2013 was an interesting year to say the least. I was off on a great start at the beginning of 2013 for my health and fitness progress. I had lost 13 pounds and was down a dress size, which was freaking awesome. But those of you that know me, know that I had suffered with digestive issues for a long time. I had a super clean diet and couldn't figure out why I was still having all of the issues. In september I was diagnosed with an issue having to do with the colon which called for major surgery. My surgery was at Mount Carmel in Westerville on October 21st. I had one of the best colon surgeons in Central, Ohio--so I was confident. Surgery went well except for a small set back. The surgery was supposed to be completed lapriscopically, meaning only two small incisions would be necessary. During surgery, the doctor had to make a decision to make a larger incision in order to take out the parts of my colon which needed to be removed. I now have the 7 inch scar across my bikini line as proof. Waking up from surgery was probably the most painful experience of my 24 years of life. I can't ever remember feeling that kind of pain and that little pain pump that they give you? Not. even. close. to being enough. I spent 7 days and 6 nights in the hospital before I was able to head home to Wadsworth for a very lengthy 8 week recovery (which turned more into 10 weeks). I still have a day every now and then when I get some spasm like pains but I am finally capable of getting back into working out. Sitting on the couch for 10 weeks straight recovering with no exercise was not exactly what I needed for my weight loss. And the giant scar with the scar tissue has caused me to put on some additional weight in my stomach which I am really unhappy about--so it is time to get back at it. I am so excited to not only re-lose those 13 pounds but to finally reach my healthy weight for my height. It has been about 6 years since I have been at the weight that I should be for my height and now that I am finally in the best medical health of my life, I am ready. This is my year. This will be the year which I FINALLY reach my goals. No more excuses. No more looking in the mirror and not recognizing the person that I have become. No more not feeling pretty. I am taking control of my life and my body and thus, my happiness. I start my new job this Monday at Cabelas as the Marketing Communications Promotions Specialist and Nick and I are joining the gym after work. I guess I forgot to mention that after surgery we up and moved to Sidney Nebraska? Yeah...big life change would be an understatement. Nick got an incredible job as a Senior Video Manager and financially we had to make the move. So we are busy adjusting to our new lives out West too. It's all very exciting right now and I can't wait to get back into a routine. I used to blog about random things on here but from here on out I plan to just use this blog to write about my health journey and to share healthy recipes with you! I just spent $200 grocery shopping for healthy clean eating items and I have all my pinterest recipes printed out. I will be posting all the recipes which turn out well, and which we enjoy. I hope to share things with all of you that are on this same journey! Thanks for reading and be sure to check back next week for some recipe updates:)
In health and happiness--Jordan
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