I am 43, a nurse. I am a single parent. Recently back into the single parent mode and dating. 4 years ago I was in the best shape of my life. 120 lbs, eating healthy and feeling good. During this peroid I tried reconnecting with an olf relationship. It was great for the first year, then things started changing back to the previous problems. I started putting that person first, I decreased my
I am 43, a nurse. I am a single parent. Recently back into the single parent mode and dating. 4 years ago I was in the best shape of my life. 120 lbs, eating healthy and feeling good. During this peroid I tried reconnecting with an olf relationship. It was great for the first year, then things started changing back to the previous problems. I started putting that person first, I decreased my exercise program, started eating what everyone else ate. I know myself better that I can't do that, need to always eat healthy and exercise. During this period my mom became ill, she almost died twice, I became her legal guardian, the stress from dealing with my family and their concerns on my mom's care was very stressful. I really put myself on the back burn, Mom, Daughter, Work, Home, Dogs/Puppies were the focus. Then my dad had his stroke in April 2007, he was so intact mentally, just in a body that wouldn't cooperate. Insurance, small hospital cause my sister and I to move my dad to a larger hosptial for better care and rehab. He did okay for 4 months and then died. The stress of everything was too much. I had a hard enough time getting up in the morning to care for my daughter and go to work. I gained 60 lbs in this period. I felt horrible about myself, I would try to exercise to help, it would last for a week if I was lucky, no energy, eating for comfort. My significant other decided our relationship was over. I didn't care, I only cared about my daughter. It wasn't fair to him. I don't have issues with him ending it, just that he didn't support me when I was hurting about my mom and dad. Then one day I woke up, I don't want to die of a stroke like my father, I do not want to have a chronic illness like Diabetes. That is where I was heading, I had high blood pressure, I could not look at myself in the mirror. Pictures of myself made me cry. What happened to me? I started exercising, watching my diet, signed up for beachbody. I really appreciate the positive attitude of Charlene from Turbo jam. I am doing what I love, taking care of myself I was 181 lbs when I started. I am proud of myself for doing this for ME!!
I am back to exercising and finding healthy ways to decrease my stress.
