My journey to better health has continued and is now in it's 4th year.  I have managed to maintain my weight loss for almost 3 years.  There have been some obstacles along the way with one being knee surgery in September of 2007.  While training for an upcoming fitness competition I managed to tear my left ACL in my knee.  Surgery followed with a complete ACL replacement as well as some other repairs in my "OLD" knees.  I had a speedy recovery and was back to the gym within 1 week of surgery.  If you can't run or do lower body weights you can always do the bike and upper body lifting.  I was back running soon and did my first 5K just 3 months after surgery.  Although I enjoy the running I have had to surrender some of the longer distance running and have replaced it with the bike.  I have enjoyed the biking so much.  My journey has been a good one and I hope it continues to be.  The road to better health is awesome! 

* Update as of November 2011.  I had stopped going to my chubby girl aka Weight Watcher meetings and hadn't been diligent about taking my Advocare products for a couple of years.  Although I continued to work-out and eat well my weight started to creep back up.  In January of 2011 I had a renewed commitment to Advocare products and in July of 2011 I started back to my chubby girl meetings.  I am now in my mid forties and starting to see the scale go down again.  The lesson learned here is that it takes a village to continue on the path of better health.  I am mindful of what I eat, I train daily, I attend my chubby girl meetings weekly and I use my Advocare products.  This combination makes me look and feel great. 

Show up and make it count!

Cindy