It's All Happening

It seems I am not keeping up with this blog as much as I want. Every time I sit down to write it seems like a whole life has passed.

I am not going to go into details over what has happened in the last year and a half, because a CRAP TON of stuff has happened.

My baby turned 1....and then she turned 2.  And since then she has grown into a wild, smart, precious little toddler whose favorite things to do is TALK, read books, collect stuffed animals and give them all kisses. She is an animal LOVER.  She has some other amazing qualities- but that would take up this entire blog post- and while she really is my favorite subject to talk about I have other things to say too.


I went back to school, started reading regularly, lost weight, and am gaining a new sense of self.

On September 19th 2017 I started a new way of eating. I stopped eating SUGAR and I stopped eating GRAINS....and guess what? It has worked! I found something that has worked for ME. I am down approx. 50 pounds and I feel great. I am not one of those people that is going to tell you that carbs are the devil, don't eat this or don't eat that. I just want to share what has worked for me. Maybe it will help you too?

#NSNG (no sugar, no grains) has helped me and my relationship with food. Do I still have cravings for sugary foods? Yep! Do I give in? Sometimes. I have learned to keep treats as treats. I regularly feed my body what it needs. I have become pretty passionate about this lifestyle and I am going to share lots and lots about it.

Here are some *BEFORE* photos. These were taken probably about a month before I started NSNG. At my highest weight, feeling pretty terrible about myself. Every picture that was taken of me, I cringed at. I hated buying new clothes but I hated trying to squeeze in my old ones even worse. I want to say I was happy though, my day to day life it was still pretty great. We ordered pizza at least once a week, take out Chinese food and frozen yogurt at least once a week and other high fat/high sugar/carb meals. We were just fine...until we weren't. One day we just decided to change the way we eat...meat and vegeatables (and cheese for me!). And poof. Everything changed. 

 Here are some *DURING* photos (because my journey is not over!). I feel so good in my body, I feel so good being an active parent to my little one. I feel so happy and confident that when we're ready for a brother or sister for Abigail I will have a healthy pregnancy because I am healthy. This is the way I eat now, and I am so happy about this. I have a few goals that I want to hit before my one year NSNG anniversary in September. Like I said, I will be diving deep into all of this in this blog, just not in this post. I just want to put it out there that it IS possible! You just have to make it, your goals and YOURSELF a priority.