Hello to any and all who start to read my blogs! I am excited and nervous all at once. I have never done a blog before so I hope i get this right.
To start off my name is Jessica. Jesse to my good friends. I have decided to start this blog because this year is a huge year of changes for me. I have decided it is the year to focus on me because up to this point I have always been the one taking care of everyone else and never doing anything for me. My mental and physical health have suffered for it. I have decided I am worth being cared for and healthy!
A few things to keep in mind if you are going to follow my blogs. I have been officially diagnosed with degenerative disc disease. I have to have nerve tips burned off already by the age of 29 (I will be 30 this April). I first started having problems and landed in the ER for the first time when I was only 19 due to the amount of pain I was in. By 23 I started taking tramadol for the pain. By 26 I was taking 3x50mg of tramadol, 2x500mg naproxin and a muscle relaxer at night just to function so I could still work and provide for my family. The last time I saw my pain management Dr. I was told I was lucky because the worst of the current damage was under where your spinal cord stopped. Therefore I didnt need emergency surgery yet. The most recent xrays show not only the damage in my lower back but between my shoulder blades and in my neck (2 years later). Now that they are bruning off my nerve endings I no longer need pain medication but there is still some discomfort and I can feel all of the new damage.
To put it simply my spine is screwed. Every time I see a doctor I am told to loose weight and exercise and I’ll be fine. Except this started when I was in the best shape of my life. I was running 3 miles a day, 5 days a week.
It is time to think of my health first and to try to get back into some kind of shape. If not things will happen quicker and I am not sure how bad it will get. It scares the living s*#$ out of me.
My cousin is my couch. This is a big deal for me. My anxiety and depression (which I have refused to acknowledge up intil this last year) have stopped me from truely trying or asking for help. She has convinced me to try Herbalife! She has been trying for a very long time and after seeing her coaches results (which i thought were impossible without surgery) I have given in and am giving it a go.
My first order of the meal substitute shakes and metabolism boosting, every giving tea arrived just 2 days ago. Let me state right now, most things like this grose me out and i dispise tea typically. I tried a sample is had and to say I was amazed is an understatement. I love it! After I tried it I already craved more.
With that I am already noticing changes. My system is alreading cleaning out some of the nastyness I’ve pumped into for the last 10 years. Noted by the fact I already use the bathroom twice as much as I ever have. I also think I’ve had to poo more than I have in my whole life. Sorry if thats a bit too much. But all of that without using the products Heralife has to clense your system. Just 2 shakes and one tea a day.
As for exercise I have started going to the gym. I almost have a panic attack every time I show up. I weigh 220lbs when I checked for the first time yesterday, I am only 5’3″ before my spine started collapsing in on itself. I expect all the judgement every time I show up. With my back I’m limited to what i can actually do. Tredmil, elliptical and bike. That’s pretty much it. I will be joining a class for cardio drumming tonight with my couch.
Wish me luck!
Life Changes 