Comments on: Scrap Your Trip Adds 254 Items + 254 SAL*E Items

By: Dawn G

Dawn G — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 20:29:10 +0000

The way you talk about the gym is how I feel. Feeling like you are dying when the trainer says give me 5 more and you litterly fee like your arms and/or legs are falling off is how I feel each week I meet with Joseph, my trainer. I had my one month evaluation last week and within one month I had lost an overall of 7.5 inches! Joseph was impressed but said that means I have to work harder. It does get easier each time and if he wasn’t there pushing me I would probably stop at 5 or 10. Keep up the work even if 545 is early. you can do it!!! I’m the one that joined the gym for me, not my kids or hubby.

By: Janet

Janet — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 16:37:07 +0000

I thought there was a lot a couldn’t do, then my husband died. If he could come back now, he’d see a different person.

By: Dawn S.

Dawn S. — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 15:33:44 +0000

Julie The trip to the gym story is so inspiritual and so what I needed to hear I am also doing the get healthy thing since I have finally found out what is wrong with me and why I have not felt well for so long and I am changing that. I have a glutten allergy, adrenal fatigue and sensitivity to dairy and now that I am changing my diet it is blowing me away how much better I feel. I have lots of pounds to lose but for the first time in a long time my body feels like everything inside is working like it should and I have litterally never felt that way ever. It is really hard to describe to somebody. Definately an entire new world for me. Also as you know I am a partner in a newly formed LLC called Grand Strand Scrappers doing day, evening and weekend crops in the Myrtle Beach area and what you wrote was also in that regards so what I needed to hear because it is disappointing when you work hard to get the word out and the response is so much less than what you hoped for. You, your staff and your company is something I am so glad I found so keep up keeping us motivated we all need that today more than ever. Dawn S. Myrtle Beach, SC

By: Barbara Smith

Barbara Smith — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 15:12:55 +0000

My friend Allie is my “personal trainer” for my spiritual life. She scooped me up when my Mom died 8 years ago-just by asking me over for lunch. She saw that I was just a “pew warmer” & that the Lord had a lot more for me to do. I am now a mature Christian & make Jesus my first priority. I have a ministry at my church-making & delivering welcome bags ,to new move ins ,about our church. My favorite verse from the Bible is- I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me! The most important thing is to not be “religious”-Jesus did not want empty prayers or rituals-just a relationship with Him. Read your Bible- the New Testament first if easier.

By: Pam

Pam — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:38:28 +0000

I love getting your emails Julie! They really make me think!

About doing and being so much more–often my 15-year-old daughter is willing to do things I wouldn’t have even thought of (good things like going into NYC to feed and clothe the homeless in the middle of the night!). I go along as a chaperone and find I can do so much more than I thought!

By: Cathy

Cathy — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 13:53:04 +0000

Hi Julie-
I learned a valuable lesson of being capable of so much more about 4 years ago.

I had begun dating a wonderful man, who will be my husband next May, and I had a job. Sounds pretty typical, right? Not so much, I worked as a Banquet Manager at a small hotel. I was working 7 days week at least 18-20 hours a day and thinking I was fine. My wonderful man took this in stride for almost a year of missed vacation, birthday parties, cookouts etc. He finally sat me down and asked me if I wanted to continue our reationship, since it seemed I only had time for work.

He knew that if I culd find a job that was less demanding that I could be capable of being and doing so much more. God love him, he stuck by me when I quit my job, and the 3 months it took me to find another one. 3 years later we are still together and I have a job that allows me to take a vacation, attend birthday parties and cookouts. I now have a balance in my life and know that he will always remind me of how much I am capable of.

Julie, Thank you for your wonderful insights into this thing we call life.

Have a great day
Cathy

By: Cheryl Cope

Cheryl Cope — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 13:46:00 +0000

Keep up the good work, both in the gym and SYT! We really can do more than we think. I’ve always walked, played tennis, lifted weights off and on and a couple of years ago while at the gym I saw a sign advertising a small triathlon, Rocketchix. I immediately made the decision to train for it. I was so out of my comfort zone that it wasn’t funny. I hired a swim coach, got up to swim at 5:30 in the morning, ran on the treadmill, bicycled in the gym and followed the immediate level training schedule. My husband, a marathon runner, was shocked. I finished in 1:34 and was a happy camper.
I was 54 and my goal was just to finish. It was very
rewarding!

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