Small Beginnings.

Today I had an awakening I guess you could say. I went to the doctor for the first time in over 8 years. To be fair, I'm a bit of a hypochondriac (thanks dad) which ironically I've come to hate and fear the doctor more than anything else. You can't have an illness if it never gets officially diagnosed right? Ya,  no. It doesn't work that way. So I have two kids, they are amazing! But being pregnant and busting kids out really messes with your body. Since 2010, I have gained 80 lbs. 40 lbs with each pregnancy. I think the mentality that goes along with it is, it's okay, I made a baby, lots of women gain weight and never lose it, I'm only 25, gaining weight is no big deal. I didn't think I had anything to worry about.

I started feeling pretty bad around Christmas, 2014. Every time I would lie down I would get sick and  immediately have to rush to the bathroom. Better yet, we were staying with our family for Christmas break and I constantly was in the bathroom. Embarrassing. I went on living life, symptoms died down and were pretty infrequent.

Well then I got the stomach bug. Everyone in my family got the stomach bug. All the way down to my 4 month old nephew. Ever since then, I've been sick. Constantly feeling bad. Everyday. Multiple times a day.

My normal daily routine is pretty simple. Wake up, get the babies bathed and fed. Then sit and watch and play with the kids. Occasionally we'll make it out of the house. But most of my days are me sitting here thinking of what I want to do or eat next.

Finally, I got myself into the doctors to get some blood work and testing done. I don't know the results yet, but it's not hard to guess, my extreme weight gain, and lack of exercise is completely destroying my body.

I grew up pretty active, and hope to be able to get back to that soon. This blog is a simple day by day experiment I am going to try and keep up with. I am no blogger and am not chef by any means but hopefully someone else can benefit from this like I hope to myself. Consider it self motivation by being able to blog about it.

I am 245 lbs and 25 years old. I know I will not wake up tomorrow fit and 80 lbs lighter, but hopefully I can make better daily decisions. Start small and work my way up.

And with that, my first step with be kissing all soda and energy drinks goodbye. If I don't drink a soda tomorrow I will have won. Each and every day from here on out. I will also attempt a nightly bike ride for 30 minutes.

So here it goes. Wish me luck.