What this blog is about...

Since turning 30, I am bound and determined to take better care of my health. I am at the highest weight I’ve ever been (not including what I weighed during pregnancy – thank God because I carried triplets!). My overall cholesterol is too high, my LDL is too high, my HDL is too low, my triglycerides are too high, I’m considered “obese” according to my BMI. My knees hurt, my back hurts, my feet hurt. And I’m only 30! Having triplets and working full-time doesn’t leave me with much time for anything else. By the time I pick up the girls and get home, it’s 6:00pm. I am supposed to fit in fixing dinner, eating dinner, cleaning up dinner, and getting 3 little girls ready for bed (which in itself is no quick and easy task), and do all of this in enough time to get the girls in bed at a decent time. Phew! Now, don’t get me wrong, I have a wonderful husband who is a devoted father daddy that helps with the bedtime routine, so I don’t do this all alone. He also helps in cleaning up the kitchen too! The point I’m getting at, however, is that due to time constraints, we tend to lean more toward convenience foods, which unfortunately means heavily processed foods. I could probably count on one hand the number of FRESH fruits and vegetables I’ve had in a week. And if I were missing a few fingers, that wouldn’t make a difference.

Since turning 30, I decided to make a real change. I’ve always thought about it, but never did it. I guess part of me didn’t want to. When you’re used to eating unhealthy, you become used to it and have the mindset of healthy=tastes bad. I could even turn healthy recipes into non-healthy recipes real quick. I didn’t even give the healthy recipe a shot! I just assumed it would need extra cheese, or salt, or sugar, etc. I decided to head to my doctor, get my blood drawn so I could be faced with the ugly numbers, and then make that change. I need to do this for my girls. They need a healthy role model to show them how to eat healthy. I need to do this for my husband. I want to be a “hot wife” that he can be proud to call his. I need to do this for myself. I have put my health on the back burner for so long.

I wanted to start this blog for 3 major reasons:

1.     I hope that it will be encouraging for others that want to make a health change. Believe me when I say: If I can do it, anyone can! I mean that.

2.     I want this blog to hold me accountable. If I am updating everyone on what I am doing with my health, I definitely want to write something I am proud of.

3.     I want this blog to be a reference. I plan on documenting my juices and what I eat and how I feel and weight loss, and eventually better blood work results!

I hope you enjoy reading this blog as much as I enjoy sharing this information. If I can inspire just 1 person, this will all be worth it.