Being Healthy is Being Beautiful

Well, I’m about a month into my new “lifestyle” and I’d say that things are going pretty well.  I definitely feel more energized and healthier and I can even tell a little difference in the way my clothes fit.  However, as usual,  I am growing impatient with the process.

I’m the girl who expects instant results.  I am also the girl who beats herself up if she slips or doesn’t reach a certain goal (however unrealistic that goal might have been to begin with).  Patience is indeed a virtue and one I certainly do not possess.  I struggle to actually allow my body reasonable time to reflect the changes I am making.

Oh, and since I’m new here, let me tell you a little about myself!  I am a single mom in Tennessee, I am 23 years old and feel like I’ve been struggling with my weight every day of those 23 years.  I’ve always been insecure, but looking back, I realize that my weight problem didn’t really develop until after my son was born. 

My current “diet” is very simple and I’m not really sure that there’s a name or classification for it.  It’s something that works for me and sort of occurred to me after a few years of bouncing from one nightmare diet to another (Atkins, anyone?).  I eat 6-7 times a day, three meals and 3-4 small healthy snacks.  I also strive to eat something from all the different food groups every day in order to ensure that I am getting a wide variety of nutrients and vitamins and giving my body lots of things to work with.  Diets that I tried in the past were always lacking something…whether it was bread or fruit or meat, and I love having such a huge selection of foods to choose from every single day.

I also drink a lot of water and work out for 2 hours 3-4 times a week.  Exercise is not my favorite thing in the whole world, but I know it’s part of a healthy lifestyle and I’m pretty determined to include it in mine!

I love to write, so expect a pretty regular blog.  I hope that people will read this and enjoy it…I am sure to have plenty of comical blunders to share.  I look forward to interacting with this online community and getting to know you all!

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