I'm sorry I think I left...

I think I left my muscles back a few years ago and I can't seem to find them.  I used to be very active when I was younger, soccer, softball, dancing, acro.  I did lots of things to stay active.  Then in high school I joined theater arts and quit doing anything physical.  I was always in shape and it didn't become a problem until I started Birth control.

I am one of those women who has awful awful cramps around the week of my period.  I also have a history of ovarian cysts caused by my ovulation.  Birth control prevents ovulation and therefore prevents the type of Cysts I develop.  It also helps with my acne.  Of course it also serves its intended purpose of preventing pregnancy...thank goodness.

However When I experimented with which type of BC would work best for me I began my journey by getting the Depo shot.  for three months I was an emotional wreck.  I gained 20 lbs in 3 months.  Then I went off to college and switched to Yazmin (which I loved)  I gained another 15 lbs.  When I got married and ended up in the hospital with 3 cysts in 4 months my gynecologist and I decided it was time to try something else.  When you are told you might loose an ovary at 20 you decide skipping a pill every now and then really does make it much less effective.

I switched to the Nuva Ring!!!  It was finally a great fit!  I love not having to remember a pill every day, I love that my periods are light and easy to deal with.  I love that I can keep it in for three weeks and then take it out for a week and put a new one in. 

I am still overweight.  I had to have knee surgery last year because of some bone spurs, and a thick synovial lining.  I have to lose the weight.  I am about 25 lbs away from where I want to be.  I started day one of jillian micheals 30 day shred and it kicked my Ass.  I am not even joking, I felt like I was going to pass out 3 minutes in.  I don't know how I am going to make it through 30 days of this.  So here is to hoping that the next 30 days do not end in me collapsed in the hospital for whatever.