About Carolyn

My story is not one of significant weight loss or a lifelong struggle with weight.  I’ve always been a healthy weight and never had to try very hard to lose weight.  I didn’t think I needed a wellness program… until March of 2020.

My story begins in June of 2019.

I left my home at 5AM for a simple outpatient surgery to remove a benign tumor. My mother-in-law stayed with the kids, but I didn’t tell them about the surgery.  I was scheduled to be home that afternoon.  But things did not go as planned.  Five hours after entering the operating room, I woke up wondering what happened.

I was diagnosed with cancer.

After going through 6 rounds of chemotherapy, my healthy eating habits fell by the wayside to stop the constant nausea.  I consumed mostly bread and comfort foods. After chemo was finished, I looked forward to a full recovery but after 3 months I still couldn’t get through the day without falling motionless on the couch in desperate need of sleep. I gained over 10 pounds but was too tired to exercise and too addicted to carbs to eat healthy.

I have 3 little kids and I could not keep up with them.

I asked my trainer at the YMCA, “when will I feel better?  What will I have more energy?”  She told me that it takes most cancer patients a year to recover from chemotherapy.  A year?!  I didn’t have that kind of time!

So, I decided I needed a change and attended a Health and Hope party.  After hearing success stories about more energy and less brain fog, I decided I would try the program.  Within 1 week after starting, I had more energy and cut my coffee intake in half. No more naps! I could play tennis and monkey-in-the-middle with my kids again!

Now, I am finally able to be the mom that I want to be and the mom that my kids need me to be!

In a short time, I lost 14 pounds to include the weight gained from 3 pregnancies and the post-chemotherapy emotional eating.  I am back down to the weight I was when I got married and I feel so much more confident.  But most important is the energy, the ability to play with my 3 precious little girls (ages 4, 6, and 9), and all that I have learned about leading a healthy lifestyle.

If you would like to know more about the program that helped me, visit my Contact Me page and click the link for the Online Health Assessment.