My journey

I know we all make posts on here and keep each other motivated. I think it is more then awesome and I love all the feedback I get. I just wanted to tell you guys about myself so you get to really know me. I live in Denver with my husband and my 3 big dogs. We don't have any kids besides the four legged ones. I work at home depot in human resources. I have been doing that for 15 years. Wow!! I have always been a sickly person ever since I can remember. I got type 1 diabetes when I was 10. I got very sick when that happened. It was eating well, insulin shots and finger sticks from there. From that time on my diabetes has been hard to manage. They say I'm a "brittle" diabetic. I took very good care of myself until I became a teenager. Then I didn't care I wanted to be thin. I sometimes didn't take my insulin so I could lose weight. I did this all throughout high school. What I didn't understand was I was ruining my body. Then came the rheumatoid arthritis. Pain pain and more pain. At that time I was steadily gaining weight due to my lack of activity. Then came my heart issues . I never felt good I was sick both mentally and physically all the time. In 2009 I went to the dr I told her I can not live like this. I never feel good my blood sugars are out of control I take almost 200 units of insulin a day I'm in pain all the time. I'm too young at 33 I feel like 63. She suggested I have the lap band surgery to help control my diabetes. I didn't think I was ever heavy enough for that but looking back I never realized how heavy I was. Discussed it with my family and in a last ditch effort I did it. Feb 2010 I had lap band surgery. I lost 50 pounds right away but then it just stopped. I realized the band is a tool not miracle. It did however improve my insulin requirements drastically and helps me eat less. The 50 pound loss also helps my arthritis. This summer I decided I wanted more then just the weight loss. I felt better but not good enough. I started going to the gym. The elliptical everyday for an hour sometimes twice a day. Boring boring and more boring. I needed something else. My husband had these videos p90x I thought about it daily but was too scared to try. We had done one video when he first got them and I couldn't walk for a week. The videos sat there. I dusted them off every week. I thought of them often. Then one day I said for better or worse I'm giving them a try that brings us to today I feel better and stronger then I ever have. There are still bumps in the road but p90x has changed my life. Eating healthy fitness first it's a way of life now. Thats my journey. What's yours?

Thanks for sharing your story. Sounds like a wild adventure that has certainly made a difference in your life. Way to go Melanie!!

you know, I too tried one of the hard core exercise videos. Mine was INSANITY with Shaun T.

i honest to god finished the video and couldn't get down my stairs the next day. I hurt bad for 3 days. a little pain for 5 and was just generally tender for a few more. It truly was Insane.

You've inspired me to dust of my videos and give it another go.