Why Im doing this

To be honest the last 6 years I have been depressed. I became a single mother when I was six months pregnant with my son. The short end of the story was that I was in a highly abusive relationship and had made the decision that if my son was going to have any type of success in life, I was going to have to leave and do it on my own. Post partum depression, combined with Post traumatic stress disorder from the abuse, my weight was all over the place. It took me a year after my son was born to lose the baby weight and I was happy at a size 6. Things were great until a job I had with the government ended when the recession hit, and I became extremely ill and was unable to work for 8 months. Bewteen being sick, financial troubles, low self esteem, and depression, in three years I went from a size 6 (135 lbs, im 5'9) to 180 and a size 12/13. Needless to say, the more the weight piled on the less great I felt about myself and the more depressed I became. I was diagnosed with Fibromyalgia about two years ago and the pain has mostly been unbearable. My excuse was that I couldnt get healthy because I was to sick to get healthy. And then one day, this past January I was listening to a local radio station in which Tosca Reno of the eat clean diet was on talking about her programme and books. Something hit a nerve and I dont know what it was, but her message seemed to stick with me. Three weeks later I bought one of her books, cleaned out my kitchen and began my journey of becoming healthy.
Im not sure what it was inside of me that seemed to click but I think I just became sick n tired of being sick n tired. With in the first couple of weeks of eating clean and exercising I noticed big changes. I wasnt tired any more and had lots of energy, My face was looking clear and my eyes were brighter. I was happy and the pain I felt all the time, although not gone, was much less. It has been now 2 and a half months. In these two and a half months I have managed to lose 20 lbs and 3 and a half inches so far. I havent felt this great in years. I want to share my story because I know there are other mothers out there who are tired and need that boost to get up and move and change and get fit for their kids. If I can do it, you can too!!!