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I am a mother of 3 just trying to Have A Healthy Day!
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| Our Easter in the hospital 2013 during Thomas Stroke |
I am a very proud mother of Thomas, Matthew, and Julia. My oldest Thomas was diagnosed with Retinoblastoma Cancer in his right eye when he was 6 months old. We had to battle that for 2 years and I didn't have much time to take care of myself and then wanted more children, when everything kind of calmed down with Thomas I had Matthew. Thomas then again got ill with a kidney disease Nephrotic Syndrome and had needed more medical attention. I then had Julia when Thomas began to be more stable on his medications. Julia was 2 months old and Thomas was then hospitalized with a stroke and complications of the kidney disease. As you can see I was not taking very good care of my self and I was stressed and anxious and the weight just kept adding up. I finally hit my breaking point on August 25, 2014. It was my 13th Wedding Anniversary and I just want to feel good about myself. I was at my heaviest weight ever, I weighted in at 201 lbs. I sat right down on the scale and cried wondering how I was going to get rid of this weight and feel good. I was so lost and desperate. I was holding on to the "baby" weight from all 3 kids and never really thought about taking care of myself and always had an excuse why I couldn't.
I was so lost because I had been on every diet, pill, shake, and I have a basement full of exercise equipment that I bought in hopes that it would be the magic fix. I would try it for a while loose some weight let something get in the way and then gain it back. It was a constant spiral and I felt that I had reached a point of no return I was just suppose to me overweight.
This journey was defiantly one that was suppose to be... I strongly believe that everything happens for a reason and God has a plan. It is really strange how I met my coach. I had contacted her and her husband's business for a donation to the fundraiser that I was doing for the school my children attended in March of 2014. They were so kind to give a donation to a person that they had never meet and weren't from the same town but they paid it forward. My coach then sent me a friend request on my personal FB page and I began to follow her transformation and I had no idea what she was doing but whatever it was it was working for her. I never thought that it would work for me so I chalked it up to another failed attempt that I was going to spend way too much money on and not get the results I wanted. She had asked me to join a clean eating group for 7 days.. so I did and I really like the small group and the great ideas and info that she had. In that 7 days with just her tips and information I dropped 7 lbs. Then I seen a post about the 21 Day Fix and how amazing the results were. I messaged her about this 21 Day Fix thing and thought well it's 21 days so I'll give it a shot. I was probably her easiest sell because I would have paid anything I didn't even know how much it was until I checked it out.
I started with the 21 Day Fix and it had everything I needed in one complete package. I lost almost 30 lbs in the first 3 rounds and was feeling so healthy and energetic. This is the first time I was excited for exercise and the meal planning was so helpful and easy.
After following along and participating in several challenge groups my coach asked me if I would like to try coaching. I really had to think about it.. I am not a sales person and didn't want to push products on everyone. After loosing some of the weight everyone wanted to know what I was doing and how I could help them. That is really when I had the urge to coach when I could see that I could help others that were in a rut like I was. I am also an RN and when I had to stop working to put my family first I really felt that all that had gone to waste but coaching is a lot like nursing I can help prevent some of the complications of being overweight, help people in there time of need and so them love and compassion when they need it the most.
So if you lost and don't know where to start you were put on my blog for a reason. Contact me and I can help you find the right fitness program for you.
