The Calla Lily Volume 1 Issue 2 January 2014 | Page 19

still too much but for me it was a huge

(20lbs) plus

achievement. Later on in my journey I found out

and additional

I had blood clots in my left leg. I was diagnosed

21lbs and OMG

with Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT).

that put me at

This illness required me to take blood
thinners to insure that no other clots
developed. So what did this mean for me?
Because it was so painful, some days I could not
walk I had to eliminate exercise and stop eating
all of those green leafy veggies that I loved
because it would cause an reverse reaction for
what my
medications

my all time
high 347lbs.
This made me extremely depressed and I knew I
had to do something. I never put any action into
place I just continued to say “what I was going
to do”. It was time to get insurance renewed at
my job, so they had a company to come and do
Biometric screenings.
The eye opener for me was when I had

needed to do

triglycerides at 293! That scared the life into

because of the

me. This is when I knew it was time for a

Vitamin K.

change. The only thing I could think of was the

Vitamin K is a

fact that I could have a heart attack at any given

blood clotting Vitamin and that is the last thing I

moment. So my motto from that point on is

needed. So while I was down with my blood

“It’s time for a change, I want to LIVE”. They

clot, I was very afraid about what if’s with this

offered us this program to do (Naturally Slim) so

dangerous situation and I became depressed

that our insurance would not go up. I begin the

and didn’t watch what I was eating anymore, I

program and lost 8lbs in the first week. I fell off

pretty much let go and gave up. So here comes

a little bit and then started to do my own thing.

the weight, this time I gained all what I lost

I joined 24hr fitness with my girlfriend as my