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They say every working mom does a juggling act with personal, family and professional responsibilities. I sure knew how that felt the spring of 2003. My twins\u2014son Ryan, and daughter Lauren\u2014were finishing their senior year of high school. There were my eighth-grader Olivia\u2019s soccer games to cheer at. My 76-year-old mother lived close by and depended on us for everything from lawn care to managing her diabetes meds. I worked full-time as a technical writer and was constantly under deadline pressure. Even though my husband, Larry, was an enormous help, I felt run down.<\/p>\n

Then Mom landed in the hospital with severe complications of diabetes<\/a>, and I thought everything I was frantically juggling would come crashing down around me. Still, when I met with the specialist who was treating my mother, I didn\u2019t expect him to ask about my health.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m here about my mom,\u201d I said.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou are your mother\u2019s primary caregiver,\u201d the doctor said. \u201cShe needs you to be in good shape to help her.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m fine,\u201d I insisted.<\/p>\n

\u201cReally?\u201d he asked pointedly.<\/p>\n

All right, it was obvious I was a good 40 pounds overweight. Grudgingly, I admitted my diet wasn\u2019t healthy, I didn\u2019t exercise and I wasn\u2019t sleeping well.<\/p>\n

\u201cYour mother\u2019s problems are all related to her diabetes. With your poor lifestyle habits, you\u2019re headed down the same path.\u201d His bluntness caught me off guard. \u201cBut it\u2019s not too late to adopt a healthy lifestyle,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s about the choices you make every day.\u201d<\/p>\n

The doctor\u2019s words nagged at me long after I\u2019d left his office. But you know how sometimes you need more than one nudge from God to make a change? That\u2019s how I was. Besides, I didn\u2019t have time to think about how to make better choices every day. What with finding a nursing facility for Mom and coordinating her care, Olivia\u2019s games and the twins\u2019 senior prom and graduation, spring went by in a blur.<\/p>\n

By summer Mom was recovering slowly but steadily, and I finally had time to focus on myself. One evening I was driving home from work when a discussion on the radio caught my attention: A woman who had diabetes described the shifts she\u2019d made in her day-to-day lifestyle. She was able to stop taking insulin. Others chimed in with similar stories about healthier everyday choices. Exactly what my mother\u2019s doctor had told me.<\/p>\n

I did some research online before dinner. There was plenty of medical evidence to back up what I\u2019d heard on the radio. Exercise and a proper diet could help control my blood pressure, blood sugar and cholesterol levels, and weight\u2014all of which would lower my risk for diabetes. Okay, Lord, I hear you. But I\u2019m really going to need your help to follow through. Big time. And please watch over Mom.<\/p>\n

After dinner the kids went off to their rooms. \u201cI want to talk to you about something,\u201d I said to Larry. I told him about the radio show. \u201cStarting tonight I\u2019m changing my lifestyle. No more fatty foods and sweets. I am going to do everything possible to avoid getting diabetes.\u201d<\/p>\n

Larry wasn\u2019t exactly gung ho. \u201cOkay, but I\u2019m not changing my diet,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not asking you to,\u201d I said. He ate the same meat-and-potatoes diet I did and carried a few extra pounds, but this wasn\u2019t about him. I grabbed my keys.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhere are you going?\u201d Larry asked.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo the drive-through,\u201d I said, \u201cfor my last chug of sweet tea with lemon.\u201d<\/p>\n

Larry\u2019s eyes widened. Sweet tea was my addiction<\/a>, and to be honest, even I couldn\u2019t picture getting through a day without a supersize go-cup of the stuff.<\/p>\n

Sure enough, by mid-morning the next day\u2014my first without sweets of any kind\u2014I had a headache and major sugar cravings. Lunch was just a small salad, dressing on the side. I didn\u2019t want to be tempted to grab a junky snack before dinner so I went for a walk. But I only made it a few blocks before I got winded.<\/p>\n

I staggered into the house sweaty and thirsty. A sip of sweet tea can\u2019t hurt. Then the doctor\u2019s words echoed in my mind. It\u2019s about the choices you make every day. I drank a glass of cold water instead.<\/p>\n

For dinner everyone else had grilled chicken slathered with barbecue sauce. I fixed a plate of veggies with a small breast of chicken, plain. The kids weren\u2019t too interested in my new eating habits, but I could tell from the skeptical looks Larry gave me he didn\u2019t think it would last.<\/p>\n

Not long after Ryan and Lauren started college, I spent a long weekend at a seminar on reversing diabetes, led by doctors and nutrition experts. My motto became: \u201cWhole-plant foods, walk, walk, walk and trust in God.\u201d I felt better than I had in years. I went home and broke the news to Larry that I was switching to a vegetarian lifestyle. \u201cI\u2019ll still cook for you,\u201d I said, \u201cbut not meat. If you want meat, you\u2019ll have to cook it yourself.\u201d<\/p>\n

Larry thought I\u2019d been brainwashed. \u201cHow is this going to work?\u201d he asked. \u201cAre we going to eat separately the rest of our lives?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know. But I know I need to make these changes for my health.\u201d<\/p>\n

Every morning I got up at 4:00 A.M. and walked the recommended 10,000 steps accompanied by my most supportive cheerleaders, my two golden retrievers. At least my other commitments couldn\u2019t get in the way of my exercise this early<\/a>, plus I could still fit in Olivia\u2019s soccer games and visits to Mom after work.<\/p>\n

Meals with Larry escalated into the burger wars: veggie vs. Bubba. Black beans vs. black Angus. Eating out was a hassle too. Waiters frowned because I passed on the steak and fries and ordered a baked potato and side salad.<\/p>\n

But here was the real secret. If I was tempted to skip my walk or slug some sweet tea, I prayed my way through it. Lord, I\u2019m counting on you.<\/p>\n

Almost without realizing it, I found myself enjoying my new lifestyle. I liked the energy I got from early\u00a0morning exercise. I collected recipes for veggie dishes and turned into an adventurous cook. One day at the supermarket I asked the produce man, \u201cWhere are your leeks?\u201d<\/p>\n

He pointed. \u201cOver there.\u201d Sheepishly I confessed I didn\u2019t know what leeks looked like. He led me to the right bin and gave me tips on cooking them.<\/p>\n

My healthier choices made a big difference. Within seven months I lost those 40 extra pounds and went down two dress sizes. More crucially, my stress level dropped and I slept like a rock. My mom\u2019s condition stabilized, which definitely helped.<\/p>\n

One morning while I was out walking, a woman stopped her car to say, \u201cI see you exercise every day. You\u2019ve inspired me.\u201d That meant a lot. But not as much as the admiring looks Larry was giving me. Occasionally I\u2019d catch him eating a salad or munching on carrot sticks. But I didn\u2019t push him. After all, hadn\u2019t it taken me a few nudges to make needed changes?<\/p>\n

It took a few years, but one day Larry told me, \u201cWhat you\u2019ve done is amazing. You\u2019re not just healthier, Susan, you\u2019re happier.\u201d He paused, then went on, \u201cThere\u2019s this coronary health seminar I heard about\u2026will you go with me?\u201d<\/p>\n

I had to thank God for going above and beyond what I\u2019d asked!<\/p>\n

The burger wars are over. Larry and I grocery shop and cook together now. Yes, he\u2019s traded in burgers and fries for fish and veggies! We even bought bicycles so we can exercise together. We\u2019ve been married 31 years and feel like the best is yet to come. It\u2019s all about the choices we make every day, and knowing God is with us when we choose right.<\/p>\n

This story first appeared in the June 2011 issue of \u00a0<\/em>Guideposts<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0magazine<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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