MY STORY

This is my story...

I love to run! (Robie Creek 1/2 marathon 2009)

My true love is SWEETS!

That + This= Yo-Yo

Sound familiar to anyone. You bust your tail at the gym for an hour and a half and yet the scale never seems to give you a break!

I would start fresh on Monday with conviction and determination to get those 15 postpartum pounds off (The baby's 18 months). I would run for an hour 6 days a week and starve on 1200 calories. Weigh in on Friday. Sometimes the scale would give me good news, a whole 2 pounds!!!

I was so hungry from burning that many calories all week with cardio and being very strict with my calorie intake. Come Friday night...WATCH OUT!

Needless to say I ate everything around me knowing that Monday morning I was never going to do this again. Monday morning the scale would be up again. I would end up feeling guilty and depressed. Hopefully, it didn't last too long or the pounds would pack on more and more until the pants were too tight again. It would start all over one Monday morning.

I was always searching for ways to lose weight. Different combinations of food, what foods are best, pack in the fiber, drink lots of water, put ice in your water to burn more, counting calories.

Thank goodness for my love of exercise. As I am leaving my youth behind (just turned 30) I found after my last baby it's getting harder to get off. (50 pounds gained, 5 pound baby--you do the math! Never been pregnant over the Holiday's, can you say PARTY!)

Anyway, it was insane the amount of exercise I needed to do to take off one pound. With 4 children and a husband who require my love and attention and service daily I was not willing to devote that much time to exercise.

And counting calories, was a ton of work. I found I wasn't getting enough protein and was losing muscle and really starving my body of calories it needed to function. That always led to eventually binging.

In July 2009 my sister-in-law introduced me to a wonderful program. I was sceptical at first. I have always been determined to do this myself. She never thought of me because it didn't look like I had a weight problem. I guess to most people my 15 pounds weren't a big deal. My 15 extra pounds were as painful to me as someones extra noticeable pounds. They caused tears to flow and frustration to build. We don't have to be broken in the same way to know it hurts.

The program gave me the tools I needed to lose weight and get healthy easily. I realize that our bodies have to be fed the correct balance of nutrition in order for them to respond to burn fat. I have cut my cardio exercise in half!

I lost 13 pounds in 3 weeks. I have kept it off for 4 months now, lost an addition 2 pounds.

But the story I really want to share with you... I have given my life balance. It started with my physical body. Feeding it the right balance of food and exercise. As I continue doing that, I have moved on to add balance to all aspects of my life. It's fun, it's exciting and most of all it brings GREAT HAPPINESS!

The journey will never be over for me so while I'm on this ride I want to invite all who are ready and feel inspired to join me, just for the fun of it! (It's nice to have company:)