"Ah-Ha" Moments by Annie Tomsik
I hate to admit it. No woman in their right mind would. Although my husband never says a word. He never shames me. He never elude to acknowledgement, but it is painfully obvious, like many people of America I had become morbidly obese. Those two ugly words.
The first time I heard the words "morbidly obese" I didn't recognize the meaning. I mean it was used on a person six hundred pounds. So why was the doctor in front of me using this term with me? I'm looking at him and thinking "you are bigger then I am. How can you be telling me this?"
I heard the same thing over the years from every doctor. I need to exercise more and eat more fruits and vegetables. That might be all fine and dandy for a regular person. But I had just herniated two disks in my back and was having a hard time standing upright. How do you properly exercise without putting your back into the motion?
Over the years I gained more weight. I followed all the "calories in, calories out" advice. I followed the "low fat" advice. I did the "egg whites only" fad. I did lose a few pounds juicing, but felt like I was hungry all the time and was swimming in juice.
I hurt my back when my youngest daughter was two years old. So for the next 18 years, I packed on the pounds. Little by little I looked like a beached whale. My clothing size went up and I felt bad about myself. The sad truth was I had become what most of my family had become. I went to our family reunion and all of the adults in my family looked as I did. They were either the same size, or bigger. So I started believing that this was a family trait that I couldn't get away from. I figured it was something I had inherited, and now matter what I would always be like this, so I might as well except it.
Then my husband and I were in a minor car accident. I started having migraine headaches that would last up to ten days before breaking and the next would start. I was going through more pain and trauma than I should have, which led to the discovery that I have fibromyalgia. I was now also having symptoms of high blood pressure, and asthma. So exercise for me was even worse. I would have to do small tasks, and then go sit or lay down. I was always having a hard time breathing. I needed a rescue inhaler. The doctor sent me to having a breathing study, and I failed to complete it.
The worse news for me was when I got the news on August 16th 2019, that I was a type 2 diabetic. My doctor was now telling me she wanted to prescribe insulin. My mind whirled. I was freaking out. My brother had gone down this rabbit hole before me and it wasn't favorable. I didn't want this. I started praying. "Lord help me"!
I am blessed to say that when I went home that day I found the Ketogenic Lifestyle. I found a whole new way to live. I reversed my diabetic diagnosis. I no longer have high blood pressure. I can walk 3 miles without sitting down. I don't need my rescue inhaler. I have lost 97 pounds. I have amazing energy and can complete a task without sitting or laying down. I no longer have migraine headaches. Amazingly I am able to work a full time job again, and take care of my family.
The strangest part for me is when I walk past a mirror or a glass door that is tinted, and a different person is there, I have that Ah-Ha moment. Another was when my sister came to visit and she brought her bicycle. I had not been on one for twenty years, and I rode with ease. I was having so much fun like a little kid. I had another today when folding clothes and I pulled out a pair of paints that I thought were my daughters, and then I realized that they were mine and I had to take a moment and catch myself.
I have felt bad about myself for so many years. I have looked at this fat girl in the mirror and wished for someone different. I know what it's like to have that low self esteem and be self conscious of everything. I know what it is to feel awful all of the time. To never have any energy and feel like you are drifting everyday.
I never thought I would weigh less than my husband. In our entire married life he has always weighed less than I have. But now (another ah-ha moment), he keeps picking me up. I think he is as excited about the new me, as I am. I feel like we are this youthful couple again. The most awesome thing is, my husband and I started dating again. See I didn't do this journey alone. I started keto because I had to. My husband started keto because he wanted to. We have made the change in our lifestyle together. Because of that, we have been greatly blessed.
Annie Tomsik
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