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Gesundheit! Fitness, Weightloss, Wine, Dessert and Clarity in Europe

While we borrowed “gesundheit” to mean good health when someone sneezes, it translates into health and fitness. Speaking of foreign countries and trasnlation, visit this article if you need to Professionally translate a document.

Why am I worried about gesundheit? Well because I barely made it to London, England on April 17th, before I had to jump on a plane to Vienna, Austria. Day one in Vienna I found myself in the gym at the Le Meridien dancing with my eyes closed to Tony Braxton and Loon’s “Hit the Freeway”. I had just finished weights and a bunch of other exercises and dancing was my reward to self for working out while on vacation in Europe. What was I thinking? I should be drunk off cheap wine or gin spritzers and stuffing my face with schnitzel!

Instead… Ich habe mich auf Reisen der Gesundheit verschrieben. (I was committed to health while traveling.)

When I missed my flight to London, I thought for sure my vacation started and stopped in that one moment. It was 4,000USD to change my premium economy ticket! That didn’t even include the change fee, smh.

I had carefully planned everything. I knew exactly what snacks I was bringing for Curry puppy and I packed all his food and snacks two days in advance and placed in the back of the X5. I checked with my nephew to see if the Trader Joe’s is still in West Hartford, Connecticut so I could buy his extras and I crossed him off my list. I was headed to CT so I can leave Curry while I chased clarity in Europe.

I woke up super early and packed my suitcase, Curry’s toys and bed in the car. As soon as I was about to leave, I let him outside to pee and he ran off to Charles’ house. Okay, I can dig. At 4am I didn’t want him running over to Trenton Place to Higgins’s house (his bestie), so him running next door was cool. Curry puppy was always trying to run off somewhere, it’s his little game he likes to play with mommy. A dangerous one at 4am. I got him back. Packed him in the car and I checked off him, my luggage, water, healthy bars for me to eat on the ride so I wouldn’t stop on the New Jersey Turnpike and buy junk. Check! Check! Check! It was the perfect pack.

I drove 6 hours to my sister’s house. I gallivant for a few days. Played electronic UNO with the kids ‘til late at night. Even decided since I had time on my hands I might as well get my hair done. Check!

Now, it’s super hard not to eat unhealthy at my sister’s house. Real Jamaican food being cooked here. Curry chicken. Rice and peas. Oxtail. Jeez. I feel like I’m in Jamaica for the first leg of my trip. Just pure yummy Michelle food. Resistance is low in Bloomfield, Connecticut. I went to Trader Joe’s and bought 4 cases of water to counteract any craziness. Check! It’s important to know I don’t practice deprivation. I eat. Weight loss happens regardless. Mainly because when I’m home I’m strict. I’m on vacation. Live a little. Check!

I was so relaxed. Then comes departure day. Or night. It was dark out. I woke up at 2am. Exhausted I just went to bed at 1am. Why won’t I sleep? Ugh. I woke my nephew up. We had to drive to JFK for my 7:55am flight. But as soon as I got up to leave, I knew. I knew I had forgotten my passport at my home in the safe, 6 hours away in DC. I looked at the time and I looked at my nephew and I wanted to cry. I had the whole weekend. I could have driven to DC and back, or even had my passport FedExed. Man, oh man. Alright. No point fussing. Let’s figure this out. How? Passport is required. I was screwed.

British airways didn’t open until 7am!!! Wtf. I’m definitely panicking now. Okay. Okay. Doesn’t matter. Life goes on. Two days of stress eating crap, I was sure I put back the 10lbs I had lost at my weigh-in at the weight loss center. All day and I barely drank any of the water I bought. I finally sorted it out and I got on a plane two days later and made a commitment to get my shit together. My weight loss shit together that is.

The point of the back story is nothing ever goes as planned. Life happens. You have to be prepared. I actually thought that in October when I jumped on this weight loss journey that being conscious of my emotional eating and my triggers would always make me prepared. Stress eating? No problem. I had it under control is what I thought to myself. I keep watching the weight drop because I was focused. First it was only diet and mind games for 3 months with light walking. Me and my trainer agreed to delay starting so I could ease my body of some of the weight so I am not discouraged by the workouts. I already hate the gym.

