What's one thing you know you could do to improve your health?

What a timely question for me personally. Since this is part of my growth process right now, I'm going to go ahead and be totally transparent about it. I just learned that all of my health issues--both serious and weird--could be resolved primarily by changing my diet and losing some weight. For the last ten years, I have been having serious troubles with my moon cycle (like having crazy pms but no cycle for months at a time!), as well as some funky skin issues. It never ceases to amaze me how much our hormones can put us girls out of whack physically and emotionally. I've seen more doctors than I can count and not one of them brought up the diagnosis I just received from my new provider at our very first meeting. Yet the condition is one of the most common in this area of women's health and exists in up to 10% of women! And I manifest every single symptom for it! I won't vent my frustration with the medical community here; but geez, why do we pay so much money for "expertise" that seems so hit and miss? I have been diagnosed with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome, which oddly enough, increases insulin and testosterone production because eggs don't release properly. So both my moon issues and my weight issues (existing just the last six years) can be attributed to this condition, which can be managed by taking birth control pills to regulate my cycle until I lose weight, changing my diet to regulate my insulin on my own (instead of taking a diabetic insulin regulator), and losing weight (somehow the extra weight actually worsens the moon cycle problem).  

This is what is so interesting to me...of course I've known that I need to address my weight issues, but I haven't been sure what would work right for my body as far as diet is concerned. Something inside of me knew there was more going on because when I've tried to cut calories I haven't lost a pound. When I stopped emotionally binge eating I didn't lose any weight. When I cut a lot of junk food out of my family's diet, I still didn't lose any weight. For me it isn't that I just need to eat better or less, I need to cut very specific things (no more potatoes...wah!) and make sure I'm getting my necessary carbs/sugars from specific foods.

I have to be honest here...I think psychologically this will be more of a motivation to lose weight, eat better, and exercise (walking & yoga) than I've ever had. See, I don't have any hang-ups about my beauty as a woman related to my weight. I worked through all that long before I put on the extra pounds, because I am a naturally big and tall girl who will never be skinny. I also had two children who gave me stretch-marks and droopy breasts and a soft belly, which I see as consequences to be proud of since mothering is the most important thing I've ever done or will do. So "looking better" has never been a motivation that would work for me. I was actually far more bothered by my weird skin issues -- which it turns out are caused by the excess insulin in my body. I'm also very healthy as far as my cholesterol and blood pressure and all those things are concerned. In fact, my doctor said she rarely sees lab work so good. So general health concerns weren't a motivation either. But changing my wacky moon cycle and the terrible effects it has on my life is a HUGE motivational factor.