You have been so encouraging, loving, supportive and excited with me along this journey I am on. However you have contributed (smiles, kind words, encouragements, meals, prayers, financially, HUGS, exercising together, friendship, questions – opportunities to share, reminders of Truth) – they are all appreciated and so treasured to me!! Thank you! It is kind of long […]
Thankful for God’s Provision
Fortified Fitness Partnering with RUN FOR HIM!
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We are excited to announce that Fortified Fitness is partnering up with the Bruce Gilley Memorial Foundation and RUN FOR HIM 5K & 10K! I have the GREAT privilege of serving as the Race Director for RUN FOR HIM 5K & 10K and want to invite you to participate in this wonderful day of remembering Bruce Gilley, an […]
Not the running type, but always a runner
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I am not the running type. I was never a college or high school athlete. I never even played a sport in elementary school. Well, I played softball a couple of years, AND I cheered…before cheerleading was considered a sport. In high school we did some pretty cool stunts, but if you ask my sister…still […]
I am in better shape than 5 yrs ago…
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I am sharing this not because it’s good but because I would like for you to be encouraged as much as I am encouraged. I have just run these 2 miles after a month of not running… First I had a hurt foot, then I had a hurt back, then I had a sore throat, now […]
I did not set out to run, I set out to save my life!
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Did I just run a half marathon? On October 11, 2014, I did run a half marathon. I ran 13.1 miles! What? That’s crazy! I am still trying to wrap my mind around that. You see, 22.5 months ago I weighed 316 pounds. I had spent the majority of the previous 20 years weighing around […]
It Works!
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I started using My Fitness Pal 75 days ago. Today I went to the doctor, who was very pleased to see that I had lost 23 pounds since my last visit 3 months ago. I haven’t exercised as much as I need to, and there were about 3 – 5 days I went over my […]
running without stopping
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The following is a Facebook post I wanted to share of a friend of mine. I have been working with Laura Harle for over a year now and have watched her lose weight, workout consistently getting stronger and stronger, physically but more importantly mentally and spiritually, i have watched her start walking and eventually running her […]