The idea was, if I felt too much pain then I would associate it with the gym and get discouraged, or plain whole STOP. Like I had done in the past. I was playing so much psychological mind games with myself. Shit I didn’t even need to do that when I was eating the food that put the weight on in the first place. Crazy, right? But clearly forgetting my passport and dealing with that stress and being in a trigger environment in Connecticut was too much to handle and I realized we are never fully prepared. It’s what we do next that matters. I was stressed because I needed this vacation – this thought trip. My soul yearned for it. And I had carefully and thoughtfully planned it. I had to go.

It was a photo from my family reunion that encouraged me to get moving. I’ve never battled too much with self-esteem so I never once looked in the mirror and saw an ugly face, but I definitely wrestled with what fat I would cut off and, where, if I could just take a knife and do it. I took one look at me in that pink dress in that photo and I realized that night I had to put on flip flops because my ankles were swollen from the 6-hour drive to Connecticut from DC. I also looked at the dress and my belly filled out so much of it I couldn’t wait around to have that heart attack most black people have in their 50s. While my face looked super young and people think I’m anywhere between 28 and 35, I was turning 43 that coming January and I needed to finally make a change.

In October 2018, I became super focused and I went to a weight loss center and lost 30lbs quickly. My joints felt good. I went to the trainer and we decided on one day a week. It seems like nothing but it has been so effective. I started to build a relationship with fitness that I hadn’t have in a long time. We are now at two to three days a week.

Bill Walker at Balance Gym in DC and I do weight training with kettle bells and resistance weights. He is the best trainer I’ve ever had. And I’ve had several. Sometimes I get through the time and I’m like that’s it? And he’s like well done. Now don’t get me wrong, Bill makes me feel like I’m going to die with every workout lol. But I say “that’s it” because for the first time I’m actually enjoying my workouts. I want to show up. I can only attribute that to Bill and his style of training. Never the seller, more focused on my care and my outcome. I have a left knee injury, a back injury and carpal tunnel in my left hand along with a strained right ankle from surgery. But Bill is so knowledgeable in joint and muscle pain that we would shift the workouts depending on what ailment I was having. It was a no brainer when I decided to sign up for a full 6 months of training.

I found my way out of Connecticut on an American Airlines flight and my first stop was London. I got to Heathrow late. I ate something light when I got to Misha’s. I slept the next day. Sleep is so important when you’re trying to lose weight and I don’t get enough of it so when I can, I do. I am naturally an insomniac. My thoughts and ideas flow better at night. This is either true or we insomniacs think so and have fully convinced ourselves of it :-).

I ate one boiled egg and a toast and salami for breakfast. The salami wasn’t the best option but I drank lots of water. Have to keep my ankles skinny especially after flying. My ankles always swell. Ugh. I watched a movie. Lounged and took another nap. Apparently, I was exhausted. So much drama with the airline and flight. I finally got up put on my gym clothes and decided to walk the streets of London and people watch. This is how I get my exercise when there is no gym. Getting my steps in. I actually love that about UK and Europe. Walking is so easy. And people are funny to watch. The pubs were already packed. It was a holiday weekend and they started early on that pint of Guinness.

The thing is, vacations and weight loss are not synonymous because we want to cheat. We have garnered this idea that being on vacation means we have to binge eat and stuff our faces with the worse foods. My goal was to taste everything. But I wasn’t planning on being stuffed. If I was stuffed, I couldn’t walk and I couldn’t people watch. What’s the point of being on vacation in a food coma? I actually like to see and explore the places I visit.

I made soup and festival for dinner and had a beer. I drank more water. The next day I was on a plane to Vienna. After getting sick on schnitzel I knew I had to be careful with foods in Vienna. Everything seems fried or processed into sausages. So, I made sure there was a salad or something light at every restaurant we dined, so I can have a healthy option. I drank plenty of water. I never shy away from desserts or alcohol but I’m not naturally a dessert eater so I don’t always indulge. But alcohol – definitely. Wine was cheap in Vienna and though not as cheap, gin spritzers were a “thing” and very delicious.

