Getting Healthy

 

 One day I woke up and didn't recognize the woman looking back at me in the mirror. I was overweight, diabetic and it seemed like every doctors appointment there was something else wrong with me.

 

I tried every fad diet out there with NO RESULTS

 

 I knew I needed to make a change, so I did AND I lost 70 pounds! HOW?  I exercised, ate right and after years of being told I could never conceive,  I found out I was expecting a sweet baby. I did great in the beginning, no weigh gain for 6 months BUT by the time it came to give birth I had packed on all of the weight ...again.

 

I am now back on my track of getting healthy. I don't take any medicines of any form, I'm even off of my metformin! But one thing has changed

 

  I have finally learned to love myself. 

 

(That is key!) know I will never be a size 2, that isn't even a goal of mine. I want to be a healthy size for my frame. I've got curves, I want to keep them. So let's stop looking at the size of our jeans and start by trying to better ourselves by what goes in our bodies. The weight will fall off when your eating habits change and you stop stressing about being model thin. We are all perfect in God's eyes, why can't we love ourselves and see ourselves as he does?  I'm a mom, I need to teach my son healthy habits now and be the example he needs, that my friends is motivation enough. Lets be the moms running the bases with our children, not sitting on the sidelines

 

 

So instead of biscuits and gravy, bacon and all of those other artery clogging ideas of deliciousness I opt for fresh fruit in the mornings. This is one of my favorite combos

 

Canary Melon

Papaya

Plum

Pineapple

 

What we don't eat, I dice and freeze for smoothies for a easy snack