Bikram did change my health - I have the tests to prove it!

It's been two months since I've written and 6 months since I started. The last I wrote I had planned on a thirty-day challenge. While I would still love to do one, this was not the time. I have been out looking for a second job (much harder than I would have guessed) and working on the summer show. This is not to say that I haven't been going to yoga or living my clean and happy lifestyle. I just haven't been going as much as I would like. I have also learned that the teacher in the morning has a real impact on how well I do in class. In the morning, the teacher needs to have great energy in his or her voice. By nature, I am not energetic at 6 am. I am depending on inspiration to get me there. So, needless to say, I have not been going in the morning like I used to. Now, to get to the point of why I am writing...

Six months ago I reported that I had some bad test results that led to my lifestyle changes. My liver was fatty. One line of that test result was a 60 and the other was a 34. Both numbers were significantly out of normal limits and way too high. I knew then that there were two main causes of a fatty liver, obesity and alcohol consumption. While I could not fix obesity over night, I could control my alcohol consumption. This was not really a choice to me. If my abnormal test results were in my control to change - they needed to be changed. This was too much for some friends to handle while other people were overly supportive. In life, God gives you the tools to get through things. It is your job to recognize them and embrace the positive things and let go the negative things.

With that being said, my choices have yielded results even I could not have expected. I was sure that when I went to the doctor yesterday my numbers would have improved. Instead of just improving - they completely went back to normal levels. Both of the numbers that read 60 & 34 are now a 14! So with focus and determination, I have changed my health.