A Little Bit Of self love.
I feel like I am going to have quite a few posts about the last year of my life and how unhealthy everything about it was -- so I am going to cut right to the chase and let you all in on my life (dun, dun, dun...).
Over the last year, I took a job that was the epitome of hell -- long hours, a boss that likes to swear at you for no reason, little pay, three hour total commute -- I'm sure many of you can relate. During this crazy time, I found myself getting tired, always being hungry (stress-eating, yay) and constantly battling with weight gain, acne, sickness, cortisol levels and not mentally being OK. On top of all of this, I lived in a new city and state where I had no friends, no family and couldn't pay my bills. This time was rock bottom for me.
As you'll see in the picture, the left-side was my body when I was "sick". Not fat; sick.
The day that picture was taken, I had just gotten home from a doctor's visit. On my printed out doctor's notes, the symptoms he had written down read, "Obese, Acne, Depression". Ten vials of blood later and this idea of a possible "Cushings Disease" diagnosis, I got in cab, took an hour long train ride home and told myself things needed to change....today.
The next day, I randomly decided to quit my job, go buy a new sports bra that would fit my out-of-shape body, pick up a few health education books and told the world to EFF OFF!
Although I am very strong-willed and motivated, I wanted to take this process slow. So I did.
I gave myself six months to get healthy and that meant a lot of things:
• Get a new job
• Create a healthy relationship with food
• Be mentally OK
So, I reeled in my last paycheck and set off to restore a healthier me (Funny how that's the name of my blog. It's like when you seek out the title of a movie within the movie. #ImNerdyAndLame).
I will go into the details in soon-to-be-created posts, but the last six months of changing my ways was INSANE! I went from drinking maybe one glass of water a day, to drinking four or five. And from throwing away three-year-old unused bottles of vitamins to literally adding four or five supplements to every meal. And from getting five to six hours of sleep a night to now getting seven to nine hours. And the funny thing was, I took the process slow enough that I wasn't forcing myself to do these things, they just happened naturally!
Now, with a new job, a new lifestyle and a better mental-standing, I have completed by six month goal!
Stay tuned, as I can't wait to share what I ate, what I didn't eat, the supplements I added, how I am finding peace with myself and of course, what fun and cute stuff I can wear again because of all the weight I lost!