My Story Part 3 - How I finally got it right.

So on with our story. That day as I waved goodbye to my youngest as the bus drove him to school, for the first time was a confusing time. Any parent or guardian will understand. There is this feeling of great pride and relief that this next chapter in their lives has begun. But also this great sadness (especially with your youngest) that the time of babies is over and big kid things are to come. For me, I was prepared for a cry fest but my eager 5 year old got on the bus, turned around and blew me a kiss before he proudly jumped on the bus and drove away, crazy excited to meet new friends!

So where did that leave me you ask? Well I realized at that moment that they did not need me as much anymore. Sure any child needs their parent but this was the beginning of a new era. A time when I would do less for them and they would do more for themselves. A time when I should now be able to steal back a little more time than I had before, for ME.

That next day I was up at 5am. Shakeology in hand pushing play on TurboFire - and I started at the beginning! For three months I followed the program religiously and drank the shake like clock work and by October 31st I had dropped down from 170 to 150. 20# in 2 months. And I will again be honest with you, food is not my strong suit so I although I tried hard to "be good" with what I ate, temptation was all too present and I caved all too often.

The holidays came and went and I was happy that for the first time in my life I was maintaining my weight - all through the new year. I pushed play, drank my shake and tried really hard to limit bad foods without depriving myself. Then came February and once again our house filled up with candy, and once again I maintained. Then came March, no excuses here, still at 150, and then April, same thing. By May I knew I had to change things. I still wanted at least another 10 maybe 15 #'s to come off and exercise and shake alone was not going to cut it. I have food issues.

Now what kills me about this is my genetically blessed husband only eats when he is hungry! WHAT! Crazy cause if there is chocolate of ice cream or cookies in the house, it's all I think about. He will eat them fresh out of the oven (who can resist that) and then ignore them for the next week, as I consume them one cookie at a time. It was about this time that BeachBody announced that the Ultimate Reset was going on sale. This is not a cheap program, so I pondered it during the entire month of April but I didn't want to give up the foods I loved. But I realized that this detox was the thing I needed to restart my metabolism and break this plateau. So I bought it. The whole kit with meal plan, vegan shakeology and all the supplements that are necessary.

Yes it was expensive but you need to make an investment in your health - or you will be paying doctors bills and medication prices that will far exceed what this kit, or any other, costs you. Preventative care is so much cheaper, and better for you, then reactive care like hospital stays, doctor visits and medications.

What have you invested in lately, when it comes to your health?

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