Day 3 today went smooth and I worked out at 6 am this is going to be a short and sweet post as it 10am and I have to get up to work out in the am.  Feeling stronger thank to my gym family.

Breakfast was at 530 slim fast

40oz water by 8am

930 hard boiled eggs

20oz of water

1245 slim fast

3pm peanuts

another 40 oz of water

6pm my mom cooked tonight so I broke my diet a little I’m not perfect so I had Bacon egg and cheese sandwiches.

7pm therapy session with my pastor and let me tell you something. I just started this but it is helping more then you know.

930 vlog post on Instagram and Facebook.

Off to bed all. I promise tomorrow post will be inspiring. I be going into my cancer fight and my why I’m getting healthier and fit.

Sarah.

Hey all its day 2 and I made it through. The healthy eating is going good although I’m not a huge veggie eater so its kinda hard but I’m working on that. I haven’t had too many cravings because I’m getting my chocolate fix in my slim fast shake every morning and for lunch lately too. Now one said this journey was going to be easy. I am looking forward to my talk with Laura at the gym and get the nutrition part of #mythrivejourney started.  In the last month I can truly say this is the best I have felt.

Meals for the day:

Breakfast was at 7:30 today Slim fast shake

Snack at 930 am banana and Strawberry whipped yogurt with Grape nuts

at 12:30 I had a slim fast shake because I had a meeting at lunch

Snack was at 3 pm of some mixed nuts

I worked out after with today at 5:30 that was a hard work out.

Work out:

5 min of Bur-pees I modify these to a box

5 min or 7 dead lifts at 90lbs and 7 box step ups

5 min Turkish get ups with a 10lb weight **these where tough**

5min of 7 snatches at 45lbs and 7 push ups to boxes

5 min Rowing

There was a 1 min cool down between each. Today I was in my own head more then I have been in the last three week. So I was extremely grateful for my awesome Thrive Fitness coach Cole Barbee because he knows exactly what to say to keep me going. I have to learn to stay disciplined during this process and remember I didn’t get here overnight and the weight and endurance won’t happen over night either.

Good Night

Sarah 🙂

So today was day one of my blog and journey to a healthy life style and fitness journey. Mondays are always the hardest for me. 

This spoke to me this am as I was doing my workout with Thrive Fitness. It great to know that i have coaches that will be there for me when my brain wakes up half way through it.

Meals:
Breakfast 5:15 am Slim Fast

5:45 Medicine :Thyroid, Calcium, Vitamin D, Muscle relaxer, ADHD, and anxiety

6am workout 90lb PR for Power Clean and Jerks and 31:45min work out of 25 burpees modified to box, 400m run/walk w. 8lb medicine ball each round, 25 weighted pull  ups, 400m run/walk, 25 handstand push ups with 10lbs weights, 400m run/walk, 25 chest to bar pull ups modified, 400m run/walk, and 25 burpees modified to box

That workout was rough but got it done, I am not much of a runner anymore. Greatful for my coaches.

7:15 off to work

By 9am have 60 oz of water in for the day

930 am Snack banana and hard boiled eggs (2)

12: 30 Slim fast shack didn’t get a lunch today

2pm snack whole wheat crackers and swiss cheese laughing cow

By 3pm I had another 40 oz of water for 100oz total for the day

6pm dinner with mom, dad and girls Cheese burgers and fries

by 8pm I had another 20oz of water in

at 9pm I will have my last snack of the day which is a green apple with a little bit of carmel.

There really wasn’t any cravings today but I’m sure they will come in time.

My weigh in today was 312lbs I’m ok with this because it less then when I started this is a process I didn’t get big over night so it wont come off over night.

Sarah

Hey all,

First of all I want to thank everyone for taking time to come to my page and read about me and my journey. Over the next 368 days I am going to be blogging about getting healthier and fit again. But first a little background information.

