Health and Wellness

As a student of healthcare I believe I have a responsibility to make sure I am practicing what I preach. A general rule of health is that the larger you are the more health problems you have. So many problems can be fixed simply by losing weight. I, fortunately, have had no adverse health issues relating to my weight, however, as I am 80 pounds heavier than my height class's average I definitely need to do something now before I do start experiencing side effects. I have never been happy with my weight. I needed to loose 10 pounds to be where I wanted to be, but 10 pounds isn't much so I could loose that whenever I wanted, then the 10 turned to 20, 20 to 30, 30 to 40 and now here I am, 80 pounds overweight and getting extremely worried that my wedding ring is beginning to cut off the circulation to my finger. I have always lacked the dedication to do something about my weight, I've had a loving boyfriend, fiancé, and then husband telling me I was beautiful no matter what I weighed as I gained the last 40. But with the advent of potential necrosis of my ring finger I think it's about time I made the firefighters my husband works with jealous that he gets to come home to a hottie. If I am so unhappy, if I am so embarrassed by how I look, why pity myself for something I can fix, it's not rocket science, it's living a healthy lifestyle. I've got this, it's just not going to be easy and I am the only one to blame. I am going to fix the problem I created and I am going to own it! I am my only obstacle, no excuses!