Exercise for lazy bums like me!

7.08 Total Miles

5 Total Workouts

26.35 TVs Powered

0.37 Gas Saved

8.17 Donuts Burned

 

Dailymile.com... I love that when I enter in my workouts, it gives me all of this information! In a week and a half I have ran enough to create energy for more than 26 TVs. That's legit! Guys, it's that easy! I've ran 7 miles. I do around a mile and a half at a time which is difficult because I am so out of shape, but if you do the math, that means I'm only working out about 2-3 times a week. That's absolutely nothing, but it's making all the difference in my mood and energy level throughout the day! 30 minutes, 2-3 times a week and 2 weeks later I've ran 7.08 miles and burned over 8 donuts! I don't know about you, but I'm proud of that. It's a start and I have to be excited about every little accomplishment. I gained quite a bit of weight this summer. The most I've ever weighed was 116lbs. This summer I maxed 131. I currently weigh  127. I'm not counting calories, but I'm making better nutritional decisions. If I'm hungry, I eat. Guys, when it comes to exercise, I'm a lazy bum! However, I've made goal that's very important to me. Brad and I have made the decision and have spoken with our families about our plans to have children sooner rather than later. I've promised myself that I'm going to get healthy again and return to 116lbs before thinking about becoming pregnant. This is more a promise to our future baby than for myself though. The moment a child is even considered, it's not about me at all, but about what's best for them. For a baby to be healthy, I need to be healthy and make living a healthy lifestyle a habit. So, that's the plan! I'd like to occasionally update my progress on here for the simple fact that it makes it more tangible and I'm less likely to quit if I tell a bunch of people about it. Hopefully this works!

  

To All Dog Lovers

We have recently acquired yet another four-legged family member. His name is Benjamin and he is a white German shepherd. He is still recovering from being homeless in the heat this summer and we are still trying to get him to gain some weight. He's  doing a lot better, and obviously feels better, but he still has a lot of growing to do! This makes number 3 for us and we love them all like our own children (children that we don't have yet). Here's this in honor of Ben!

College Life and the Statistics

Through out the past year, I've done a lot of self-exploration and maturing (yes, things that I should have done before getting married, but I was blessed to have married a man who stood next to me through all of my wonderings of who I really am and how I'm going to chose to live my life). In the midst of everything I discovered what I already knew. I realized that I have a few life experiences that not a lot of adults my age have gone through and that I can really relate to people who have gone through similar things. Then, as I became more open with my struggles with anxiety and depression in hopes to be a positive role model, I found that the majority of the people I know are working through the same battle. We may have had different experiences that brought us to this point, but most of my peers relate to my situation. The more vocal I became, the more open and confident others were becoming as well. From here I decided that it would be selfish of me to not step up and be a voice to show how common anxiety and depression are, specifically with college students, since I am one and therefore relate very well to that population. None of us are alone in this, and though I've pulled myself up by the bootstraps with the help my husband, therapist, family, friends, and medication, I still have occasional days that can be very discouraging. However, I'm choosing to be open with it because it helps me and helps others.

Here's a graph that I found interesting: