I am a 46 years young wife and mother. I have been blessed with three sons every decade. In 2010 I started using FitClick to slim down for my 25th wedding anniversary and was planning a trip to Italy. In April of that year I was surprised and thrilled to find out I was pregnant with our third child and not going through menopause. The trip to Italy was put on hold, we headed to baby land. I modified my eating plan with the help of the FitClick Diet Tracker and was able to monitor my nutrition and that of my growing little bundle of joy. I was overweight and my doctor recommended I gain less than 20 pounds for my health and my baby. By the time of the birth of my third son I had only gained 18 pounds and he came in at a healthy 8 lbs. 6oz. and I weighed less than I did when I became pregnant. I had more energy in my 40's as a post-partum mom then I did when I was 22 years old. I continued to lose weight, raise my family and work full time. In October of 2011 coming home from work, I was t-boned by a F250 Ford Truck. My vehicle was totaled, I was broken... with spinal and hip injuries. Thankfully my children and husband were not with me.
After over a year of non-invasive therapies, medications and activity modifications I had gained over 45 pounds. My pain level was never less than a 5 and I hated the medications. I decided to have surgery to fuse 3 cervical discs together. The surgery was a success, my headaches were gone and the numbness in my hands and arms disappeared. It has been a little over a year since the surgery, and my muscles are still healing. The nerve damage from the disc compressions may never go away, but I am able to walk lift up my son and soldier on. My short term goal is to lose the weight I gained over the past 2 years and increase my activity levels to what they were prior to getting hit by a truck… and then I will really be on track to live a healthier slimmer life. Then maybe a trip to Italy.
