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Brad and I in Colorado in 2001, before Leukemia and Peripartum Cardiomyopathy changed our lives.
Brad and I, July 2010
Brad and I finishing the 2007 Indianapolis 500 Festival Mini-Marathon with a new PR of 2:07:19.
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Teresa's Journey: Life is an Adventure!
I'm Teresa and I'm turning 46 this year. I've been married to Brad, my high school sweetheart, for almost 16 years, though we actually started dating back in 1982. We have 4 children: Zach, 20 yo; Jake, 15 yo; Katie, 12 yo; and Lily, 8 yo.
In 2001, things were great. I had just quit smoking. I'd rediscovered a love of running and was training to run a 5K race with my son. On Thanksgiving Day we found out we were pregnant. I was a size 4. ;-) All was right with the world. In ...
I'm Teresa and I'm turning 46 this year. I've been married to Brad, my high school sweetheart, for almost 16 years, though we actually started dating back in 1982. We have 4 children: Zach, 20 yo; Jake, 15 yo; Katie, 12 yo; and Lily, 8 yo.
In 2001, things were great. I had just quit smoking. I'd rediscovered a love of running and was training to run a 5K race with my son. On Thanksgiving Day we found out we were pregnant. I was a size 4. ;-) All was right with the world. In December, Brad was diagnosed with Acute Mylogenous Leukemia and started a brutal round of chemotherapy and hospital stays to try beat the cancer. In July, Lily was born. Shortly after her birth, I went into congestive heart failure and was diagnosed with Peripartum Cardiomyopathy. My heart had enlarged and it wasn't able to pump blood properly.
Both conditions are often fatal, but Brad and I beat the odds. He's been in remission for more than nine years and after four years of impaired heart function, my heart is healing and slowly returning to normal.
To celebrate, Brad and I trained to run a mini-marathon in May 2006 on our 11th anniversary. (We did it!) Unfortunately due to injury and real-world stuff getting in the way, we've let our running program slide. We didn't run the Mini the last couple of years and neither of us has been running or working out consistently at all for the past two and a half years.
We are trying to make changes that will lead to a healthier lifestyle for our family. Nutrition and exercise that can become a part of our lives and not something that seems like "work."
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Member Since: 3/21/2006
SparkPoints: 24,226
Fitness Minutes: 3,733
My Goals:
My goal is to create a more healthy lifestyle for myself and for my family.
My Program:
My husband and I have taken up running and biking as our main source of exercise. I am learning more about nutrition and a healthy diet. I try to limit meals that we eat out and to prepare our meals from "scratch", not using pre-prepared ingredients. I am trying to increase my water intake and to get more sleep.
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My name is Teresa. I am a stay-at-home mom who has four children, ages 8 yo to 20 yo.) I'm married to my high school sweetheart and senior prom date. :-)
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"Now if you are going to win any battle you have to do one thing. You have to make the mind run the body. Never let the body tell the mind what to do. The body will always give up. It is always tired morning, noon, and night. But the body is never tired if the mind is not tired. When you were younger the mind could make you dance all night, and the body was never tired...You''ve always got to make the mind take over and keep going."
- George S. Patton, U.S. Army General and 1912 Olympian
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