I am going to be vulnerable here. I don’t want to come off as being the bad type of self centered first off because this will be a good self centered.
I started a health program for ME!
I have older boys now, 15, 13, and my 8 year old. The WORLD to me.
For years I have been the sole stay at home caretaker mom of them. My husband helps immensely as well. For anyone that doesn’t know, these boys are all special needs. My oldest is autistic and has amazed me with his growth. My middle son is dyslexic but also doing so well now that he isn’t really considered it anymore. My youngest is yet to be determined but has social anxiety, general anxiety, determined that he has to have everything fair. They also all have ADHD. Every day there’s some sort of new thing for me to figure out or try to do better to help them be who they can be one day. Being a mom to them is amazing and stressful. It was so hard when they were younger. Today there’s still hard things even though they are becoming a bit more independent.
But the years of taking care of them early on to just a few years back, I neglected myself. I let sugar and food help me feel better about my situation. I numbed my feelings because I didn’t want to think. Think about if I was doing it right or about their future or even about if they were going to make it on time to school or pass their test. If they would make a friend or at least say hi to someone. If they wouldn’t have……….. the list of worries go on. Parenting is so hard.
Moms everywhere have a hard time but I have a special soft spot for special needs moms. We give it our all and more. We get burnt out and depressed and not feel our best self because we aren’t taking care of OUR needs.
I let sugar become my addiction. It made me feel good ( dopamine rush). I lost some of my identity. I’m grateful I chose me because I needed to love 
myself again and take care of me.
Let me help you take care of YOU. Put you first for a change. I started this program for me but also for my boys. I have to be healthy first in order to take care of them and whatever future they make.