Those who’ve seen me in person or follow me on facebook have seen some serious changes in the last six months to… well me! My body shape has changed drastically and I’ve slimmed down pretty crazily. I often get asked questions about it so I figured – hey! I’ll just write a blog post about it! So here it is – my weight loss story!

As many of you know I have PCOS, a syndrome that affects your endocrine system and thus affects your hormones. You can read my whole big long post about it here, but the long and short of it is that this condition causes cysts on my ovaries and makes it really hard for me to lose weight or absorb sugars and carbs properly (among other things). You may also know that my husband and I have struggled with infertility and in the process of trying to figure out what was going on, I was diagnosed with PCOS then put on metformin. During my weight loss journey I found out about Slender Lasers, which is a lipolaser without surgery. It helped me out a lot.

Now – this is great, except… this drug made me feel AWFUL!!! Like I’m talking I felt sick ALL. THE. TIME. It was like having morning sickness or the flu constantly. I knew where all the nice bathrooms were between my house and the north end of Decatur, but I was terrified to travel anywhere outside my comfort zone. I didn’t like going to new places because I didn’t know if there would be access to a restroom and I might need one at a moment’s notice. There was no relief and believe me I tried everything. I tried to follow all the rules about what to eat when but nothing seemed to work. I just perpetually felt miserable. It got so bad that when we decided to pursue adoption instead I asked my doctor if I could go off of it and she agreed I could try. So I did… And oh baby! My depression and anxiety SKYROCKETED!!! (Oh yeah – that’s something that PCOS effects too.) It was pretty terrible – I hadn’t felt this bad in a while. So I called my doctor and she said I needed to get back on immediately. I was devastated.

So here I was… at a cross road. I could stay on the Metformin and feel awful all the time… Or I could go off of it and feel awful in a totally different way. I could be physically ill all the time or mentally unwell all the time. Guys! I was at my breaking point. This was no way to live! And honestly, I don’t think most people understood how bad it was because I tried really hard not to make a big deal about it.

But then… a beautiful friend from church started talking to me about Plexus and I figured – “You know what – it doesn’t hurt to try. Worst case scenario I’m out a little money. Best case – my life is going to get a whole lot better.” So I jumped in feet first! I signed on as an ambassador last January but I told myself I wasn’t going to sell anything until I knew if this stuff actually worked! So that’s what I did. I took my products and waited to see what happened. And over the course of the first three months – I got off those icky drugs that were making me feel so terrible! This was a HUGE victory for me! This was the whole reason I started taking Plexus to begin with and I was officially a believer and committed to these products!

Not long after that, I started to notice some weight loss too. Between feeling so much better and starting to see some weight easily disappearing – I decided to push on my workouts a little more. (I’ve always tried to be at least somewhat active because I know it’s good for me.) I started pretty light. I did C25K on the treadmill three days a week and 20 minutes worth of Piyo two days a week. As my strength and stamina improved, I pushed my workouts a little more and more. I now run about 30 miles per week with the longest distance run in one go being 18 miles and I do toning 3 days a week (and I’m pretty proud of my muscle definition)!

So what does that look like? It looks like 66 pounds of weight loss and 33 inches lost just on my chest, waist, and hips. That’s pretty amazing if I do say so myself! I’ve actually out-shrunk most of my clothes at this point and I keep putting off clothes shopping because it just feels like too much money and work haha. Plus, the weight is still slowly coming off so I’m not sure where I’m going to end up.

I’m sharing this not to brag but in case there’s anyone out there who was like me. Desperate and miserable. That’s how I felt. Truly. I’m so glad I trusted someone and took that leap because my life looks so different now. I feel a MILLION times better. I feel fitter than I was in high school even and I’m almost double the age I was then. I’m not saying this stuff will work for everyone, but I’ve been truly amazed by my results! If you’re at all interested in Plexus – please reach out to me. I’d be happy to talk with you! Because we all deserve to feel our best – inside and out!