This is the fourth of its kind...meaning the fourth blog I've started. Hopefully I actually stick with this one! So why did I start my fourth blog, considering the other three were failures?? You asked for it!
When I was pregnant with my son, Joshua (who is 2 right now), I had elevated blood pressure throughout most of the pregnancy. The doctors monitored it closely, but re-assured me that this is common during pregnancy and most of the time women go right back to a healthy blood pressure after the baby is born. Unfortunately, I did not fit into that category! Soon after, I was 33 years old and on blood pressure medication.
A couple of months later I went in for some tests and they found that I also had high cholesterol. I'll reiterate...I was 33 years old and on blood pressure medication as well as cholesterol medication! I'm too young for this.
So started my journey to better health. I'll remind you that this was 2 years ago. It's taken me 2 years to get my head and my heart in sync with each other to make the decision that I've had enough! You can't begin a journey like this without your head and your heart being on the same page. It doesn't work. Take it from me, who took 2 years to get there!
I recently started Weight Watchers for the 5th time in my life. FIVE times I've started this program!!! The first time was very successful, having lost between 70 and 80 pounds. But then came kids!! Gained 60 lbs with Emma, never lost it. Gained 30 lbs with Josh, I'm still working on it. Lesson #1 for my dear Emma: when you are lucky enough to have children, don't look at being pregnant as a license to eat whatever you want!!!
So I've made the first step to a healthier lifestyle: healthy diet. Or at least I'm getting there! In the 6 weeks I've been doing Weight Watchers I've only gained one week...the week after camping over Memorial weekend! So with that in mind, I've lost 7.2 lbs, which isn't a lot coming off fast...but I would rather it come off slowly and stay off!!
Now last year I did the American Lung Association's Fight for Air Climb, as well as a 5K in Des Moines' Dam to Dam. This was before injuring my groin playing slowpitch softball and injuring my knee playing volleyball! The knee injury set me back...a lot. I'm still fighting it every day and I injured it over 6 months ago. I did 3 weeks of physical therapy, but maybe it wasn't long enough??
So now I'm gearing up for the Color Run in Des Moines on October 6th. A group of us signed up together on a team. We're Team RGB: Runners Gone Bad and our motto is "I may be slow, but I'm ahead of HUE!" We're excited to run. Now all I have to do is shed some of this weight and get my lungs into shape so that I can actually run some of it!
Basically what this blog is all about is that I have a lot on my heart. And the best thing to do when you have a lot on your heart is to get the message out. Even if nobody ever reads this, it's here...it's what's in my heart...and if putting stuff down in words is what I need to do to help me on this journey, then that's what I'm going to do! Good health is not easy and it certainly isn't convenient. But it's necessary. Here's to a healthy and long life!!!
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