New Years Eve 2010. I was excited to have gotten off work a little early so I could go out to dinner with friends and then go to a new bar in Greenville to ring in the New Year with some of my best friends. After eating dinner at the Blockhouse in Greenville, I opted out of the rest of the evening and came home, watched TV and went to bed. Sad, tired and miserable that my embarrassment over my weight had kept me, once again from enjoying my life.
I was working a miserable job, complaining to everyone wanting others to hear me, but I would not help myself out of it.
I was struggling to pay my bills because I was paying McDonald’s $20 a day for food and BI-LO $5 a day for lil Debbie cakes. And buying $3 worth of sugar sodas per day. Roughly $28 dollars a day in food!!!! That was killing me slowly, well not so slow actually.
My skin was blotchy and my eyes grey with bags, my body smelled of rotting flesh and I had developed a yeast infection from my extremely out of control diabetes. My blood pressure was off the charts and I could no longer afford my blood pressure meds.
My home was dirty, not just my bathroom (I’m a guy, come on its common knowledge that without a spouse, we are just not that clean in the BR). For those of you that know me, I have reasons that I am petrified of germs and dirt, I know that I am not the all around cleanest person in some minds, but it was bad even by my standards.
I was waiting to die
Where I am now……..
I am going to dinner tonight with friends and I am meeting with another friend and fellow blogger to discuss my new workout regimen and diet plan. I am excited about the process and the road I am on too…No more running (well, walking slowly) away from my health and my life!
I quit the miserable job. I have found a better job that pays better and isn’t requiring that I work 50 hours a week to make $250 and pocket change for tips every day.
I am able to pay my bills, well I am getting there. I have plans for my home and my land, I have planted and am keeping up with a garden so I can enjoy my own fresh veggies and possibly can / freeze the veggies so I can save money and enjoy some pesticide free goodness all year round! I spend a total of $120 per month on food, grocery shopping weekly and making planned menus, that is a savings of over $500 per month, money I can spend on clothing and bills and my daughter. Little changes with big results!!!!!
I’m sleeping better, my eyes are less puffy, I am noticing clearer skin and nails, my gross skin tags are shrinking and falling off. The nasty BO is gone, the yeast infection has cleared up, The Diabetes is gone, the blood pressure is normal, and I am on virtually no meds!!!!
My home is cleaner, I have a puppy that I love, My daughter is a little less worried about me and I am feeling something I have never felt in my adult life…I’m Happy!!! HAPPY!!!!!!!!
It’s the most amazing feeling in the word, to know that your world is falling in to place and you can smile because you feel the success that comes from hard work! I am feeling more confident, I have tons of energy and I plan on being here for a long long time to come!!!!!
I am loving my life, my home, my family and friends, my faith and MYSELF!!!!!
I feel like I am saving my life! And my supportive followers, friends and family are helping very much!!!
Here is a pic of me from today.
I have a long way to go, but I see a bright light at the end of this long tunnel!!!!
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