I told myself I had to work out at least once in every city I traveled to. With Misha, I was going to walk more than the average person anyway. We did over 12,000 steps a day. But I craved my Bill exercises. I went into the basement of the Le Meridien and was elated when I saw kettle bells. Great gym. I had my Bose headphones and I blasted some hip hop and rap and got to it. After my Bill reps I stretched. I was amped. Feeling good about myself I put on some hip hop and danced my ass off. I danced for another 20 minutes. I drank more and more water. In case you haven’t noticed, besides alcohol, I only drink water.

Misha and I walked so much I could hear the weight say, “I give up” and got off the next train stop before I could. We rode the train and walked everywhere. We went to Schöenbrunn Palace and got lost in the maze and even took unforbidden photos inside the palace. We visited the Jewish Museum and saw some amazing exhibits including that of Arik Brauer. We saw a horse show at the Spanische Hofreitschule Riding School and watched an opera, which left me singing “Nichola” the whole night. It was the only word I could remember since the language eludes me. We ate Art on a plate at the Pramerl and the Wolf in Roseau, Vienna. We took photos by the Hofberg Imperial Palace and we ate dinner at one of Vienna’s oldest restaurants. We had wine and downed calamari and mussels at Naschmarkt. We ate street food in Vienna City Centre. We did so much I can barely remember most of it. Like I said, I was with Misha and we did 12000 steps or more a day.

Misha went back to London and I went off to St. Julian, Malta. The first day was chill. Lazy and lounge. Malta was a breath of fresh air. Beautiful. View outside my balcony was to die for. I could retire here. The Mediterranean Sea looked amazing. Day two was sightseeing and walking. I ate whatever I wanted. No gym. And water was scarce. The water was not drinkable so restaurants don’t offer it up unless you buy. And I hadn’t noticed they didn’t bring any cause me and Kerina were drinking wine and beer. Malta was scenic. I ate rabbit (tastes like chicken), and we sat at the top overlook at City Lounge in Valetta and ate and drank and laughed.

Amsterdam was my reboot. First day we found a treasure right next to the hotel called Dragons Delight. Oat milk latte and avocado toast with scrambled eggs. This is too easy, I thought. Kerina worked out with me first day in the hotel gym, and we walked around Rembrandt Square that night checking out food, nightlife and coffee shops.

My fake henna tattoo from Malta got five Moroccan boys’ attention and I stopped so they could read the Arik Brauer quote I picked up at the Jewish Museum in Vienna. “There was never a manifesto, it simply” just “happened”. I added just to put my own spin on it. We chatted them up for a little bit. I exchanged numbers with one of them and carried on. He thought I was 24. The next day we did 17700 steps walking from our hotel in the Pijp to Museum quarter and Vondelpark. Once Kerina left I made sure I ate well and kept moving.

While I explored Amsterdam some more, I couldn’t give up my oat milk latte. I went to dragons delight daily. Partly because they serve breakfast all day. Yum! Jade, Luca and Jasom are super sweet. Jasom was always checking what else I needed. Jade and I chatted about her bulldog pups back in England, while I went on about missing Curry puppy. But Luca told me they made sure the freshest ingredients were on hand and had monthly specials. This month, I was lucky it was the smashed spicy avocado toast with scrambled eggs. Good healthy food, good hot drinks with non-lactose options like oat milk and good people. I couldn’t have asked for nothing more in the Pijp. Except on King’s day, I watched the orange clothes roll by on boats. I didn’t get caught up in the crowd, but I enjoyed the scenery.

Malaga, Spain was the final leg of my trip and I got there late. This city was mine to enjoy alone. I wouldn’t have had it any other way. The next morning, I hit the streets and committed to a Misha day filled with at least 12000 steps and more if I could. I was going to forego public transportation and use my Chevy two (feet). It was the home of Pablo Picasso. The history of the Moors. Food and wine were cheap. Museums were free. I was determined to see it all. My clothes felt looser and I knew my weight shifted for the better.

Weight loss is at the forefront, but it wasn’t going to trap me either. Not every person over weight eats unhealthily. My cholesterol levels are great. I started clean eating after doing an amazing program with Emmanuel Galland in NYC. Clean eating means my meals are generally wholesome. Whole Foods and Trader Joe’s have been my rock! My problem was always over indulging and emotionally eating, never eating crappy foods like fast foods or greasy foods.

