I am a mid to upper 30's Mom of three beautiful boys...ages 3, 6 and 8 (my youngest two will be having a birthday very soon). Here is a little of my history for those of you who don't know me. After making up my mind on a career when I was in High School, I made my plan and worked towards that goal every day. I believed in myself and what I knew I could accomplish. Four and half years later I graduated with honors from college. Within three months of graduation, I landed my dream job! I was on my way. I was physically at the top of my game. I worked out all time and running was my favorite thing to do.
I met my now husband who also shared a career in common. We worked out together and loved our active routine. We tried to conceive with no luck for two years. I was diagnosed with endometriosis with lead to an abdominal surgery. By the grace of God we were finally pregnant. It was a challenging pregnancy with many complications, ending in a C-section. I gained over 50 pounds and was thrilled to be a Mom, finally.
We decided to try for another child as soon as possible, as the Doctors didn't hold much hope. To our great surprise, I was still breast feeding our new baby who was now 9 months old and we were pregnant again. So least to say I hadn't lost my pregnancy weight. So another complicated pregnancy and a lot of weight gain and a C-section..but another beautiful son was born.
Within the next few years my weight slowly came off and I was just getting comfortable at how active I was and the way my body. It felt great to see my body, look how I felt. Then God gave us a HUGE surprise. We were pregnant again! Within a few weeks of finding out we were pregnant, I had the typically tests run. My Doctor found out at that time I had Cervical Cancer! It was such a shock, but I remained positive and knew I we would meet this challenge head on and prevail along with our next child...as this child saved my life!
Well another VERY complicated pregnancy and C-section....our family was complete. Months later I had to undergo major surgery to remove the cancer and it was successful. So least to say at that point, I could have cared less how I looked...I was alive! It was a challenging year adjusting to all the trauma and surgeries to my body. And then almost a year later to that date I had another major surgery because my Doctor found a mass. Everything ended up okay and the cancer hadn't come back. But, it was again a along road of recovery.
I was finally able to start taking care of myself and began running again. It felt like heaven. I had a long way to get my body back but I was on my way! Until too much running lead to major knee surgery and so my new battle has began...but I will prevail.
It has been over 1 1/2 years since my knee surgery and my knee is definitely not the same. I haven't been able to get back into running. My knee retains fluid and causes me pain. I have found some fun workout videos that I do enjoy, but miss being hands on active like I always have been and so does my body. I do these videos and then my knee bothers me and it takes me a few weeks to start working out again. So slowly my body has transformed into someone I don't even know anymore. I feel like that very active person I have always been, but when I look in the mirror it is like I am looking at a stranger.
I am ready to find myself again and to be proud of who I see looking back at me in the mirror. I know my mid section will never look the same after all I have been through and I am okay with that! I really am, as I wear my scars with pride because I am a Cancer Survivor.
But I will prevail and find my comfort zone again. I will find my body again and maintain a healthier weight with the help of the Nutrisystem Nation Blogger Program!! I am so excited to be part of this amazing four month weight loss journey. I will be blogging weekly with my adventures and stumbles.
I am just waiting for my frozen and shelf stable foods to arrive so I can began. And let me tell you it was a blast picking out my shelf stable foods. I couldn't believe the choices and the snacks too! Now I just need some support because I know when my Nutrisystem Program arrives I am going to have to weigh in and measure myself. That is going to be very scary for me; To actually see numbers as to what my body has become. But I will prevail and make my body healthier and happier.
Come join me on my journey!
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of their product to review, and I was under no obligation to review it if
I so chose. Nor was I under any obligation to write a positive review in return for the free product.
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