Starting a Journey

Saturday, May 26, 2012

Starting a Journey

Hello.  My name is Amy (aka, Mama).  I am a wife and a mother; a former fit and healthy person.  This blog will be a personal documentation of my journey back to that place of health and fitness.

Over the next few days I will try to give you some insight into who I was in a former life (fit me), who I was before my turning point (unhealthy me) and who I am today.

I began to change my diet in February 2012 and quickly lost 10 pounds, but I was plagued with allergies (and difficulty breathing) for weeks that kept me inside and basically inactive.  I gained 4 of those pounds back.  After an allergist appointment in mid April 2012 where I was diagnosed with Asthma I began medication that helped my symptoms tremendously.  I also learned that for overweight people, asthma can often be managed by weight loss and exercise!

That was enough to get me going.  This was the first time I had any medical diagnosis of anything remotely scary (other than Postpartum Depression).  The fact that my symptoms were possibly related to my obesity (how's that for a scary word?) frightened the crap out of me!!  3 out of 4 of my grandparents had diabetes.  There is also high blood pressure and heart disease in my family.  

So, I came to the place where I had to decide that I am not going to go willingly down that road.  On May 1, 2012, I began the Body For Life program.  

As I take you on this journey with me, I hope to keep it real.  I am in a different place daily (hourly) and I will endeavor to stay positive, but some days aren't that great and I may share that, too.  Don't judge! ;)

For now I leave you with some stats.

I am 64"tall (162cm)

I have a small/ medium build (in other words, I am not "big boned").

On January 1, 2012, I weighed 200# (90.7 kg).