It's crazy to think that it's has been over a year since I've written. Its also crazy how much your life can change in just one short year! My last post we were moving back to Florence for Chris' fourth year rotations for pharmacy school!
Two days after we got moved into his parents house I took a pregnancy test and it came back positive! We had been waiting for this moment for so long. We had prayed and cried and wondered if it would ever be in Gods will for us to have a child. Our prayers had been answered and we could not be happier.
After I found out I was pregnant, I wondered how it would be possible for me to stay a beachbody coach while being pregnant. I let negativity and self doubt invade my mind. I didn't believe that while I was continually getting "fat" that I could help others get fit. In my mind, it just didn't seem logical. So I decided to take a break from coaching while I was pregnant. (Biggest mistake ever!) I told myself that I would continue to eat healthy and exercise but I slowly stopped doing both. In the back of my mind I knew that I needed to be exercising and eating healthy, but made up excuses not to it. By the end of my pregnancy I had gained 40 lbs and ended up with gestational diabetes.
I was without a job for 3 months and I got very depressed. I would lay in the bed all day and mope around the house. I felt like I didn't have a purpose. Chris was also in rotations at the beach part of the time and it was very hard being away from him especially with pregnancy hormones running wild in my body!
We found out we were having a sweet baby girl on July 24 and we were so excited! I finally found a job in August 2013 and was very relieved. Although I was very excited to have found a job, it was very hard on me physically and emotionally. I ended up being taken out of work for pre-term labor at 34 weeks. Little miss Ava Grace Ringley made her debut on December 27, 2013 at 12:02pm she weighed 6 lbs and 14 oz and was 20.5 inches long. The moment I laid eyes on her I fell completely head over heels in love with her!
The first two months of her life were a complete blur. Chris was working a night shift rotation so I had newborn night duty all by myself! I was very thankful for my friend Lyndsay Gormley who was staying with us at the time for her rotation at McLeod hospital! It was nice knowing I wasn't completely alone! Thanks to my amazing husband, we sat down and worked it out to where I would be able to cut back to PRN at work and be able to stay home with Ava, which had always been a dream of mine. We made many sacrifices and I cannot thank him enough for allowing me this privilege!
I decided in April 2014 I needed to get healthy again. I sat down one day and thought about when I was the happiest and healthiest in my life and it was when I was coaching. Even though I was scared to get back into it I took the leap of faith and signed up again. Thanks to my awesome coach Liz Horne for not giving up on me even when I had given up on myself! I knew deep down in my gut that this was what I was meant to do. I was meant to help women find themselves. I was meant to be that encourager to the woman who needs to lose weight, but just doesn't have the willpower!
I have found my calling. I always knew I was meant to help people and before I found beachbody I always thought my calling was to be a nurse. But I always knew that nursing would take me away from my family for long hours and I didn't want that! I want to be present in my family's lives! I don't agree with the way healthcare has taken a turn for the worse. I couldn't see myself being a nurse where I couldn't give the care I wanted or needed to because of budget cuts and short staffing. With beachbody, no I don't get to actually perform patient care, but I get to help people find themselves by getting healthy! And that gives me so much joy!
Do you truly love what you do? Are you passionate about your job or do you dread Monday morning? Your work is going to take up a huge part of your life, love what you do!!! If you think you would enjoy helping others, let me know! I would love to have you on my team- as we work together to end the trend of obesity!!!
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