Life throws a curve

Soooo....I had a little health scare Monday working out, which resulted in a trip to the emergency room.  After numerous tests and a follow up doctor's appointment, its been determined that I will most likely need to have my gallbladder out.  This news kind of got me in a mental funk for the past few days, but I'm bouncing back now.  I used to have lots of gallbladder problems prior to starting my journey to a healthier lifestyle.  I used to get sick numerous times a week, mostly because I ate food that just wasn't good for me and clearly my body had to work far to hard to break it down.  Since changing my eating habits and incorporating exercise into my life, I was so happy that this health issue that had plagued me for the past couple of years had seemed to resolve simply by making healthier choices.  However, when I would have a cheat meal or eat something I knew I shouldn't my body MORE than let me know!
I got in a little mental funk this week because I was so frustrated with myself for treating my body so poorly for so long that it resulted in health problems...gallbladder issues, high blood pressure, and being overweight. Over the past 6 1/2 months, I have lost 46 pounds and drastically changed my eating habits, and work daily to live a healthy lifestyle.  I never thought that my poor choices from the past would catch up to me now.  So needless to say, it just got me a little down.
I'm making a comeback now.  I'm realizing that this may be a good thing.  Even though life threw me a slight curve,   maybe after permanently addressing this issue the worst will be behind me.  I'm trying to look at the positive side of things, at least it isn't anything more serious.  And believe it or not, I found out from my doctor, significant weight loss can cause gallbladder issues too.  At that point I just had to laugh, damned if I do, damned if I don't...but I will say this. I'd rather be sitting in the position I'm in at a healthy weight, with a healthy BMI, and continuing to make changes and focus on a healthy lifestyle, rather than overweight, making poor food choices and ultimately abusing my body.  IF this is a result of my lifestyle change, I MORE than accept it.  So although life threw me a curve, it didn't take me out, and for that I'm grateful.  Everyday is a new day, a new chance, and a new opportunity to do better....and do better I will...after all it's a work in progress :-)