The Curse is BROKEN!

Back in September,  I described my life based off the movie Groundhog day " Enough is Enough"   I really felt every day was the same. I waited and waited for things to get better or even a glimpse of hope. I felt hopeless and defeated.  I looked at the picture yesterday I talked about in that post and it doesn't even look like me anymore.  I'm to chicken to post it yet :)  Maybe when I hit my goals I will,  right now it is horribly embarrassing to me even if I don't look like that anymore.
Last month at my rhuemy appointment, my doctor said to me, "I haven't seen you look this happy and good in a really long time."  I didn't see what he did. But..... yesterday,  I did.  

It's amazing to me I broke the cycle 2 months ago and just now realized it. Maybe it took 2 months for the good effects to start to show and to really feel it.  It wasn't easy. I had to walk through the pain and discomfort. One week I had the eating down perfect but no exercise. The second week I had the exercise down but not the eating. At some point I started to do both.  I'm on week 10 of walking with my neighbor. We are doing 2 miles in 45 minutes and it's cold here!!  I'm extremely proud of her also, having her help me stay motivated is extremely important. I hope I help her in the same ways. Also going on 4 weeks of weight watchers, I really am following the plan this time around and the results are showing!

I have zero pain. Did I say that correctly?? Yes, ZERO  pain! I want to scream it from the roof tops! I feel fantastic and happy and alive again.  I learned a lot this past few months. Sometimes you have to hit rock bottom before you can pick yourself up again. Perseverance isn't a race. I pray the so called RA remission is on the horizon and this feeling lasts a long time :)   Stay tuned!!!

Welcome to my journey

 So here I am with my very own blog! Where does one even begin?  I never thought I would be a blogger but lately I have been feeling bottled up inside and no outlet to get things out..... so here I am!

Some goals I have with this blog are to learn to deal with my auto-immune disease,  which has been a huge struggle lately. It's amazing how 2 letters "RA"  have completely taken over and controlled my life. I am no longer willing to let this disease win.
Secondly, weight loss has been a very hard struggle with RA so I hope to have a place to publish my goals and hopefully help others with the same struggles.
Third, expect random ramblings of the proudest mom to a healthy, happy and adorable 2 year old who has my heart unconditionally.

Lets talk about the title of my blog. Recently I had a conversation with a FB friend that I call my BFF (Best FaceBook Friend).  I'm not sure how the conversation got started but he knows about my RA and we were talking about weight loss and the word "perseverance" came up. For the heck of it I googled the official definition, I know what the word means I just wanted to see what the official meaning was and when I read the meaning I had a bit of epiphany and literally a light bulb moment where I thought I can do this! Why does RA get to win when it's me that suffers!!

So here I go with my journey of learning how to prevail with a chronic illness and accomplishing some goals I have failed at more then once and even more then a dozen times..... but giving up is not an option.

"Don’t be discouraged. It’s often the last key in the bunch that opens the lock."  - Author Unknown