“Hip Replacement to 5k to Broken Back” by Lisa Cox

I love the motto, Adapt and Overcome!!
Sometimes a daily battle for me…
I had a hip replaced when I was 35.
This was the point in my life where I was the most unhealthy.
I am a 5’ 1” woman and weighed 203 pounds.
During my rehab period after my hip replacement, I realized I had been given another chance so I decided to cash in on it.
I joined weight watchers and found a personal trainer.
Over the course of about 10-12 months I brought my weight down to 147 and went from a size tight 22 to a loose 10 – almost to an 8.
Less than a year and a half after my hip surgery, I ran in a 5K… I did not run the entire race … but I was able to start at the beginning of the group … with the runners! Something I had never been able to do.
Then – in august of 2010 – all of my training came to a screeching halt when the motorcycle I was a passenger on T-boned an F-250 that ran a red light. I received a compression fracture in my lower back and had to wear a tortoise shell back brace for the next 3 months.
Current situation – I am within 10 pounds of where I was at that moment but my physical condition isn’t great.
I have a desk job so I sit all day behind a computer.
I have enlisted the help of an old friend (who has a background in nursing, firefighting, and personal training) to assist me with a little bit of a jumpstart to see if I can get back on track. (I haven’t been in the gym for 13 years! And I’m scared!)
I can DO THIS!! I’ve done it before and I WILL do it again!
I will “Adapt and Overcome” and I will get it done!

Lisa Cox
Kansas City, Mo