My name is Sarah Nelson I am 34 years old and I live in a small town in Nebraska called Ponca. I have been married to my husband Mike for 12 years. My first struggle in life was becoming a teenage mom, but it has also been one of the most rewarding struggles. Gracie is 16 and will turn 17 in October she is a Jr. in high school. She is into softball and she is working her first job at Hy-Vee I’m so proud of her and everything she has done so far. Our second daughter is EllaRay she is 11th and so full of life. She will keep us on our toes with her witty come backs. She is very athletic and loves to be in sports volleyball, softball, running, but her favorite is Basketball she is hoping to play on a summer league next year. She is in 6th grade this coming school year and it is hard to believe we won’t have any elementary kids left.

My weight loss journey and fitness journey started in Jan of 2017 I decided it was time to get healthy and better myself for my kids and me. I was doing great I was able to run a 5k in under 40 mins and I was going to boot camp 3 days a week and running at night. I was watching what I was eating and by June I had lost 60lbs. I started at a whopping 310lb which is embarrassing to admit but everyone starts some where. So I was down to 250lb I felt great. Then one day I had a doctors check up and I was asked if I knew by thyroid was enlarges. I didn’t think anything of it at the time and said that I was taking thyroid med’s at the time and ignored it.

I was in a great place I had just started a new job which I loved and working out. Then one morning I couldn’t force myself out of bed I felt mentally drained for energy and my body was aching. I thought I just had a virus and brushed it off. A few weeks later I wasn’t getting better so in the beginning of Sept I went to the doctor. I was told that I just had a virus and was sent home for rest and fluids. I went through all of September and just wanted to sleep and my body hurt physically I hadn’t been able to workout for weeks.

On October 15th I was feeling sick and my chest hurt and when you work in a cardiology office you don’t say that. One of the doctors looked me over and told me I needed to get in with my PCP because my thyroid seemed really enlarges. This was on a Friday. I got into my PCP the next Monday and we determined that I needed to have some labs and an ultrasound done.  The Friday I had a Ultrasound and as I was talking to the ultrasound tech she suddenly got quite and as I watched her measure a big black spot on my ultrasound. Now working in a medical clinic and having gone through medical terminology classed and biology for my Associates I knew exactly what was on the screen.  I waited two long days over the weekend to have my worst fear come true. I got a call on Monday morning to my family doctor telling me they found a tumor in my thyroid. I was sent to an ENT doctor that Wednesday and she said we can biopsy yours but I know what it is by looking at it. I was tested for an auto immune disorder called hashimoto which eats away at your thyroid until it turns to cancer.

I was scheduled for surgery the next monday to remove the tumor. What was supposed to take 2 hours took 4 hours. Because when they got into remove it it turns out my tumor had been growing for three years and was wrapped about my vocal cord which got nicked when they were scrapping the tumor off my vocal cords., I was then sent to UNMC in Omaha to under go Radioactive Iodine treatments for the remaining tissues in December and had a second surgery in May 2018 to fix my vocal cords.

In May I had started talking to Travis O Connor owner of Thrive fitness in North Sioux City , SD. I knew it was time to get back to my fitness and healthy and just needed somewhere to do it. I was not ready to sign up in May due to the 2nd surgery, but when I saw that he was running a deal in July where you sign up for 4 week quick start program you could earn a year free I decided that was my sign. I called Travis up and I said I’m ready lets do this. I started my journey with them on July 9th with 3 person sessions to get me ready for group classes. I started this round of fitness at the heaviest I have ever been at a whopping 325lbs 😦 but I am happy to say I am down a whole 13lbs already in 3 weeks.

I have never felt better or happier in a fitness community. They are never judging me and always pushing me to be better and reminding me why I joined. I am so excited to see where the next 368 days take me and you get to come along on this journey with me. I will blog everyday with before and after photos each month one at the beginning and one at the end. I will keep track of my weight loss or gain. My food journals and how I am feeling throughout the day.  I will also must inspirational pictures and scripture that have that may help me and you too. I am so grateful to Travis and my Thrive fit coaches for this amazing opportunity and I can’t wait to make myself and them proud. They truly are an amazing second family to be part of.

Cancer sucks yes but I beat it and now its time to make myself feel better. So glad you can join me.

Sarah

Thanks for joining me!

Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter. — Izaak Walton