what jump started you?
- Jan 23, 2017
- 2 min read
It was almost 2 years ago I looked in the in at my reflection and said "wow how is this happening" I let myself to the point I didn't like to look any longer then I had to. I couldn't keep up with my kids and didn't have the drive to do anything and I seen the same thing happening to my kids. That to me was not ok, they needed me and they needed me in the right mind set. I wanted to be able to run with them and show them that there is so much more to life then what they seen from me. I had gotten to 315 or more pounds size 17 pants and I had diabetes and fatty liver and depression so bad I could even get out of bed. I didn't want to do anything outside of my house. My depressions was so bad I didn't wan to talk to anyone or do anything....that had to change and I smoked and that was not ok for my kids to be around..... I started out going for walks about 3 miles every day, I slowly started to see the weight come off but I knew that was not enough to get were I needed to be so I stepped it up and changed the way I ate....NO NOT A DIET, I changed what my life was like. I quit drinking pop, eating crabs, well not so much bad carbs and learned what were good carbs, started to portion out my food. I also quit smoking. About 5 months later I was talked into going to the gym, I was so worried about going it is a very intimidating place, but no matter what I kept going and on January 18th 2016 I started a new chapter of my life, that there is a whole other world out side of the 4 walls that close us in, I wanted them to know that if I could stick to it and over come what ever was holding me back that they also could overcome what life gives them, things get rough and people are not so open to what the world has come to but one thing is for sure my boys will know that anything can be a positive. I have always had and up and down roller coaster when it came to my weight I have done every diet there was and is, and tried anything else but for the first time in my life I did it the right was and pushed threw all the dirty looks and snide remarks, and overcame some of the worst depression my doctor has ever seen. I went from living in the shadows of my friend to hoping one day I will be side by side, but until them I will do my very best to just simply try to keep up. I can know say because of the help of the gym and tiff my life long best friend I have been able to overcome diabetes from an A1C of 11.5 to now 5.4, and about 187lbs and size 6/7 pants. I am not done with my healthy path but feel great for how much i have come.
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