Part One: A True Tale of Surviving a Lying, Cheating, Pennsylvania Con Man, and a Journey to Good Health

It is always difficult for me to share this first photo because, well, I certainly don’t look my best at 5’4” and 156 pounds. It is the best of the worst photos of me during that time. I can't make myself post the worst. I was wearing slimmers under my clothes then. They were very uncomfortable and hard to get on. They also pissed me off. 

The second photo (white shirt) was the first time I tried on smaller clothes during my weight loss. Oh my God, it felt so good!

The last photo was December 25, 2017 trying on one of my favorite Christmas presents and feeling lean, mean, and bad ass!

In 2004, after having my thyroid removed due to cancer, my weight shot up to 185 pounds (did I just say that out loud 😳) so I know what it is like to be a big girl and I sure didn’t feel my best. Getting on the correct dose of thyroid replacement therapy a few years after helped me to lose some of that weight, but I never felt good and never slept well. My weight was always in an unhealthy state of fluctuation.

In the fall of 2016 when the first photo was taken, I had stress and anxiety due to the two-year relationship I was in. I was ignoring my instincts and intuition, hoping the things I was finding out weren’t true.

THEY WERE ALL TRUE

DO NOT IGNORE THOSE FEELINGS

I’ve always known stress releases Cortisol which makes you gain weight. Nothing was working as far as getting the weight off and I was feeling worse physically and mentally everyday. I had fears of hitting that 185 mark again and surpassing it.

Enter (again) my longtime friend and former coworker Brooke, who introduced me to the products of Plexus Worldwide and something called gut health. She had talked to me about this in the past, but I just was not ready to listen or commit to the consistency required for weight loss and healing my body, specifically the gut. 

What did healing the gut mean anyway? What did an unhealthy gut mean?

I trusted Brooke because I know she has integrity and I had witnessed her journey to better health myself. Finally, I was at the end of my rope and knew it was time to take care of myself and put myself first. Brooke showed me how to purchase the products at the best price and how to use them properly and continues to be a great support system.

Fast forward to now. I’ve consistently used a combo of products called the Triplex for over a year and have stayed at 128 pounds since June 2017. I have never felt healthier or stronger. I can exercise like never before and have the energy to keep up with 5 GrandKids and a huge dog. 

Oh, did I mention I earn a paycheck for ordering from myself as well as others purchasing from me?

So, if this Arkansas girl living in a Texas world, can gather up the balls to make a commitment to her health and continue to stick to it and survive, especially after finding out the lyin’ cheater had failed to mention he had never divorced his current wife (she is the 5th or 6th. We aren’t sure), then you can too.

Hear me when I say this and let it sink in.

1. YOU are worth the time, effort, and expense of getting yourself healthy. Do whatever it takes. Make a commitment to yourself. You’re more important than that new purse or whatever it is that you’re willing to invest in other than your health. Is that new purse, new shoes, new set of wheels for that truck going to take care of your family when you’re dead from a heart attack?

2. Do NOT ignore your gut feelings and intuition. I didn’t want to believe he was cheating. HE WAS. I didn’t want to believe he was still married until I was shown proof. I didn’t want to believe he had taken many women before me for thousands of dollars each. HE DID. I didn’t want to believe his mom and brother, who I thought were going to be family, knew ALL THIS until it was shown to me in black and white.

So come get and stay healthy with me. I will encourage you every step of the way just like Brooke has with me. 

This is not a chance or a risk to be taken. 

It is an opportunity.