But with any weight loss program, you have to be ready, and it has to be internal. It’s a quest that must be accomplished by you, and you alone can make it happen. What I’ve learned so far and still learning is that consistency is key. Staying on course no matter how discouraged and feeling defeated or giving up is not an option. Those feelings are crap. Rome wasn’t built in a day. Stay on course. Nothing is easy. Keep at it and DO NOT look purely to others for support. While there are resources out there, they are not for everyone; therefore, encouragement has to come from within. Be your own cheerleader. And celebrate every win. Even if it’s small. I celebrated a big (30lb loss) with a trip to London.

I drank plenty of water in Malaga. The perks of being a Marriott Elite member, whatever you ask for you get. They were nice enough to give me more than the 2 bottles per day and so I told them to keep it coming.

I flew from Malaga back to Gatwick and then head to Heathrow where I would stay one night at the Marriott Moxy. Small, efficient and totally eclectic this hotel was noisy. I actually booked it to relax from my trip. However, I walked past a food truck and into the hotel, which had a red carpet laid out and girls dressed skimpily, handing me champagne. Where was I? After checking in at the bar (yes, the bar), I went upstairs, showered, changed and came back down to party. Who needs rest? I danced and chatted all night with a lady from Holland. We listened to a live band with steel drums, watched calypso dancers gyrate hips with practically no clothes on, took photos with a snake, drank free alcohol and ate free food. I was exhausted and hoped I wouldn’t miss my flight back to New York, but getting my exercise through dancing was fun.

When I got back from Europe, I had lost more weight. I had found my clarity while drinking wine and eating dessert, yet still managed to work out and lose weight. I call that success! I’m not encouraging anyone who is trying to lose weight to eat dessert because if it is a trigger then you have to be careful. However, I encourage consciousness, plenty of water, sleep when you can or just rest, walking everywhere, stop often if that’s what you have to do to reboot and hit the gym if your hotel has one, and if you can. Even if it’s just 15-20 minutes of weight training or on the treadmill or bike. Bike if you’re in Amsterdam. And it is a vacation, so enjoy it. I never forego any alcohol. I had wine, whiskey and beer. Food sizes are naturally smaller in Europe anyway so for an American traveler, I was already eating less.

I’ll let you in on a little secret, Vienna was the first time I worked out alone in a gym without Bill. It was quite an accomplishment. It’s definitely a “win” to celebrate and I am very proud of the relationship I have been building with fitness. I celebrated this big win by dancing for 20 minutes (big smiles). I start yoga again very soon. Who knows, my next PR article might be a yoga retreat in Bali.

Whether you’re touring Europe or staying at home and trying to lose weight. Don’t let it define you. Carve out how you plan to do it. Take charge and go for it. Don’t be discouraged by any setbacks. Life isn’t perfect. No such thing. Don’t forget to live your best life. Always. And if you’re an insomniac like me – drink lots of water. Oh, by the way, if in one night you down a whole bottle of wine in Malaga, Spain because you thought it was so cheap, drink more water. And make sure your next trip requires passport. I always do. It’s how I get my clarity. Besides, it’s less fun if you go domestic 😊.

Travel often. Travel well. Until next time – Gesundheit!

Gesundheit! Fitness, Weightloss, Wine, Dessert and Clarity in Europe was originally published on Passport Required

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junker-town · 5 years

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Get to know the 3 tiers of a loaded 2020 NFL Draft QB class

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It’s much more than just Tua Tagovailoa and Justin Herbert, but they’re at the top for a reason.

The evolution of the 2019 quarterback class was strange and full of odd twists. At the start of last college football season Kyler Murray was an afterthought as an NFL prospect. Daniel Jones was a first-round long shot.

Murray, of course, stormed college football, won the Heisman Trophy, and became the first overall pick in the draft by the Arizona Cardinals. Jones shockingly catapulted into the top 10, getting taken sixth by the New York Giants.

Was 2019 an aberration, or should we continue to expect the unexpected when it comes to the trajectory of quarterbacks in the draft? Here’s what we know and don’t know going into this college football season.

The intriguing top tier

You probably know these guys — and for good reason.

