An intro of me

Intro - Hey everyone! I am so glad you have taken some time to read this blog.  I hope you will be encouraged by what you read today.  I wanted to start off with an intro about why I have chosen to blog. 

Around last October, 2011, I started feeling very sick --- extreme fatigue, anxiety, weak spells, irritability, increasing hunger and a lot of frustration when it came time to get on the scale.  After trying to ignore it, eventually the sickness feeling increased so much that it was nearly impossible to overlook.  After a few months of trying to figure things out on my own, a friend recommended seeing an herbalist.  This ended up being a great blessing to me because I was not getting any help or answers from my doctor.  She helped me begin to change my diet along with using some natural herbs.  This was the beginning of the process that helped my body heal.  I had no idea that this was also going to be the beginning of one of the biggest changes of my life too!
I continued on the diet and herbs for about seven months.  I was seeing a lot of progress but not without experiencing some struggles a long the way.  I started to learn a lot about how MY body works and what it needed to function well from day to day.
After these few months another great help came along.  This time it was though an unexpected conversation I had with my dad when he came to visit. He mentioned about a health coach who had come to his office to give a presentation on what she does.  He explained that she works with people to help them find out what their individual body needs and coaches them on how to implement those ideas into daily, realistic goals that work for them.  I was so excited to hear about this because I didn't feel like I had all the answers I needed to really get back to feeling 100% better.   
So I began working with her about five months ago and I am loving the process we are in together!  It has been the start of an amazing journey to better health and so much more.  My anxiety has significantly decreased; I no long feel the physical symptoms of fatigue and weakness, overwhelming irritability, constant hunger or frustration with weight loss.  There have defiantly been times of ups and downs and I have learned so much more than I could have ever dreamed about how my body works and what it needs to live well.  I have also begun to feel SOOO much better emotionally and my faith has grown.  I am thankful that I have been given the blessing of being about to enjoy each day more and more. 
So I share all of this because I want to share with you, the reader, how my progress is going.  I love learning about food, cooking, eating well and taking better care of myself and, even more so, I love sharing it with others!  I hope you enjoy reading my posts and I hope they encourage you as well.