My Journey Continues...
So....
In December, I had talk with my chiropractor and my neurosurgeon and decided that back surgery was my only choice if I wanted to be pain free and back to what I love to do. Dance and run! I have to say that during this whole time my personal development was suffering but I was determined to get back on my feet and back to business. I tried to stay positive but it was DAMN hard. Every day I took off from work, I did not get pain. I had NO SICK time at all. I was losing money fast. I was alone and couldn't do anything for myself. Thank god for my 15 year old daughter who could help me do everything. I tried my best to get back on my feet but I really had to focus getting the old me back. I was never so depressed and knew I had to make a change or this was not going to end well.
In January, I finally started to have hope that the surgery worked and I would soon be working out again. I have had my set backs and am trying to listen to my body and not rush back into anything but I am hoping to be working out soon. I will continue to fight!
Many of you may not know who I am or my story. Short story is that i am single mom, full time engineering assistant (I left teaching last year), a health and fitness coach for 3 years, marathon runner, animal rescue worker who does fostering, verbal & emotional abuse survivor, certified in nutrition. Super passionate about all of those things. About 8 months ago, I was knocked down once again.
Life was never easy for me, from having a daughter at a young age, to losing my teaching job when the school closed, to dealing with many toxic relationships. Life seemed to always be a fight....nothing was ever easy
In May of 2015, I injured my back. An MRI showed a severly herniated disk. We weren't sure why or how I did it but I had to really change my lifestyle. I needed to stop working out and i had to make some decisions. It was truly debilitating and came to make me very depressed and down on myself. I decided to try many rounds of pain injections into my spine. Needless to say they were unsuccessful and very painful.
I had great results with the Ultimate Reset in November of 2015. I needed to show people that not being able to work out does not mean I had to stop working on me. I wanted people to stop using an injury or not being able to workout as an excuse to not keep working towards a goal. I was so successful with the Ultimate reset! I have to say I had abs again for the first time in a long time! I was finally feeling like me again. Except the back pain was still going strong.
In December, I had talk with my chiropractor and my neurosurgeon and decided that back surgery was my only choice if I wanted to be pain free and back to what I love to do. Dance and run! I have to say that during this whole time my personal development was suffering but I was determined to get back on my feet and back to business. I tried to stay positive but it was DAMN hard. Every day I took off from work, I did not get pain. I had NO SICK time at all. I was losing money fast. I was alone and couldn't do anything for myself. Thank god for my 15 year old daughter who could help me do everything. I tried my best to get back on my feet but I really had to focus getting the old me back. I was never so depressed and knew I had to make a change or this was not going to end well.
In January, I finally started to have hope that the surgery worked and I would soon be working out again. I have had my set backs and am trying to listen to my body and not rush back into anything but I am hoping to be working out soon. I will continue to fight!
We all need to realize that we are all good at many things and it is time we share our strengths with others. Be passionate, never say your sorry for it. Live your life the best way you can and share your journey with others....It truly WILL make a difference for people. I will show people that I believe in myself and can get back to running even after back surgery. It is about trying to inspire others to be the best that you can. I believe that everyone has struggles but everyone can fight through them and be the best version of themselves they can!
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