Tua Tagovailoa, Alabama (junior): This year’s recipient of the annual Russell Wilson comparison is Tagovailoa. The Crimson Tide quarterback has the prerequisites for the honor. Like Wilson, he’s not overly tall, but he’s stout at 6’1 and 220 pounds. He’s an accurate passer, and in his first season as the starter for Alabama completed nearly 69 percent of his throws. And again, like Wilson, he can make plays on the move and handles pressure better than most quarterbacks.

Really, other than freaky arm strength, the knocks on Tagovailoa are silly things outside of his control.

It’s true, Alabama currently has three NFL wide receivers, including possible top-five pick Jerry Jeudy, and Tagovailoa is the beneficiary. He’s also been dinged because of injuries. He had surgery for a high-ankle sprain last season and played through a knee sprain. His height might get questioned, but who cares at a time when Murray and Baker Mayfield get taken with the first overall pick?

Justin Herbert, Oregon (senior): Herbert can be a maddening quarterback. When he’s on, he’s the best quarterback prospect in this class. He has size at 6’6 and 237 pounds, and he’s a very good athlete. When Herbert has to make off-schedule passes outside the pocket he moves around with ease and resets his feet to deliver the ball. His deep ball is NFL ready and he can make spectacular plays look routine. He checks just about every box you want in a franchise quarterback.

Herbert’s consistency and accuracy are the big issues. Some of the latter aren’t on Herbert. Oregon’s receivers dropped a considerable amount of passes. Still, part of that reflects on Herbert. His completion percent dropped from 67.5 percent in 2017 to 59.2 percent in 2018. In one six-game stretch in the middle of last season, it was just 55.6 percent.

The inconsistency is mostly on easy throws. While Herbert can make big plays, some of the easy ones in the short passing game are missed.

Jake Fromm, Georgia (junior): Fromm is a strange case. From strictly a skills standpoint, he’s not as purely talented as Tagovailoa or Herbert. His arm is solid and his size at 6’2, 220, is pretty dang average. He hasn’t thrown for 3,000 yards in either of his first two seasons.

Maybe it’s his drive or will, but Fromm continues to overcome. In the 2017 season when starter Jacob Eason got hurt (more on him later), Fromm took over and the five-star blue chipper never got his job back. In 2018, Georgia brought in another five-star quarterback in Justin Fields (more on him next year). No matter to Fromm. Although Fields got a few snaps here and there, Fromm was the leader of an offense full of future NFL players. Fromm also had a star-making performance in last year’s SEC title game, nearly leading an upset of Alabama while throwing for 301 yards and three touchdowns.

While Fromm needs to play more consistently and show he can work more of the field, teams will love his accuracy and intangibles.

K.J. Costello, Stanford (junior): After starting seven games for Stanford in 2017, Costello took off last season, In 13 starts, he threw for 3,540 yard and 29 touchdowns. His best asset as an NFL prospect is his accuracy. Costello throws with anticipation and, like Fromm, fits the ball into a tight window. But his upside comes thanks to an impressive deep ball.

Stanford’s offense lost a lot of playmakers after last season, including Costello’s top three pass catchers: JJ Arcega-Whiteside, Trenton Irwin, and Kaden Smith. Running back Bryce Love is also gone. Stanford’s success on offense this season will be based on Costello’s arm.

Seniors to know

In the last five drafts, 16 quarterbacks have been taken in the first round. Only two of them — Baker Mayfield in 2018 and Carson Wentz in 2016 — were seniors, though Jones and Josh Allen (2018) were redshirt juniors. Each of those four played in the Senior Bowl and saw their draft status rise at the all-star game.

These are the quarterbacks going into the 2019 season who could also use a good Senior Bowl:

Nate Stanley, QB, Iowa: Among draft nerds, Stanley was first notable as a favorite of ESPN’s Todd McShay. And you can argue that Stanley greatly benefited from throwing to first-rounders T.J. Hockenson and Noah Fant last season. But if he plays well this season, he’ll get serious looks. With bookend NFL offensive tackles Alaric Jackson and Tristan Wirfs protecting him, Stanley should have plenty of time in the pocket to pick apart a defense.

Steven Montez, Colorado: Unlike Stanley, Montez has at least one sure thing target, receiver Laviska Shenault. The 6’5, 230-pound Montez has size and one of the stronger arms in the class. But he’s been inaccurate over the middle of the field. Montez is the type of player who could need a big season, and a big Senior Bowl, to rise all the way into the top 32.

