getting my HEALTHY on

A few months ago I was right in the thick of training for a half marathon. I had started out by running 2-3 miles 5 times a week for almost 2 months and then started to increase my mileage every Saturday. I even got up to 6 miles (so unheard of for me!) and the wonderful thing about it was.. it wasn't even that hard! I did that run while i was in California with my in-laws. The next Saturday I set out to do my 7 mile run... and could barely make it to three. The following Monday i set out to do my 3 mile run.. and barely made it to 1. What the heck was going on with me?! Not only was my stamina during exercise non-existent, I could barely get out of bed in the morning. It was a struggle to get up from the couch to help my 18 month old daughter with anything. I went to a couple different doctors and had blood work done 3 times. I knew that my life wasn't being threatened but i was SO DANG FRUSTRATED that i was just so exhausted 24-7. I was getting enough sleep, eating good meals, I wasn't depressed... The bloodwork showed that i wasn't anemic, but there was something there. They finally ran an Epstein Barr test on the last bout of bloodwork. The doctor told me that they hadn't run it before because there wasn't anything they could do about it. The results came back showing that i was having symptoms from Epstein Barr Virus (EBV). So apparently... EBV is like the most common virus in the world. Its the thing that causes mono. But only a small percentage show symptoms. Lucky me, right? I don't mean to sound melodramatic.. I feel silly ever telling anyone that i have EBV because it totally sounds like some made up thing that gives me an excuse to take naps in the middle of the day. But it did knock me on my booty for a few months. I stopped training, the day of my half marathon came and went, and the pounds i had so painstakingly lost months earlier had found their way back onto my hips. Even when i started to feel better I didn't start training again because between school, work, my church calling, and my daughter I just didn't feel like i had the time. Then last week I found the courage to step onto the scale again. I had gained MORE weight than i had lost running. I was BIGGER than i was before i started training! I know there are those of you out there that know how DEPRESSING that is! I made a commitment to lose that weight again. To get back on that dang wagon and finally lose all the extra baby weight. I ordered the Eat Clean Diet book online and today marks day 1 of my healthier lifestyle. I am so excited to get back out and pound the pavement tomorrow. I am SO EXCITED to feel better, to have more energy. I am writing this blog post so that my commitment is PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE so there is no backing out now! I am so excited to post my results on here and to have anyone that reads this hold me accountable. Wish me luck!!