Watch my IGTV 12 minute video below to hear how 14kg melted off me during lockdown!
I made New Year’s resolutions with my students at the start of the year (they always hold me accountable😎), and I shared with them that one of my New Year’s resolution was for the Lord to shrink me for health reasons. I literally prayed ‘less of me Lord’…and then came lockdown 😂
I spent lockdown social distancing from my fridge and snack cupboard but not from my freezer with @magnum 😂🤫
Last year August I was diagnosed with Stevens-Johnson syndrome. As a result my body had gone through significant trauma, to the point of resuscitation. I had put on so much weight on top of the weight that I was already trying to lose pre-sickness!
To the glory of God I have made great recovery, and while I still have a little while to go, my consultant advised that addressing my weight was imperative for my recovery.
I had previously tried losing weight on my own accord, thinking that I could exercise and then eat whatever I liked but it just wasn’t working (who’s been there? 😅🙋🏾♀️). Moreover, the diagnosis of PCOS made my sugar cravings make sense, and amplified the struggle with losing weight! My PCOS sisters know what I’m talking about!! Add insulin-resistance to the mix and lockdown, everything was screaming…’you can’t do it Kanayo’. But God works through the setbacks 😎🙌🏾.
I signed up for @foodtherapyng’s 12 week program (meal plan, exercises and accountability after seeing @omojuly’s phenomenal progress). My body was still very weak so I didn’t do any rigourous exercises, I kept it to walking at length, as much as possible (ideally 5k a day).
I offloaded 10kg on the 12 week program and more after the program using the skills and discipline I had learnt. All while consuming my darling @magnum.
There is no magic to it. Calorie counting 🤝 eat what you like with discipline 🤝 Exercise. That’s all. The goal will always be HEALTHY.
I do everything with the Lord on my side, so of course I had a set of prayer points which I cheekily prayed on my journey. You can read and save them below!
Kanayo is a Multi-award winning, Author and Senior leader in education whose experience ranges from being a Deputy Head of Sixth Form, Head of Psychology and Lead Practitioner. Kanayo believes that these 3 elements are the driving force of her ministry and career. D.I.G; Drive, Integrity and Grace.
Having a psychology degree provides me with a broad scope to experience many industries and fields of work. Although, my main aim is to continuously learn and also to share my knowledge and experience with others, within and beyond the constraints of the psychology community. Hence my pursuit to teach!
Hopefully, the readers of this blog will find that it is infested with a scope of psychological knowledge, with the intention of conveying psychology in such a way that it is interesting and understandable to those who aren’t studying it as a discipline. In addition, you will find that I heavily cover various topics aside of psychology such as, Christianity because I am a Christian. I draw both passions together, Psychology and Christianity, observing how they complement and sometimes clash! This blog is where ‘Psychology meets Scripture’.
As well as teaching Psychology, I know God has called me to do something far greater in this world. My passion is for His Word and to encourage others to read the Bible, fall in love with it, but most importantly…fall in love with The Author! My role of teaching is not limited to psychology. I strongly believe God is stirring up the ‘teacher’ office of the Five fold ministry in me.
I’m a doctor by virtue, healing and performing heart surgery with words of encouragement.
I am extremely driven and passionate about getting everyone; both Christians and non-Christians to read, understand and live out the word of God. To achieve this, I’ve created online Bible Challenges, whereby people around the world via social media, read a book in the Bible, one chapter a day and share what they have drawn out from the text. I have numerous Bible challenges, all accessible from my blog (www.doctorkanayo.com) and the YouVersion Bible App where over 250,000 people have completed my devotionals around the world. One Bible Challenge at a time, I aim to change the skewed perceptions of the Bible being irrelevant and to show the true reality that the bible is ‘juicy’, tremendously relevant, fun and easy to read. My one prayer is that my teachings and writings from His word, will touch at least ONE person. That would be a serious mission accomplished to the glory of God!
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