Just the Girl Next door....
I know a lot of you guys don't know me very well but I thought I would tell you a little bit of information about me. I am just learning about all this health and fitness stuff but I do enjoy it a lot! And anything I can share with you guys and help you understatnd is my goal! Here's a little about my health so you know that I am as average as you girls/guys!Any one really can do what they put there mind to!
Be very thankful for your life and health some people out there have it so much worse!
Childhood: I loved my childhood, I have amazing parents and they are loving and supporting, we always went on family trips and enjoyed each others company on any special holiday! I always remember playing soccer here in Utah and being very active!!! My parents always cooked a home cooked meal (Maybe eating fast food once a week, maybe!) and let us eat what ever we would like. (Make sure your kids get enough exercise to keep them healthy and fit) Never going to the doctor was normal to us.Teen years: I enjoyed life, and aways had fun! The day before my high school years began I was on the soccer high school team and tore my ACL in my right knee at a game. I honestly did not want to have surgery, but it was the first news I was told! I ended up having surgery on my meniscus and ACL in my knee in Oct of 2004, blew my soccer season but I new I needed to come back strong... training all year for my junior year of soccer I made the team but then I got really sick! After many of test I found out that I had Crohn's Disease... a disease I will have for the rest of my life (being in remissions or having a flare up)... not knowing what to do next or where to go, I just learned to deal with the pain and never knowing what a normal stomach felt like, and taking a lot of pills. I never was way over weight but didn't ever eat as clean as I do now.
After High School: I had relationship problems and put a little weight on but nothing major, just like any one getting out of a long relationship. August of 2008 is when Peter and I started talking and hanging out I still was playing soccer and ended up tearing my other ACL in my left knee that Oct.... in pain and knowing I have to go through all the treatment again stressed me out, putting me in a flare up and in 2009 I put on a lot of weight... in a comfortable relationship and broken (Peter broke his ankle that spring as well) .... I ate everything in sight and didn't workout.... Oct-Nov I was at my heaviest at 169lbs being 5"2'.... That's when it hit me! I can't just let this happen... not feeling comfortable in clothes and not feeling attractive at all and always in pain made me realise what I needed to do. That's when I started to get where I am at now!!! so I am not just another skinny girl I work hard for what I have and really it has helped me get healthy... I still have crohn's disease but not taking in all the pills, I didnt' have any problems being on the diet, totally in remissions. (My mom told me she read somewhere that carbs can be a part of a reason when you have a flare up). Making sure you eat healthy (taking your vitamins) and working out can help health problems, I know it has for me!!! Try it!
I know you make an excuse everyday but it's only hurting you, being healthy can benefit your husband, kids and the most important person you! You can do anything you put your heart to even if you have obstacles to go around! Give it a try!
~if you have questions on crohn's or what I have done for it or my ACL surgeries send me an e-mail!!! :)
~Mary
Crohn's Disease website...
Knee Surgery website...
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