I am super grateful and proud of my accomplishments of become healthier. Losing weight was not about the number on the scale or the size I wore. It has always been about being healthy. For the first time in my entire life, I physically feel healthy! For the first time, I don’t feel like my body is holding me back from anything.
As I sit and reflect on this past weekend, I am amazed as to how far I have come – especially health wise.
A year ago, I was 235lbs, unable to simply walk to the car without losing my breathe. I was living off my rescue inhaler because my doctor refused to give me steroids (the maintenance inhaler). I found my self in worse breathing condition them my husband, so much so, I was using one of his nebulizer treatments. (Don’t worry – it was the same medication as my rescue inhaler, just different form. Trust me when I tell you that nebulizer saved me from going to the emergency room many times.)
I never forget the day, I had two doctor appointments in one day. The first one was an obgyn. The doctor told me that all my symptoms where because I was overweight and gave me the name and number to surgeon to do gastric bypass. I then had an appointment with a chiropractor who told me my hormones were messed up and my body was rejecting everything I was eating which is why I would loose one pound and gain 3. I followed his program to the “T”, and a year later the results speak for themselves.
The weekend started on Friday when we all went to the beach. I stopped at Target on the way home and picked up a bathing suit. Because I know I lost a lot of weight, I picked up everything and anything that I remotely liked. Of course, it was the first one that I picked up that was the winner. But I question weather or not I would fit into it (spoiler alert – I did!). This is the ecstatic moment. A year ago I was a size 2xl. The bathing suit I picked up – the top was size M, and the bottoms were a size L. I was super happy and proud of myself. My husband, said to me, you are walking around with a “swag” I have not seen in years! I took that as I got my confidence back and he could see it.
We enjoyed the broad walk, took pictures, and enjoyed the time we had together in the sun.
In years past, I would go out in the sun one day and I would be out for the count as in I could not move from sun poisoning… but that’s not what happened.
The next day, we went to the famous food festival at the Tanger outlets in Deer Park, NY.
Because I have stuck to my new lifestyle so Ridgely for the last 10 months, I was able to let loose and enjoy the day!
We visited a place that served potato chips on a stick. A premium acai bowl which was definitely needed on a hot summer day. Candied bacon in the form of beef jerky. Homemade organic juice which was refreshing. To read more about that adventure, visit here.
So … I must have taken some sugar smarties and got a sugar high(sarcasm), because I remembered my sun screen for the beach but not the food festival. So … I got really burnt. But even with that, it knocked me out for the night, but it did not take me completely out, like it has in years past. The next day, I was up and back in the kitchen cooking trying a new recipe.
Sunday, we rested most of the day. When I finally got antsy, I got up and made a new recipe. Honey, Rosemary, and Lemon Chicken. It was so good, that the whole family enjoyed it. Which is a rarity. You can find the recipe here.
Key take away from this weekend – I am beyond grateful and proud of my accomplishments of becoming healthier. A year later – and my body finally does not dictate my life anymore.
Sunday, we rested most of the day. When I finally got antsy, I got up and made a new recipe. Honey, Rosemary, and Lemon Chicken. It was so good, that the whole family enjoyed it. Which is a rarity. You can find the recipe here.
Key take away from this weekend – I am beyond grateful and proud of my accomplishments of becoming healthier. A year later – and my body finally does not dictate my life anymore.
