I rarely sit still. I don't relax like most people think of relaxation. When my house is clean and organized, I feel less anxious. When the grass is cut and clear, I enjoy sitting outside more. I love pulling weeds. It gives me such satisfaction taking the junk out of the ground and manicuring flower beds, by yanking them out and getting dirty. I don't typically sit and just watch television. I'm either on my phone scrolling or working on something on my computer. I'm a veracious reader of non-fiction, historical fiction or stories that involve warrior women overcoming societal norms. Never just fluff reading. Reaction being part of my nature, its been a growth challenge for me to PAUSE. As a leader I've always believed that I needed to have all the answers, that I needed to have immediate solutions or that everything was urgent. This led me to burnout, making too many mistakes and going back on initial decisions. Being so reactive also caused me not think about ...
I have gone though a year long transformation to surpass my original goal when I started this heath journey. My main goal was to get down to 180 pounds. In October of 2023, being 248 pounds and 5 feet 6 inches, my body mass index was 40, which was considered Extremely Obese. The health implications of being extremely obese are extraordinary harmful. There is a higher statistical outcome of having type 2 diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, stroke, breast & colon cancer, sleep apnea, osteoarthritis, gallbladder disease, liver disease and increased hormonal issues when going through perimenopause. I was feeling the affects of these health issues already. I was borderline diabetic with my A1C level being 5.9 (a normal A1C level is lower than 5.7), I have a history of breast and colon cancer in my family, I was experiencing sleep apnea, I was having gallbladder pains and my hormones were all wacky. I felt horrible almost every day and didn't know how to m...