Wake up calls

I used to donate blood as often as possible because I believe it helps save lives. I do this still as often as I can. Part of the reason I do it too is because they tell you if you're doing ok with your cholesterol, which I'm sure I can check at the doctors, but I never go to the doctors so, blah!

Anyway, one time after I had donated blood, my cholesterol level was pretty high... near 200!!!
I saw the history of my cholestorol as I followed it through the years of donating blood... it had gone from 126 (good) up to 187 (bad!) in several years.... That scared me! It was a wake up call for me.

Another wake up call was my friends were wanting to lose weight and they had weighed themselves to know their staring weight. I decided to step on her scale just out of curiousity.... I had not stepped on a scale for about a year. Sure enough, I had NEVER seen those numbers on the scale before! I was technically OBESE!

Finally another wake up call was the fact that I was so tired when I walked the dogs, went up stairs, etc. I was very tired, short of breath and just plain worn out. This was a very ugly feeling. I hated feeling heavy and sick.

This was not who I wanted to be so I decided to make a change. I sat down and made goals. I dreamt big and made small goals to get there, some of them included losing weight, running the Rock n' Roll half marathon, finishing my BA, and joining the US Navy.

I started off by losing weight, took some time, determination and honestly, it was HARD!  But it was written and I was determined to do it! My mentor and former 7th grade teacher was cruicial in giving me the tools to help me lose weight. I lost 15 lbs in a few months and started working toward joining the US Navy, they said I had to lose more weight still. So I moved on to another goal while I lost more weight.
I enrolled in school to get my BA. While in school I lost the rest of the weight needed to join the military, but I figured I'm in school, might as a well finish my BA and join as an officer, so I'm waiting.
Moving on the another goal... the Rock n' Roll 1/2 Marathon!