okay, so I really want to share something with all of my friends, my family, my new friends, everyone really! My story, 4 years ago in September I had my fourth, and last child, my sweet daughter Delilah. my pregnancy with her was NOTHING easy. At 4 1/2 months along I was placed on bed rest at home, and by 5 months along I was placed in bed rest in the hospital and was forced to stay in a bed every day for weeks, I was not able to get up and walk around or do anything but lay in the hospital bed :/ . she was born 7 weeks early, via c-section. All of my other children, my 3 boys were born naturally. anyone whos been through this knows the recovery from a c-section is very different and very hard. something I definitely wasnt prepared for. with all three of my boys I was very lucky to bounce back right away and lose the weight within a couple months. but that didnt happen with her, because I was recovering from surgery I couldnt do anything , everything I did from vacuuming, to walking, to stretching, just getting up HURT! I became extremely depressed, as I have never been overweight by more than 10 pounds in my entire life, & I could just feel myself getting more unhealthy and bigger and more depressed everyday. I hated myself! so when I finally felt healed and felt like I could handle it, I decided that I wanted to try running, I went out and bought a jogging stroller, running shoes the whole nine yards. I went out for one run about 10 minutes into it my back started hurting really bad and I had to go home immediately. the next day when I woke up I couldnt walk, my husband helped me to get to the ER and after they checked me out, they informed me that I had crushed a disc in my lower back. They said by the looks of it the only thing that could fix it would be surgery. so I went and saw a back surgeon, and it was something that we just couldnt afford at the time, and now four years later we still cant afford it, so Im just dealing with it, and working around it. I completely believe in the body being able to heal itself, and thats what Ive been allowing it to do. I have also been doing strength training with Chalene Johnson, doing chalean extreme, and I have built some core muscles, that really help to support my spine and take the pressure off of the disc. I started my fitness journey a month ago and I never wouldve thought that I would have made it this far, because every other program Ive ever tried I have hurt myself doing it. I have learned that I can work out slower and do low impact but high intensity and still get the same results! I have also learned how to love myself during this process, I am not ashamed of this process, and I am not ashamed of myself anymore! I will be posting my before pictures in a little bit, so that anyone who would like to see my progress can. this is something that I wouldnt have even considered doing a month ago. I am tired of hiding behind people in family pictures, I am tired of only taking selfies at certain angles to make sure I dont look like a fatty! I am NOT proud of the fact that I have gained 50 pounds in 4 years, but I AM proud of myself for finally standing up and doing something about it! and I am proud of myself for learning to love myself and accept myself for Who I am and embracing this journey! I will no longer speak negatively to myself and I wont allow ANYONE else to either! I am so lucky to have such a good support system with my amazing coach Alta Lainez and TEAM HYPNOTIC NATION! the support I get from you all on a daily basis is unreal! you have all touched my life in one way or another and I cannot thank you enough for the support youve given me! that is why I have decided to become a coach with Beachbody, because I want to give back, I want to pay it forward, and I want to help people, the way that YOU ALL have helped me! I could have never done ANY of this on my own it took the support of an amazing team to get me where I am today!!! THANK YOU EVERYONE!!!
Posted on: Wed, 09 Jul 2014 16:32:23 +0000