Catching up

Hey guys! It's 2015 and I'm going to start writing this blog. It is going to be about my family, my plexus business, and my life. So I'm going to catch you up on what all has been going on in my life and on my plexus health testimony. 

So here I go...

4 years ago I got married and 3 months later I said goodbye to my mom. She was my rock, my best friend and the best mom I could have asked for. To say we were close was an understatement. My marriage was terrible to say the very least. Cheating, finding out he *possibly conceived a child AFTER we were married*, constantly fighting, him and my family did NOT get along. Working at a job that I had convinced myself I loved but honestly hates more than life. I worked so much I barely got to see my daughter Kynslie grownup. It was stressful. I started eating to cope with my feelings. I went from 160 to 210 that year. I became addicted to fast food. It was bad. 

In 2012, I finally got the courage to leave my husband. I left 2 days before Christmas after a huge fight. I packed Kynslie's things up from the no bedroom house we lived in and left in the middle of the night. I moved home back to my dad's house and never looked back. I had met a guy who was really nice to me. Spoiled me with attention. Made me happy, or so I thought. During this time I was "promoted to manager" at the job I hated. I worked by myself for months at a time. After a year of dating, if that's what you want to call it, he would come see me once a month or so, I found out he was cheating on me. I was stupid and stayed with him anyways. 2 months later, I found out he had gotten married while we were dating. So I ate my feelings. Whataburger combo, whatasized (their version of super sized) plus about 6 large sweet teas from McDonald's every single day plus tacos for dinner. It's sad when you just walk in to a restaurant and they know you, your order, and your total instantly. 

October 11, 2013, the 3 year anniversary of my mom's death, I rushed to the doctor because I thought I was having a heart attack. 22 years old. Hooked up to an ekg machine in the doctors office was when I realized how bad I had let myself get. That day I weight 240lb. My family didn't know how much I weighed, but this was the highest I ever got. They put me on acid reflux meds and sent me to get a sonogram of my esophagus. The next day, they found an ulcer in the EXACT same spot my mom's cancer was. I completely freaked out. But in complete me fashion, I ate my feelings. 

I tried to diet to lose the weight I had packed on. I tried to cut out fast food. I just couldn't. I made a resolution 12/31/13 to lose weight so I wouldn't be sick. My mom's friend Dawn started posting on Facebook about this pink drink to make you shrink. After a few days I was curious. I messaged her. "Ok, what on earth is that pink drink? What does it do? And will it help my acid reflux?" She told me to order a 7 day trial. It arrived 2/3/14. That night I weighed, measured, and took pictures. Praying to God this stuff would work for me, I shook up this pink powder stick in a bottle of water like she told me. I drank it all. And I waited. I got to work, and for the first time I didn't WANT to sit down and play on my phone all morning. I was up doing my job and getting things done. Day 2, I did the same thing. Day 3 was the first time I didn't take tums for the first time since October. Day 4, I signed up to become an ambassador for Plexus. At the end of the 7 days, I had lost 5lbs and 13.5 inches off of my body. I was beyond thrilled. When I started plexus I was 237lbs. By the end of March, I had lost 17lbs and over 50inches. 

In late January 2014, I met my now boyfriend. He was shopping in my store one day and I will never forget those blue eyes. We texted back and forth for a few weeks and then had our first date. He showed up with 2 long stem red roses and took me to eat mexican food. That night while we were at dinner, he walked me out to my car and i checked my phone. I had signed my first level 2 ambassador. He hugged me while I cried tears of happiness. The next week, he met me for lunch at work and brought me flowers. (Those dead flowers are in my bathroom up on a shelf, I can't bring myself to ever get rid of them) He could tell I had been losing weight and told me he was proud of me. April, I swore off fast food and I started taking probio5. That month I fell in love with Johnnie. On May 1st, he took me and Kynz to her last soccer game and then we went to first Monday. I felt sooooo sick that day. May 2nd at 3am, we found out I was pregnant. Even though we had not been together long, we were both very excited. He had always wanted a baby. We laid in bed together and cried happy tears. 

May I started having issues bleeding. We thought we were going to lose the baby. I continued on my plexus slim after consulting with my doctor. I added in Xfactor multivitamin. I was put on nausea meds to keep me from being sick like I was with Kynz. My whole pregnancy I was happy and healthy. My doctor's office had a bet on when I was going to start showing. I was losing weight and feeling great! We found out we were having a girl and were so excited! At 6 months I finally started showing. 

October 2, 2014, I was fired from my job. We freaked out. No insurance. No income. No nothing. I desperately checked my plexus bank account and I had more money in there than I could have expected. I wasn't using the account for anything the entire 6 months I was getting paid. Money issue was solved. I went and applied for medicaid and was approved. Insurance issue solved. Then my doctor didn't take my insurance, big problem. I finally found a new doctor at 34 weeks pregnant. 

I had lost an additional 17lbs since the beginning of my pregnancy. I was so happy. Even with the holidays, I only gained 7lbs total from thanksgiving to new years eve. We woke up at 3:15 am. Got dressed and headed to the hospital. We get to the hospital at 430am. They hook me up and start prepping me for the planned csection to welcome our baby girl in to the world. The nurse comes in and says did you know you were having contractions? Nope! Sure didn't! At 7:30am they walked me to the or and began getting me on the table. With Johnnie by my side, we welcomed our baby girl Lillian Faith Eddins in to the world at 8:03am. She is 7lbs and 11oz. She is the definition of perfection. After a 2 day stay at the hospital they sent us home. 

We have been home for 4 full days now. I am waiting until we go back for my check up to update my weight loss. The best part is I began my plexus slim again yesterday, Monday 1/5/15, and have amazing energy. I feel great, even with the c section healing. I am bouncing back way better than I expected. My appetite in still under control. I feel good! 

Plexus has changed my life in more than one way. I not only got the only me back. I am now enjoying being home with my now 6 year old and my 6 day old baby girls. That's something I never could have imagined doing 4 months ago or even a year ago. I am beyond blessed to have my girls and the man that I love more and more each time I see him holding Lily. 

So that is my story for now. As I continue to get my pre-baby-1 body back, I will be writing about my journey. Follow me, join me as I find my footing in life.