I've been dealing with bumps in the road all year long. If you think losing weight has been easy for me, you would be wrong. Has it been worth the challenge? Yes it has been worth it.
I want to tell what I've gone through this year, so you know what I've endured, and also that you can do it too.
Passing out: Almost a year ago I was hiking, felt weird, I was headed down the trail. Then I just passed out, I woke up as my face was sliding across the dirt. A kind hiker helped me up, and walked with me down the trail, stayed with me the entire way. Such good people hike that trail. When I got home my husband took me to the ER, after an iv and pain meds. Finding out I had infection, and a sprained thumb. 4days later I was back to hiking again.
Car got broken into: a week before I had surgery in November, I was hiking. I achieved a new goal of hitting the .75 mile marker. When I got back to my car, I noticed something strange, it looked like my window was rolled down. Then I look inside my car and there was the tinted window shattered in on the driver side. It was thrown from the passenger side, to the driver side. Heart broken, but relieved nothing was stolen. Because this smart momma doesn't leave anything valuable in her car. Naturally I was paranoid that it would happen again, so I park my car in a more visible parking lot at the mountain now. Nope not even that would stop me from hiking.
Surgery: not going to go into the details there. The surgery recovery was suppose to be 2weeks, and I wasn't allowed to exercise, and come to find out I wasn't allowed to pick up my 9month old either. That made me sad. The recovery didn't go the way it was suppose too. I ended up not hiking for a total of 4weeks I was going nuts. As soon as I was cleared, I was hiking the next day. It was a relief when I weighed myself and realized I lost 7lbs without hiking and just eating healthy. I was happy to be hiking again and holding my baby girl.
Dealing with the holidays: I purposely chose my cheat days for certain parties and certain holidays. I planned around it. Guess what? Christmas eve. I was hiking, I planned my life around hiking, I said no to treats until my cheat day.
My daughter was hospitalized: oh my! Both my baby daughter and I were really sick. My daughter was sicker than me, I had to take her to the ER. She was put on Oxygen, she had pneumonia and rsv, a mother's worst nightmare. My baby was in the hospital for 4days. I didn't hike for almost 2 weeks. It was rough, but I was happy my daughter was okay.
The plateau: for a month I only lost less than 1/2lb . So frustrating, yet I continued hiking, and eating healthy. That's when I saw my nutritionist and she said to add strength training 2times a week. Then bam! Plateau broken!
I still have tiny bumps in the road, but I keep pushing through.
As you can see through all of this I haven't quit.
If I can do this , you can do it too.
