I Found My Motivation

onemorelardo

My wife and I recently became pregnant with our third child and I've been ecstatic about it since we got the positive result.

Because of the industry in which I work, I have been working on becoming the biggest stressed out mess you've ever seen. After my last panic attack which lasted well over two hours and sent me to the emergency room, I finally talked to my doctor about my stress levels and he placed me on zoloft. It helped...a lot. However, because I am on zoloft, I can't drink as much as I used to and I've shed serious pounds just from not drinking beer!

He also told me that my cholesterol was up at 250 (scary!), as a man who is approaching 40, I don't want to die of a heart attack or stroke and leave my family without a husband and a father. So, I'm now on a low-cholesterol, high fiber diet and...I've lost even more weight!

I should have made these changes far sooner than I have, but it's nice to be rewarded for trying to keep myself healthy. Now, I can look forward to our new little guy and also enjoy a thinner, healthier me.

shinycrazy

Congrats on getting the help you need and putting your health in the spotlight. It's easy to lose track of it when work is overwhelming and life gets in the way.