A few years back I was very over weight. At the time I was pushing 220 and rapidly working my way up to 230lbs. I worked as a Phlebotomist for the Kentucky Blood Center in Lexington KY. This was a very sedentary job. I worked in the mobiles department and 90% of my day was spent riding in a van to a blood drive. This was a rather boring affair and to pass the time we would eat and talk and eat some more.
If it was a slow blood drive then we would all sit around and wait for the donors to show up. So there was more sitting and eating. Little Debbie snack cakes were readily available and any opened boxes would just get thrown away. So we ate the left overs and any soda that was left would also get consumed.
I was easily eating one thousand calories over my daily requirement and yet I could not understand why I was gaining a pound or two a week.
The work hours were long and days off were a luxury. That particular blood centers management had horrible people skills as well as deplorable managerial skills thus the turn over rate was very high. Those of us stubborn or stupid enough to stick around were worked like pack mules and to put in a 10 day work week was not uncommon.
I was too tired to do anything but sit when I got home. Combine that with a lack of healthy food choices and before I knew it I was having an odd tightening in my right shoulder that radiated to my arm pit and down my left arm. The politics and high school mentality of the staff created a lot of interpersonal stress at work. Home was not a bastion of tranquility as a single mom I had double duty.
I tried to get my work hours decreased and my schedule more in line with my kids school schedule. The only thing I got for that was the threatening words "consider yourself lucky to have a job, I can always hire someone else to take your place."
There were a few at home incidences with the babysitter not doing her job and then we were in and out of court and my D.M.V. ex husband was telling the courts that I was a bad mom and the kids should go to him. Oh and he wants 1,200.00 a month in child support. Twice what I was getting from him at the time.
This created more stress on top of stress.
The angina increased and I ignored it. The blood center did not offer medical benefits at that time and between court fee's and child care plus daily living expenses I had no money to see a doctor and seek medical attention.
I was very lucky that I did not have a heart attack. All the precursors were there and if I had not been introduced to Shakeology I would not be here to write this.
I was experiencing all the symptoms in WebMD: http://www.webmd.com/heart-disease/guide/heart-disease-symptoms
I won my court battle for my kids but at a terrible price. My health, my spirit and my career were broken.
I had my kids to live for and after the traumatic year we had all spent I wanted to give my kids a healthy and vivacious mother. So I started taking care of myself. I signed up as a Beachbody Coach and got my Shakeology for a 25% discount. That discount also applied to Beachbodies award winning work out programs such as P90X, Insanity and all the rest that they offer.
I drank my shake every day for a month. After a month I had lost enough weight that I was able to do the Shakeology work outs. I continued to drink my Shakeology and work out. By the end of the second month all angina had ceased and I could do the work outs completely.
It has been 8 months since I started drinking Shakeology and I continue to drink it and work out. I have lost over 50 pounds so far and look and feel amazing.
I want you to know that you don't have to suffer from angina as I did. You can turn your health around with Shakeology. You can read more about it here: http://bestellar2.weebly.com/index.html
I wish you the best of success and would love to help you in your health and fitness journey.
Cherokee
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