Welcome to my wellness blog! I am genuinely excited to begin this journey with you. My goal is to share information about exercise, nutrition, work-life balance and any other topic encourages you and I to live a life centered around wellness. I'll share as will other contributors and so will you. Share your personal accomplishments, encourage others, ask questions and tell me what you're learning.
Every story has a beginning and I'd like to introduce myself. I haven't always been well with a healthy BMI. I smoked cigarettes to unwind and ate to soothe myself. My grandmother died too young, obese and completely wrecked with complications from diabetes. My grandfather died at 36 from lung cancer. I was not on a promising path. It took a diabetes risk quiz from my employer AND family photos after vacationing to wake up. I barely recognized myself. I am 5’2”, weighed 170 pounds and couldn’t see my kneecaps.
That was my moment. The one where I decided that girl in an old woman’s body wasn’t me and I would change it.
It took me about a year to lose 50 pounds and longer to quit smoking. There were days in the gym I cried because I had to face how out of shape I was and how ugly I felt. In the process, I discovered someone strong and resiliant – a woman-warrior within. I learned I was physically capable of pushing myself to limits that were painful and yet I didn't die. I was empowered and Fat Danielle was gone. If I was capable of changing my physical composition, I could get other areas of my life in control.
I’ve shared my story and I’d really like to know yours.
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