimension to healthy weight loss. Do check it out. Several of our group are very interested in the Daniel Diet (some couldn't afford to buy the book) but this may offer some chance to get a sense of it.

    Tamara can explain more of it. Do add your words of wisdom to my explanation, T. We're glad you've joined us.

    Blessings,
    ChapLynne
  • MissSharon2013
    MissSharon2013 Posts: 536 Member
    Welcome Tamara and Divine MissM! I pray you are doing well and that God blesses you with success. This is a wonderful place to seek prayer, guidance, ask questions and have support in a loving nonjudgmental Godly way. We love The Lord; and it's always a pleasure to have new members!! You will find Chaplynn to be a great shoulder to lean on as she serves us with a loving portion of God's love, life and lessons. So welcome aboard and we're so glad you are here!
  • HealthFitNow
    HealthFitNow Posts: 1,205 Member
    A big welcome to ashleylynn39!

    We're glad you have joined us. Let us know how we can support you best. I am impressed you jumped right in and posted a response to the questions for the Bible Study. Well done.

    Do feel free to friend all our members and we'll friend you back.

    Members, here is ashleylynn's link: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/user/ashleylynn39/status.


    Blessings,
    ChapLynne
  • ashleylynn39
    ashleylynn39 Posts: 58 Member
    thanks :) not much to tell I guess, I welcome all new friends... I go to Indio church of Christ here in the California desert :) I've just recently started and am already seeing results so that is awesome :) I welcome any and all discussion about the Bible, I follow the New Testament teaching very closely. I love God and am so blessed in life.. hope to get to know you all soon :)
  • cdgirl
    cdgirl Posts: 158 Member
    Welcome Ashlylynn! So glad you joined us :happy: Congrats on your progress so far.
  • HealthFitNow
    HealthFitNow Posts: 1,205 Member
    I am so excited to welcome two new members to Virtuous Living. Please join me in making them feel welcome:

    browns1908 http://www.myfitnesspal.com/user/browns1908/status

    JustAWho http://www.myfitnesspal.com/user/justawho/status

    We are glad you are here and hope you will share a little about yourself. Feel free to post here or start your own thread.

    Welcome!

    Blessings,
    ChapLynne
  • HealthFitNow
    HealthFitNow Posts: 1,205 Member
    Welcome back Gwen_b_!

    Glad you could join us again. We missed you. As always life intrudes for all of us and we can't always do everything we would like...so we understand there are many reasons why people must leave even if we don't know the reasons.

    It is a delight to have you back.

    Blessings,

    ChapLynne

    BTW, with Gwen's return, we now have SIXTY (60) MEMBERS! Awesome!
    I have toyed with the idea of asking if any of you would like to invite friends to join us...and we can expand what we are doing. So if you know a friend that might be interested, do invite them. On the other hand, no pressure, if you don't feel the nudge from God. Our obedience is to God...not the words of humans.

    L
  • HealthFitNow
    HealthFitNow Posts: 1,205 Member
    Just celebrating this incredible group. Welcome everyone on this First Sunday of Lent.
    Blessings,
    ChapLynne
  • Smeltzer2
    Smeltzer2 Posts: 210 Member
    Welcome all our new . Some days the virtuous living group is the only reason I sign in. It looks good for my sign in record though. This is the place I come for spiritual guidance and nourishment and doesn't put a pound on me, but lightens my load. I gave up all sweets for lent, and am feeling lighter already. It's niceto see our group growing. We are blessed to have Chaplynne available to us. Feel free to friend me. Also I did write some individual welcomes. I do this on anandroid phone and am 71 so please excuse any typos. Harriet
  • Smeltzer2
    Smeltzer2 Posts: 210 Member
    Nice post. Those who bring sunshine into the lives of others can't help but have it shine back on them too. Welcome back. I missed you. Harriet
  • cdgirl
    cdgirl Posts: 158 Member
    I just want to say welcome to our newest members and a big welcome back to Gwen_B! May you each be blessed and encouraged here as we stand together to grow in our faith and improve our health.
  • MissSharon2013
    MissSharon2013 Posts: 536 Member
    A big Virtuous Living welcome to browns1908 and Justawho! Welcome to this beautiful place to read and dwell on the word. May God bless and enrich you here. Welcome back, my dear friend, Gwen! I know you got this, girl!
  • browns1908
    browns1908 Posts: 9 Member
    Thanks for the add! :smile:
  • HealthFitNow
    HealthFitNow Posts: 1,205 Member
    I am so glad to welcome a new member today:

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/user/sherilynturton/status

    We hope you will find opportunities to grow spiritually and be supported in your journey to health and fitness. Do let us know if there is anything we can do to assist your achievement of your goals.

    Feel free to post a little about yourself, so the group can get to know you (although there is no pressure).

    Welcome!

    Blessings,
    ChapLynne
  • MissSharon2013
    MissSharon2013 Posts: 536 Member
    Welcome to Sherilyn! May God bless you and keep you!
  • HealthFitNow
    HealthFitNow Posts: 1,205 Member
    We are growing still--both in depth and in numbers! Praise God.

    I want to welcome SusyQsZoo to our Virtuous Living Bible Study and Prayer group. We are so glad you are here. Please feel free to post a little about yourself.

    Let's give her a warm VL welcome! Do add her to your friends list: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/user/susyqszoo/status

    Don't hesitate to contact any of us if you have a special prayer request.

    Blessings,
    ChapLynne
  • MissSharon2013
    MissSharon2013 Posts: 536 Member
    Yay for Susyq! She has been with me here for awhile; so I'm really happy to welcome her here! May God bless and keep her!! Welcome to the group Suz!! So glad you decided to join us!
  • Gwen_B_
    Gwen_B_ Posts: 79
    Welcome SusyQsZoo to Virtuous Living, may God Bless You on your fitness goals :-)
  • cdgirl
    cdgirl Posts: 158 Member
    A big welcoming hug to you SusyQsZoo! So glad you joined us!
  • Smeltzer2
    Smeltzer2 Posts: 210 Member
    Welcome Suzie Qzoo. I am very apt to get lost here on my fitness. One thing I do get each day is the wonderful Bible studies. You will enjoy it. If i can be of any help let me know. I will look for you later to ask you to be my friend. Harriet
  • HealthFitNow
    HealthFitNow Posts: 1,205 Member
    We're growing! Praise God (and thanks to Sharon for her witness).

    Please give a big Virtuous Living welcome to our newest member, thickemadama. http://www.myfitnesspal.com/user/thickemadama/status. Don't forget to add her as your friend and send warm wishes to her here.

    thickemadama, please feel free to post something about yourself, remembering we are open forums. Anyone can read the posts.

    We hope you'll find a strengthening and increasing relationship with God.

    Praise and thanksgiving to God for you being here. :)

    :flowerforyou:

    Blessings,
    ChapLynne

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