False Start: Getting sick and ruining my plans

So as I mentioned in a previous blog my New Years Resolution was to get fit this year. I decided that I would do it this year though I've been promising myself this resolution for years. I made this decision well before the New Year, back before the holidays started, and I had good intentions. I cleaned out some cobwebs from my mental closets, things I've been holding on to for years thoughts and insecurities that have kept me heavy, I bought a stationary bike, we moved back to my hometown a place where I feel happy and secure, and I was totally prepped and finally ready to get serious and do this, but a few days before the New Year I got INCREDIBLY sick.

I have strep throat it's the worst case of strep throat I've had in memory, and the sickest I've been probably since my daughter was born. When I was a child I got strep throat once or twice a year every year. The last time I had it my doctor told me the very NEXT time I got strep he would be removing my tonsils, and so I didn't get it any more until I became an adult. I'm still fairly sick but I still plan on doing this it's just starting a bit later then I had planned. My momentum and energy level has failed and I think that's probably partially due to still being fairly sick. Last night was the first time that I looked up from my fog and thought... "Wow I'm feeling a little better!" So hopefully I'm about to kick this and I'll be able to get started soon.

This has been another problem with letting my weight get completely out of control, my immune system has always kind of been armed with cardboard shields and tinfoil swords, but since I let my weight take over my life I've been fair game for EVERY cold, sniffle, stomach bug, and general ickies that come along. This is terrible because almost everything I get exposed to I get. It compounds the problem of my weight, because I don't feel well enough to be active, and I'm giving my family prolonged exposure to all of this sickness too! So this is yet another reason that I've got to pick myself up and get some of this weight off.

Coming In January!

At over 300lbs this mom has decided it's time to get in a shape other then round. My clothes don't fit, nothing looks sexy on me anymore, and I can't play with my daughter like I want to. I've been heavy MOST of my life, and before I had my daughter I was 220lbs or so and very strong. I was heavy but I was still fit. (argue it all you want I know how I felt) My blood pressure, and cholesterol are out of control, I can't walk all over and anywhere I want to go anymore, I get short of breath if I spend very much time being active, at less then 30 years old I have to make a change for the better now, or risk an early grave or many unhappy unhealthy years to come.

January 2 get ready for blogging and vlogging updates as I write about my experiences as I attempt to shed half of me. You can expect to find tips on low fat healthy eating, ideas for getting active, excersizing, and watch as I literally shrink in front of you through regular photo and vlog updates, and all of this without weight loss surgery. I want to get and stay fit I don't need a temporary fix. Hey it's worked for some people but I know that I need to learn how to treat my body better, because otherwise I'll put the weight back on.

So join me, challenge me, and watch as I attempt to make changes for the better in my life and for the future of my family.