My First Post!

As I have said, a lot of my posts are going to be about my journey to living a healthier lifestyle. Between pregnancy food aversions that only allowed me to keep down bread, pasta and potatoes, and then the comfort eating that I participated in pretty heavily after our miscarriage.. I gained a whopping 42lbs!!  Starting in January, I finally said enough was enough and decided to do something about it.   I got back on my paleo diet and started working out pretty regularly.

That would be all well and good, except I've had a major problem with motivation.  I'll do really well for a week or two, then I start to slack off with working out and stray away from paleo.  So I've basically been yo-yo'ing with the same 15lbs since January.  Now that I'm back where I started, I've decided enough is enough.  I'm picking back up with the paleo again starting today!  For dinner, my husband is making steaks on the grill with mushrooms and onions and I'm going to bake some sweet potatoes.  My husband is on board with paleo, so that will be a BIG help when it comes to eating.

My friend Jodi and I are doing a 90 day round of TurboFire, starting tonight. We work together, and I live pretty close to our place of employment, so we decided to do our workout directly after work.  We figured that would be the best way to keep our motivation going.  If you've ever tried TurboFire, you know it takes a decent chunk of coordination.. which anybody who knows me knows that I lack.  (I didn't get the nickname "Grace" for nothin') So this should be interesting, or entertaining to say the least.  Either way I'm excited!

I need to make these changes and make them permanent.  No more excuses.  I don't know what it was about my whole pregnancy experience that just took away all my motivation, but I'm ready to get it back.  I'm tired of wearing maternity pants, even though I haven't been pregnant for over 6 months.  I'm tired of feeling like complete crap all the time and I'm tired of feeling insecure.  I'm ready to start making these changes TODAY.

This is me, this my journey..welcome!