“If you always put limit on everything you do, physical or anything else. It will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them.” -- Bruce Lee

Hi and welcome to my Spark Page. My name is Kate and I'm at Spark People to get fit and stay healthy. My goal is to stay positive and develop a healthy attitude toward life. If life is getting me down, I meditate on the things that are good and ...

“If you always put limit on everything you do, physical or anything else. It will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them.” -- Bruce Lee

Hi and welcome to my Spark Page. My name is Kate and I'm at Spark People to get fit and stay healthy. My goal is to stay positive and develop a healthy attitude toward life. If life is getting me down, I meditate on the things that are good and positive. I shall persevere over adversity and become the best person I can be.

I shall tell you a little bit about my background. I was diagnosed with Biploar Disorder as a Freshmen in college, when I was 18 years old. I have had symptoms my whole life, but the stress of being away from home in a new, strange place brought out the worst in them. It was around the same time I met my now husband, Kyle, who was instrumental in my recovery from the very darkest time of my life. After medication and therapy I was able to get myself to a stable place where I was able to ween myself off the medications (with the help of my wonderful psychiatrist). Unfortunately, the damage had been done and I was officially my highest weight ever and terribly out of shape. The dancing I had done all through my childhood into high school was something I just hadn't the heart to do anymore with any conviction. It was one late night I discovered Spark People. I immediately joined and spent three solid days reading through message boards, learning all the things the site had to offer, and figuring out my plan.

My life has come a long way in the past two and a half years. I am at a new university where I am studying my true passion, computer science. I am married to a wonderful man who shares my propensity for being nerdy. I published a book of poetry with my cousin that was written during dark times in the hopes of reaching out to others with similar mental illness. To see more about it visit: http://stores.lulu.com/ringlandpublishing . I have reaffirmed my need to lose weight and get in shape. My approach is much different this time because I am not focusing on weight loss at all. I'm focused on exercise and building up my fitness level. I am confident that the rest will fall into place. Exercising has already made my eating much better. Not only that, but my attitude is so much more positive. Life doesn't seem as impossible as it did even two months ago. I am in control and it is a great thing.

So, if you made it through that mini essay, I would love to have you as a Spark Friend. I love the encouragement of all the people that use this site and I love being able to offer support and encouragement to them! Happy Sparking!

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