Hi, I’m Rose, your health coach. I’m all about nature. If the time is right, you will find me walking outdoors with my family, swimming in the ocean, kayaking, gardening, playing with my grandbabies, gaming online with my adult kids, being social, or travelling!”

I’m an advocate of our program because I’m a user of our program. A few years ago, I couldn’t even walk on the beach without stopping every few minutes to catch my breath. I was overweight, unhappy, and avoided friends.

I want to share with you the impactful journey that has been my life over the last several years. I want to openly and honestly share with you the challenges that I have encountered, the setbacks I have endured, and the joy and happiness of success. Success that I defined, as you will define your own. No journey worth taking is easy, but every journey worth taking is rewarding! Join me on this journey and permit me to help you build yours!

While I was going through online photos taken by family and friends and sorting them by events, I saw myself as others would have seen me. I went from having a normal body weight to an overweight mother of four. I didn’t realize that when the kids were growing up, I was so busy raising them while working full time that I forgot all about self-care and finding the time to exercise. I was busy trying to please everyone such that I never even thought about saying “No” to the many requests for my volunteer efforts. I found myself doing fundraisers, teaching religious education, going to my children’s classrooms to teach them about art or how to create a poster board for history, becoming a member of an organization that hosted monthly luncheons to raise scholarship funds for education, becoming a medical ambassador for the American Cancer Society, became a member of IMERT to assist those in need in our own state and nation.  While I found myself doing all of those things, I lost my actual self.

The weight gain happened gradually such that it never occurred to me to pause and reflect about my own happiness and my lack of energy to do anything else after work besides chores.

I went from having monthly get together with my friends and family to only on holidays. Eventually I stopped inviting people to my home because it felt like a huge undertaking to plan, invite, clean, decorate, cook, bake, host the actual event, and then clean again, of course. I did manage to start seeing my friends individually by meeting for lunch. I would order my favorites which included tons of carbs and sugar in the form of a drink. While I did not do it too often, I admit that I enjoyed drinking Coke Classic or frozen Margaritas.

My support group encouraged me to make a goal, and I chose to be energized. It was my energized self that was my driving force to do something, and I learned how to maintain it. I first did something uncomfortable and walked inside a public gym. I didn’t get much exercising done, but I felt very accomplished that moment. It encouraged me to work with a personal trainer and I attended my first nutrition class. I had real fun going shopping for the first time buying exercise clothes and gym shoes. I was done hiding! I took small steps, watched myself grow as a person, started socializing more and saw more friends. For the first time I knew what self-care meant and it changed me. I felt brave and now I surround myself with people who knows my priorities and have similar ones as my own.

The hardest step on your journey to health and wellness is the first one. It’s time to feel success, self-worth, and joy. Stop hating yourself, or hating the choices you make. Become empowered with both knowledge and accountability to make the choice that makes you happy in the long run. As you become healthier, more energized, more confident, more mobile, and more accountable, happiness and success will follow!

Please join me and the rest of our team to make the change you desire and create a healthier habit that is sustainable.

Start your amazing, impactful, and successful journey by talking to me today! I look forward to being a partner on your journey to health and wellness. 

Rose@ItsTimeHealthandWellness.com

Call or Text 630-677-2427 and I’ll be happy to help you get started!