Joe Burrow of LSU, Brian Lewerke of Michigan State, and Shea Patterson of Michigan are all intriguing seniors who, for one reason or another, haven’t yet taken a big step forward as a prospect.

Take note just in case

Last season, Murray showed that at quarterback we sometimes don’t know what will happen. At this time last year, Murray was going to be a pro baseball player.

These quarterbacks aren’t crossover stars like Murray, but it’s worth keeping them tucked away.

Jordan Love, Utah State (junior): Love teeters between the first group and this one. It’s easy to see why Love is an NFL prospect. The 6’4, 220-pound junior started six games as a redshirt freshman in 2017 and took over as the starter in 2018. He threw for 3,567 yards and 32 touchdowns last season while ending up as a Davey O’Brien Award semifinalist. What makes Love so intriguing is his fast release and easy arm strength.

While Love can rely too much purely on his arm, and plays in a screen-heavy offense, he has every tool teams love. Right now, he has long odds for the first round in 2020, but a betting person would be wise to gamble on Love.

Jalen Hurts, Oklahoma (senior): Oklahoma head coach Lincoln Riley has coached the last two No. 1 picks (Murray and Mayfield). Hurts may have lost his job to Tagovailoa, but he should still get a look in the NFL. He’s a good athlete, and in his career has thrown 48 touchdowns to just 12 interceptions.

Jacob Eason, Washington (junior): Eason hasn’t even won the starting job in Washington yet. But because of his blue-chip high school status and size at 6’6 and 227 pounds, he’s going to get every shot at being an NFL starter.

Blake Barnett, South Florida: Barnett has been a college football journeyman, going from Alabama to Arizona State to junior college and now to South Florida. But don’t forget, he actually was named the starting quarterback for the Tide before Hurts took over in 2016. And there’s something about 6’5, 230-pound quarterbacks the NFL will always love.

The only QB guarantee

Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence isn’t draft eligible. But go ahead and pencil him as the No. 1 pick in 2021. No pressure.

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veintreatmentdoctors · 4 years

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performancespineandsports-blog · 5 years

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babybpartyof3-blog · 7 years

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the beginning, everyone has one.

