Beginning of my journey to a healthier me.

Recently I have been posting pictures of the food I am eating.  I am aware that some people don't like to see my food pictures, but I am posting them for ME.  They are my daily reminder that I can cook and eat healthy food consistently.  You see I am fat or you could say that I am obese.  In any case I am trying to make better choices not just for me but also for my boys.  I want to get to a healthy weight and be an inspiration to my children.

Unfortunately family genetics are against me.  Most of the people in my family have a weight problem plain and simple.  Some have suffered from weight related conditions.  I want to change my destiny with regards to my weight.  I am just beginning my journey!  I hope you will follow along on my journey to becoming healthier.

My journey is truly just beginning, however about two years ago I decided to cut out high fructose corn syrup.  This is no easy task HFCS are in darn near everything.  Mostly I ended up cutting out soft drinks, unless they were made with real sugar.  Then a year ago my wonderful cousin EJC, reached out to me and told me about an online exercise program she was doing.  I decided to give this program a shot.  I was immediately hooked.  The program was only 30 mins a day, 6 days a week and rotated between cardio and strength.  I was seeing some amazing results.  After hurting myself (not from exercising) and my children being home from school for the summer.  I cut back on the amount of days I was working out.  As you can probably guess I put all the weight and inches I had lost back on and even added more!

This past Christmas I decided that I needed to buy less processed foods at the store, instead of buying bread and pasta from the store I would make them at home from scratch.  I am so happy that I did this.  The homemade pasta and bread taste so much better than the store bought.

Fast forward to the end of March 2016.  My husband came home from work and told me about a talk the doctor for the Air Force Marathon gave at his office about nutrition.  After doing some research we decided that we would try a low carb diet.  Although this diet is a combination of low carb, Paelo and 100 days of real food.  This is definitely NOT a diet, but it is a LIFESTYLE.  We have both lost weight and don't miss the carbs.  My oldest occasionally complains that "He didn't sign up for this" when I go grocery shopping and don't buy any of the junk food or snacks that he and his brother are use to me buying.   

These changes that I am making are not easy, but each day it gets a little easier.