A little back history:
I was born premature and have always been smaller. Then puberty hit and I started to grow. I never really thought I was fat until I hit about 5th or 6th grade. I just noticed all the smaller girls and knew I looked different than them. With years of being called fat by people who are suppose to love you no matter what and by people were suppose to be my friends. I developed an eating disorder and struggled with it until I got caught throwing up in the bathroom my sophomore year. I got put in counseling and eventually was able to beat it. Now over the years since then yes I've had slip ups, but I never let it take over like before.
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| Me and my sister Ashley when I was about 4 or 5. |
A little weight history:
My freshmen year I got pretty small and was able to wear 16 in little girls, don't know how much I actually weighed around then. ( I was struggling with my eating disorder at that time. ) Sophomore and Jr year I stayed between 117-123. I was doing show choir and cheer leading so I was pretty active especially Jr year. Then my senior year I started to gain weight faster and went up to 130-140ish. The year after I graduated (2009) I went up to 150-160. Before we got married in May of 2010 I actually lost some weight and got back down to 140. Then after we were married my weight just skyrocketed back up pretty much instantly to around 170.
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| haha don't mind the 80's get up! But this was me my jr year. As you can tell I was tiny!! |
Other health issues:
Around about 6th grade we (my mom and I) noticed my neck looked "dirty". It was a running joke that I never washed it ( I really did and do wash my whole body. LOL). It wasn't until after I got married and we started looking into starting a family that I went to my lady doctor and she did an extensive amount of in depth blood work and it came back I have pol-cystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) and insulin resistant. Which is why I've been blowing up like a balloon, having trouble losing weight, not having normal periods, and for the "dirty" look on my neck. Hearing all these results made me sad, yet happy to know that it could possibly be corrected if I could some how figure out a way to lose the weight.
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| Me and my brother Dilyan in 2009 I believe. |
The final straw(s):
So after the news of all the blood tests I decided I was going to try and lose weight. I did the whole eating healthy and working out. Didn't work. So then I tried the slim fast diet, didn't work. Raisin brand diet, didn't work. Then came the body by vi, didn't work. HCG drops, worked but Nathan made me stop them. He said I was starving myself and wouldn't allow it. It's a really harsh diet regimen. After I stopped the HCG, I started back with the going to the gym and eating healthy way again. The only thing that did was cause me to gain even more weight I got up to 180-185. But not only was my weight going up, I noticed my "dirty" neck was starting to get other places. The "dirt" started tracing completely around my neck and up the back of my ears. To make it even worse I started getting a dark patch on either side of my chin and in between my breasts. The "dirty" look is from the insulin resistance it's from lack of oxygen to that area of the skin. It normally shows on necks, face, elbows, knees, and chest. Along with those issues I was also having trouble with my arms going numb when I slept. Finally I said enough is enough I have to do something about this!!
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| I am highly embarrassed to share this picture. But this was from Halloween 2011. |
Glimmering hope:
So a friend of mine had told me about Plexus Slim and asked if I wanted a sample. It took me a while to ok it because we were still trying to make our Amway business work and knew that if we were going to do our Amway that we needed to be supporting our own business. Anyways, after we made the decision to stop our business I had a break down and told Nathan I couldn't live like this anymore. I felt so disgusting and unattractive because of all the new problems I was having. Of course he told me I was beautiful no matter what but he said he wanted me to be happy. So I ordered my first month of pink drink and after just 1 week knew it was going to work for me. The first week I had lost 8 pounds and 8 inches!
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| I know this is a bad cell phone picture, but this was from October 2012 |
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| June 2013 |
Getting healthy and happy:
Yesterday I did my 11 week weigh in and I am so pleased to say thus far I've lost, 12 pounds and 31.5 inches!! I've had a period every month since I started Plexus, The spots on either side of my chin are almost gone as well as the darkness/dryness behind each ear! I'm feeling really good and love that I feel comfortable in cute stuff again. I just bought a new pair of jeans and Nathan said "wow babe, I don't remember the last time I saw you wear jeans. You look amazing!" I'm not to the point where I'm comfortable sharing a full body picture. I'm sure I will get there soon though! But I will leave you with a face picture. The picture on the left is from my brothers birthday dinner on May 5, 2013. The pictures on the right are from September 17, 2013. I see the difference in my face, not my body yet. But I know there is a difference in my body as well. I am so thankful and blessed to have been told about this product. So Rachel thank you so much!! I feel like I'm getting my life back and it feels amazing!
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| I can so see it in my face! I can't wait to be able to look in the mirror and LOVE my whole body! |
Be on the look out for more updates on my journey to becoming healthy and happy!