Before I introduce us formally, people have to know where the story begins. One morning before school, I woke up with horrible cramping pains in my pelvis. It was so debilitating, I felt like I couldn’t breathe or move. I was taken to the hospital, to be referred back to my family doctor, to be put on birth control pills. The doctor in the hospital that visited me suspected I have endometriosis, and sent me to my first gynaecologist in the area. After about a month or two of trying various birth control pills (and it NOT working!). I ended up at my first genealogical appointment. I was told that an exploratory surgery needed to be done. I was 14 years old when I was diagnosed with Endometriosis and PCOS (poly cystic ovarian syndrome). After the surgery, My doctor came to speak to me. Being 14 and hearing such a big word after a major surgery was scary. I literally thought it was a type of cancer. “Endo-what?” - little did I know “Endometriosis” and everything that comes with it would be my life theme for the next 8 years. I would come to learn all about it and eventually after so long, learn to try to live with it. Endometriosis (you can google it yourself) is a chronic pain disease that affects 1 out of 4 women, usually in their “menstrual” years. PCOS is when you have cysts on your ovaries that cause issues getting pregnant, having regular periods, etc (annovulatory, etc..) This is my case: annovulatory. This word would eventually come to haunt me a few years later (now, when I’m TTC) - After my surgery, the implant was recommended to me as a good form of birth control and pain relief (Mirena IUD). I was told after it was inserted to go home and take advil, that it would only cramp for a while. The cramping was unbelievable!! A WHILE? A LITTLE? ADVIL? no way, try Percocet. 3 Percocet’s later (this was too much of a dose, but the cramping was un real and I do not recommend anybody do this!) the pain finally “EASED” just enough for me to sleep, as the month or two went on, the bleeding came and it never stopped. I eventually had to get it taken out because I was bleeding to my ankles and cramping so bad, my quality of life was ZERO. My attendance at school had dropped to zero, none. (This did cause various problems with my education, I will explain in later vlogs if I overcame it or not). After my family doctor kept switching me on different birth controls, Alesse, Portia, Seasonale, IUD, Demulen, etc. (the list really does go on) and none of it worked. I was sent to various other specialists in Detroit, Michigan, Belleville Ontario, Toronto Ontario, Trenton Ontario and London Ontario to do various procedures and explore other treatment options they could offer me. (Gynaecologists, Urologists, Naturopaths, Endometriosis specialists and Pain doctors). I was only 14, my parents were desperate for answers and thirsty for more knowledge on how to help me (explains all the doctors visits). I was helpless. Pain specialists were/are hard to get into without being accused of being an addict and a drug seeker. All of the assholes with no pain or abused medication, ruined it for the ones (US) who DESPERATELY needed it. We have to go through greater lengths to prove your in pain without “drug seeker” going onto your medical file. (This is sadly the reality of the medical field). After many doctors and opinions, My diagnosis had been confirmed multiple times. I was home-schooling in my last year of high school and almost graduated by this time. Endometriosis had managed to get in the way of my education, social relationships, weight, and even my personal relationships. Boyfriends are hard to keep when your a “burden”. Some ex boyfriends have thrown “I’VE TAKEN CARE OF YOU ALL DAY” in my face. That was always the “insult”, like I owed them for something. Like I had to kiss their feet every single time they warmed up my heating pad or passed me a pain pill. Little didn’t they realize that that was part of the relationship, this disease came with me and it was NOT going to change. This resulted in many broken hearts and rejection. My friends and family dropped off contact with me. I was so miserable anyway, but in my head, they could’ve at least checked on me and showed that they cared. My friends, best friend and even cousins had practically abandoned me. I never heard from anybody. I sat in my room in pain, miserable and eating myself to death. I had gotten up to 353 pounds at my heaviest and I hated myself, my life, I hated everything. I blamed endometriosis for ruining my quality of life. People who are diagnosed with an illness, need to realize off of the bat that your illness will not or does not define you. It may control instances that were unforeseen but if you have the right mind-set you CAN DO IT! anybody can. After finding my amazing doctor in London and a good pain specialist in my area, things started to fall together. My doctor decided to start me on Lupron 11.25 mg. I’ve heard nightmare things about this drug pretty much from the start (google the symptoms) but I also had no other choice. Women everywhere (facebook groups) were scaring other women off of this drug. What these women don’t quite understand is that every woman’s body is different and they should not be putting others off if it if it can help. Most of these women are too dense to realize this, especially when it does NOT effect their lives. Who cares if it didn’t work for you? IT WORKED FOR ME! Lupron may be seen as a horrible drug, but it is the only treatment that had consistent results and actually allowed me to follow through with my fitness goals and education achievements. I urge every woman to think about this. DO NOT LET OTHERS SCARE YOU FROM YOUR FREEDOM! this is pure ignorance on their part. Other women giving this advice, only thinks about how the drug has effected them, not what it COULD do to others. I agree that there needs to be a better alternative for us, but people do what they have too to survive. I had a seen an old acquaintance from high school at my cousins home and could not believe how much weight she had gained. She looked terrible compared to the last time I seen her. She let herself go, she allowed her weight to take over and was currently losing her battle with food. This scared me, this is how I did not want to end up (everybody making fun of me for how I look). I wanted to feel better about myself, I wanted to do better for ME. I decided to join the gym. Slowly but surely after joining, I built up my weights and cardio and lost major pounds. I am now 309 pounds a year later, still going to the gym once or twice a week and I am eating healthier. I am also off of most of my pain medications except for suppositories and a pain patch. I have a medical marijuana card from my specialist to help ease the pain (please, don’t bother commenting on the pot thing, it won’t make a damn difference to me) In the meantime, I decided to get back into school (University) and decided to commute to another country back and fourth. I needed new people, new country, new experiences, new school. I craved it. I decided my passion was criminal justice with a minor in psychology. This is my second year now but so far so good. I adore my school and love my friends. I love my professors and having the opportunity to be able to have the experience to go to school (some days barely, some days almost) pain free. It was a blessing in disguise. I thought it was too good to be true. Not only this, but I did not know that my marijuana card and a broken vaporizer would eventually lead me to love.

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