I am married to an amazing man- Brandon- he is my rock and my biggest supporter. I have run over a dozen events in the past year and a half and he hasn't missed a single one. He stuck by me through rain, snow, heat and nice weather too. Holding the race packets, sweatshirts, driving and being the official photographer for my friends and I. What a guy!!
Let's skip back to child hood: I remember when I was little I use to cry about my body and I constantly strived to perfect my image but nothing worked. I eventually gave up and just packed on some college weight and convinced myself that I was "Not that fat". I was never morbidly obese but I got up to a "tight" size 12- should have been a 14 before I entered college. All of my sisters were fabulously beautiful and thin and I wanted to be like that too but I was not blessed with their genes! Don't even get me started on family "black dress photo day". I went to college and got down to a size 10 before my wedding and moved to Northern VA. About 4 years ago I started having anxiety and panic attacks. My doctor gave me xanax and told me to take it whenever I feel an attack coming on. I took the medicine and it made me feel okay but not great. I quit caffeine and started changing small things in my diet. I started teaching and met some friends and became an avid runner. I completed my first half marathon in November and now I am coaching GOTR for my school.
During my time here in NOVA I have had a colonoscopy and other more private medical issues. I decided that Brandon and I needed to get healthy. We started going to the gym, eating a lot healthier and we even did a triathlon together. We both dropped weight and I started doing medifast. While it is not a maintainable weight loss method, it did teach me to eat with portion control. I dropped down to a size 8 and was starting to feel a little better and needed less xanax. Last year I got diagnosed with Anemia and found myself getting colds, swine flu, headaches and I was constantly freezing.
In November, friends of ours started eating the Paleo diet- Brandon and I thought they were nuts. How could anyone eat like that? is it maintainable? We were not even willing to try it! Until, 3 days before Thanksgiving Brandon decided that it might help with some of our health issues and we should give it a shot. We jumped in and didn't bother preparing. Those 3 days were terrible because we weren't prepared. *note to self- research, grocery shop and prepare before you start a diet* ... This brings us to today- we've been eating primal for 4 months and we feel fantastic. I am down to a size 6 (sometimes 4) and we have energy, health (anemia free) and we are currently signed up to run a 10 mile race in Philadelphia in May. We are so excited about our results and we wouldn't change anything about it.
Meanwhile, I started this blog to encourage my sister and she has results of her own to share. 1 big one being that she completed her first 5k last week and she and her family are feeling much more energized. Check out her About me page!
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Happy Eating,
Kimberly
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