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First off I can say I love life, my life especially, always have and always will, but it was never easy. I am the mother of two children ages 25 and 12, so if you do some math you will notice my firstborn was when I was just 16. By the time he was a year old I was a single parent, a divorced teenage mom. During the time when he was young, I worked two jobs, went to college and was concentrating

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First off I can say I love life, my life especially, always have and always will, but it was never easy. I am the mother of two children ages 25 and 12, so if you do some math you will notice my firstborn was when I was just 16. By the time he was a year old I was a single parent, a divorced teenage mom. During the time when he was young, I worked two jobs, went to college and was concentrating on raising my son. I was committed to my health and physique as well. When my son was very young, I had the honor of being hit by a drunk driver who gave me the chance to see first hand the Jaws of Life in action. (and gave me amazing respect for firemen and EMTS) He broke my hip and my back all in one really fast moment. ( strange enough he was the second driver to break my back) Doctors said I would not walk for a year..mimimum,I would use a walker and crutches. I said bullcrap! And because I had been committed to my physical well being previously, I walked 4 months later, not without pain and hard work. It wasn’t easy. A number of years later I met my second husband, we married and soon thereafter we decided to add to the family. We welcomed a beautiful baby girl, life was good. But by the time she was 4, I was again single. Now I was raising two children on my own., not easy but I would not trade the time or experience for anything. About this time my back began to hurt, hard and often. But being a single mom didn’t give me much time to work on getting better, it just gave me time to work, or so I thought. There was never time for me, going to the gym was near impossible and when I was there, I wanted to be home. Recently I was told my back will never get better, that my choices are pain medications or pain. This is when I decided that I wanted to reclaim my health; I wanted to get back in shape. I made a call to a friend who has had tremendous, physical and mental success in Beachbody and said its time for a change. So here I stand, ready to make the changes in my life and in my health. Life has always been a glass half full for me even when most would have given up, but somewhere along the way I lost the focus I had on my own health, although oddly enough I didn’t allow my children to be unhealthy, they ate well and exercised daily. I am ready to make the changes and commit once again to my health and well being, knowing my family can only benefit from me moving forward in this manner. I am ready to focus on my health and my fitness and on myself. So this is just the beginning of my bio, just the start, but I can guarantee you it will lead to a wonderful middle and an amazing end!
The first goal I am setting is to maintain a workout schedule, lose weight and get to a point where my body is strong enough to alleviate the back pain I have had for years, I beleive this will be attibuted to being mentally and physically strong, not by being reliant on medications. I am ready to wow the doctors and let them know conventional therapy isnt always the best idea. There isnt a pill for everything, its not the only answer.
PS if you wondered about my children, my son graduated with honors in high school, has a Bachelors’ degree in Veterinary Science and is working on his masters. My daughter is an honor roll student as well as an amazing competitive cheerleader, athlete and talented singer.

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