I am new to learning about sharing my story online. Although I feel there are people out there that will be able to relate to me, so here it goes.

I have been married to my husband Ray for 33 years. It still feels like we are newly weds much of the time. We have 3 amazing children. I feel truly blessed and have always put my husband and family first.

Recently I learned that even though I have put myself on the list of "To Do's and Take Care Of's" I never really got down that far on the list. I let myself go. I knew what to do. What to eat. What not to eat. About exercise. Mostly I am a professional procrastinator.

So over time I gained weight, became diabetic, was on cholestoral medication, blood pressure medication, and the artheritis was getting worse mainly in my right knee.

Needless to say I really was not happy. Always tired and hurting most of the time. But I felt that I still was doing everything I needed to be doing.

June of 2011 is when I actually took responsibility for myself. I was introduced to ViSalus. I started with the ViShakes and the ViPak. In 3 months I was taken off my blood pressure medication and off my cholestoral medication. That was amazing and exciting to me. I started loosing weight and feeling like I actually had some energy. There was hope for me after all.