It's been a crAzy, busy BUT exciting year (2015).
Sitting here brainstorming of my list for 2016 a little light bulb clicked my way! I have a personal blog (MOMolouge And Crafting) that I started back in early 2015 and really enjoyed doing for a hobby. I must admit though, I haven't been that great at keeping up with it. Which is what I already decided would change for this year. As much as I enjoyed sharing my family's adventures of every day life as a stay-at-home mom, it got pretty boring... fast. I realized I enjoyed writing but I needed to write something that I'm more passionate about.
Not saying my family is boring but... I needed that fire. That spark.
I do love them.
I swear!
Anyways, I wanted to write about a healthy lifestyle. I know what you're thinking. Seriously? Another fitness blog. Well in a short explanation. Yes. ANOTHER FITNESS BLOG.
Told you it would sound like a cliche New Years resolution, but before you go, this is where you are wrong. In high school, 10 years ago (yikes!), I was extremely fit. I played soccer year round, cross-country, and track & field. On top of that I would get up before school and run a couple miles. What kind of teenager would do that?! A teenager that got offered a full ride scholarship to UCLA her sophomore year of high school, that's who! Long story short, the dumb teenager in all of us kicked in, and I quit cold turkey mid junior year for a boy (no not my husband) and wanted to have 'fun'.
Dumb.. DUMB! I know!
Something about running though always made me feel free and in control. It became addicting. The one thing I never really paid attention to was my diet. I ate A LOT, Carb loading was how I functioned. To have that metabolism back... I was toned but not too extreme like those masculine female body builders. Never once was I self conscious and my confidence was at an all time high.
No. I was and am not cocky. Just being real here.
Fast forward to present day. After 8 years of marriage, age, and second pregnancy lets just say I'm not as fit as I would like to be. The heaviest I've been was right after my first birth. Never in my life would I think I would be "heavy." I was about 30lbs over my typical weight and depression really set in. Adding to my bad snacking habits. I was becoming the typical mom who was average sized and let myself go. After a random health scare with my kidneys (had a kidney stone), it snapped me out of that funk.
I realized I am in fact older and had to change some of my younger habits. Obviously fitness was a must. Which taking some time off of working out made it extremely hard to get back into. Most importantly my diet (hate that word) had to change. Come on, who doesn't love food?! I knew a diet wouldn't work for me but a life style change.
Trying a couple cook books from Barnes & Noble was so painful. My husband would even agree I may have tried to kill our whole family. Who the heck crock pots salmon? Just don't! Whatever you do, take my word for it. DON'T! The food was bland, or the portions were for my two year old.
This is NOT going to work!
I had to find a solution and I think I am on the right path to finding it. With several mistakes and experiments I think I finally got this whole "healthy" eating down. The recipes I will share with all of you are going to be, of course good for you, but in fact tasty! Don't worry my family gets to try it before your family and yourself suffer. You're welcome...
So here I am, with my second pregnancy coming to an end and I'm really missing my old self (I've been on restrictions and bed rest for months now). No gimmicks. A REAL life stay-at-home mom sharing my own struggles and accomplishments with a touch of humor. I hope that I can motivate some of you to jump on this wagon. Not as a resolution but a life style change. You will have set backs, like myself, which is only human. One day and step at a time. With support of each other WE CAN DO THIS! It's never too late to make a change.
