Motivation: My Health Journey
Motivation Monday Hope this speaks to someone... My testimony as of right now... (long post warning) This is a photo of me probably around 1998 (on the left) with a photo of me this Month, June 2015 (on the right). It NEVER occurred to me that I was obese, just thick. I have ALWAYS loved what I saw in the mirror. I still do. My blood work numbers have always been "in range". I have just suffered with "stress induced hypertension" and with PCOS (dx'd 2003). In 2011 following the birth of our 4th child in 6 yrs at my heaviest-ever, I suffered knee pains walking stairs and just difficulty fitting in seats (especially flying & theaters). I was plus-size for 18 years, that's most of my adult life, so I never knew anything different. I was "ok" in my health until I realized "ingredients" made me suffer physically, kept me fatigued, and I accepted my "seasonal colds" as the norm stocking up on OTC meds. ...