I am 28 years old and work as a journalist in Bryan-College Station in south-central Texas. I was born and raised in Texas, and the most time I have spent outside the Lone Star State was five months when I lived in Washington, D.C., for an internship during my senior year of college.
Just like I'm sure many others do, I always make a New Years' resolution to get back into shape and live a generally healthier life. And every year I start out strong and taper off after a few months. Sometimes, it doesn't even last a month.
I've never tried blogging, though, so I hope this can help me stay motivated and on the right path.
My goal with this is to start and sustain a healthy life. Ultimately, I would like to get back to how I felt and looked my sophomore year of college when I played club rugby. Being honest with myself, that is quite a ways off. The more immediate goal, though, is to be more comfortable with my appearance by June 15 when I will be in my cousin's wedding!
In a way this will become my journal. I am not going to be kind to myself here because I must be accountable. If I stumble, I will come out and say it and do my best to get back on track. I might have a recipe that goes way wrong or a day when I just can't bring myself to go to the gym. If I'm going to do this, dang it, I'm going to do my best to do it right.
This is way out of my comfort zone, but I am going to try this. If anyone reads this, y'all will be my motivators.
I should note, I am not a nutritionist or a work out guru. I am not even a great cook. Most of the time I get take-out, which tells you a lot. And to top it all off, my schedule as a journalist is wonky to say the least. So, that being said, this is truly going to be a journey of trial and error of me finding what might work for me when it comes to food/diet, exercise and just general good life habits. If anyone has any suggestions or recipes, feel free to pass them on. I could probably use the help.
For the remainder of 2018, I will be doing research on how to do this, and this journey will really begin with the start of 2019. That is more for me, just so I can have a memorable date to mark the start, and maybe if I do research for a few days, I can hit the ground running on Jan. 1, 2019. Well, maybe a fast-paced walk. I'll work my way up to running maybe.
This picture is of me (left) and one of my good friends Kim after her graduation from TCU with her master's degree. This is from Dec. 15 and is probably the most recent picture of me.
This was a picture taken in October 2010, my sophomore year of college, before one of our ADPi sorority events. I had gotten the dress about a year earlier and it was a little big by the time this picture was taken, so I added the belt to make it fit. Oh to have that problem again! College was probably the last time I really felt comfortable wearing sleeveless anything. I told y'all, I'm going to try to keep this as real as possible.
Just to gauge who might be at all interested, drop a note below to say hi or pass along your favorite tasty, easy, healthy recipes or apartment-friendly workouts.
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