THE
CATALYST
In 2013 at the age of 45, I
had gone to the doctor
because my home blood
pressure reading was really
high. He assured me that it
wasn’t as high as I thought
(bad reading maybe?) but it
was borderline. Standard
blood tests showed
borderline readings for a lot
of other things too. I’d never
had that happen. This was
on my mind constantly but
for some reason, that wasn’t
enough to push me to lose
weight.
overworking to mask my
funcational depression.
Suddenly I snapped out of my
malaise. I was terrifed
because I remembered the
medical tests from 2013 and
I was worried that I might
have a heart attack or stroke
at any moment. I was worried
that I would wind up with
diabetes, too.
That earlier chance
connection was the catalyst
that drove me to finally
decide to lose weight and get
It wasn’t until three years
fit. I was scared and felt that
later that a chance
because of my age, every day
connection made me realize at an unhealthy weight was a
that I was unhappy and that huge risk. I set my goals very
I’d been overeating and
aggressively and never looked
back.