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May 25, 2009 I'm a nearly 40 year old mom to 4 boys (8, 10, 16 and 18). And I'm married to a wonderful man for 18 years now. I'm seriously overweight (I have a total of 100 pounds to lose - I've lost 18 so far) and out of shape. What's got me thinking so much about my health???? Well it's simple really. As I sit and look at my beautiful boys I realized that my weight was not only killing me but it was keeping me from doing things I enjoy with my family. I had difficulty just walking around the block with them. It was so torturous that I just stayed home while they went out having fun. And forget getting out tossing a ball around with them. And I want to be around to actually see them grow up and get married and enjoy having grandbabies.
And my heart was breaking that I was not that thin pretty girl that my husband married all those years ago. I desperately want to be the wife he can be proud to have on his arm when we go out together or go to a work function. I want us to have a long healthy and happy life together. But this is not possible if I'm overweight and out of shape.
I started working as a Nurse Tech at a local hospital just to get out of the house and do something other than just sitting on the computer. And seeing some of the things I've seen has been even more motivation for me to lose weight. I've seen first hand some of the effects of being overweight....the health implications are jaw dropping and enough to make one really step back and think about their own health and life. I want to be able to go out and play with my kids, walk around the block with my husband, see my kids grow up into wonderful adults, enjoy my grandkids (when I have them), etc.
So over the years I've tried every diet there is. Every fad exercise program. And nothing has helped me lose the weight I needed to lose. While I've found a wonderful product, I'm still working hard......and yes, it's a lot of work. It's not easy. But something I keep reminding myself is that the weight didn't pile on over night and it's not going to come off overnight.
I've been on this new diet off and on for about 7 months now. I am back on as of last week. And I figured if I had this "blog" of sorts with my story posted that perhaps it would hold me more accountable. So here my story goes......
As of today I have lost 18 pounds of the 100 that I have to
lose. I am also able to walk around the block with my kids without getting
totally out of breath (something I wasn't able to do just 6 months ago). I
am taking nutritional supplements along with the replacement shake meals that go
with this program. (more about the weight loss program on the Weight Loss
page of my site).
This is me 100 pounds overweight.....
August 9, 2010 I'm making changes again. LOL After a workplace injury at the hospital I am back to doing nails again. And I am loving it. I've been a licensed nail tech since 1989 and my passion still lies in serving others. After working in the hospital and being around so many diabetics I have seen there is a special need to provide foot care for those with diabetes. And so this is my specialty in the salon. I am currently working on getting my own salon open with an anticipated opening date of August 25, 2010. The name of the salon is Tickled Pink Salon & Nail Spa. You can visit the website at www.tickledpinksalon.com and see what's going on there.
In addition to doing nails, God has also given me a desire to work with children and women so on goes my effort to minister to these groups of people. Starting with the kids with backyard Bible clubs and then with the women (when the salon gets open) by way of offering Bible study and support groups in the salon. And I go back to school this fall to further my education with my major being Children & Family Ministries.
