When You Change Your Mind, You Will Change Your Life!!! By Lakeisha Stringfellow
Lakeisha Stringfellow- Author, Speaker, and Marketplace Mentor I have battled with my weight for the last 20 years. Now listen, I am only 25, so don’t try and do the math, you’ll never figure it out. LOL! I remember having the perfect “coke bottle” shape in my younger days, but after my first son and side effects with the Depo Provera shot, all of that changed. At first, I didn’t really notice it. But four children later, I found myself at almost a whopping 300 pounds. I was so uncomfortable and dealt with a lot of digestive issues as well as knee pain. I am only 5’ 7” and by medical definition, I am considered ‘Morbidly Obese’. I couldn’t even wrap my mind around that diagnosis after seeing the Gastroenterologist. My cholesterol was borderline “high”, acid reflux was trying to kill me, I had severe anxiety and depression issues. LORD, I felt like I was dying. At the end of 2016, I had enough. I started to consider everything that I wanted. All the things that God