Introduction

Hello!

After years of not being the best at following through on my fitness and general well-being goals, I have decided to make a blog to document my attempts at not being a total screw-up with my health.

This blog will hopefully make me more accountable. So perhaps I will be less likely to binge eat ice cream and vodka while watching Netflix for hours. Maybe I will finally achieve my fitness goals if I make myself talk about them. Even if it is just to the void that is the internet.

I really do not expect anyone to really read this. Great if you are, Accountability works!

A little about my current health goals:
I am not overweight. That being said, I am "fluffly like a dough boy". No muscles, no toned up body whatsoever. And it makes me feel really insecure at times.

Then there is the mental aspects of health and fitness. Life is hard. Lately my life has been extremely difficult. I am doing my best to work through grief, depression, some anxiety.... my mind isn't in normal operating order right now. There is a connection between physical fitness and mental health.

I want to work on these things and become a healthier, happier, maybe a lil sexier person.

This Blog
My plans for this blog are to document my goals, my successes, and failures so that I can learn and continue to strive for a better me.

If anyone is actually reading this, feel free to suggest things for me to try. Talk about what has and has not worked for you. Or just be a general life cheerleader (we all need those now and again).

I hope to post weekly, probably on Mondays.

Current Regime:
I have an elliptical, 3 and 5 pound dumbbells, yoga mat, and a balance ball.
I have been running an hour on the elliptical four days this week and used the 5 pound dumbbells for some simple arm exercises three days.

I have the My Fitness App and I am working on staying at 1200 calories a day while focusing on better nutrition. This is the hardest part for me. I just do not have the money to buy the foods that would be good for me. Instead I am trying to learn how to choose healthier options that are still affordable. I also emotionally eat when bored or angry. I love sweets, chips, and fried food. This is my biggest hurdle for the future.

And with this, a new beginning has hopefully begun