Introduction

Hello and welcome to my blog! I am a 5’9” Strong women on a mission to stay fit and healthy as much as possible. I like to powerlift, swim, hike, play basketball, beach volley ball, and tennis, off road biking, belly dancing, yoga and do intense aerobic exercise. I also have a culinary degree and would love to someday be a dietitian.

Besides my fit aspirations I am an artist, makeup artist, clothing and accessory designer, and gardener. I run a youtube channel in my free time.  And I love animals and wild life.

 

I have always been a healthy and active person until I was diagnosed with bipolar type 1 in 2009. I was in a hospital for a short time in which I gained 80 lbs. 

But after years of determination I managed to lose most of the fat and became the smallest dress size I have ever been in my adult life, a size 14. So from 2010 to 2016 I went from a size 28 all the way down to a size 14 a total loss of 7 dress sizes.

 Unfortunately in 2016 I got sick again and was put on a new medication that has made me gain over 70 lbs. since December 2016. Fortunately I am only a size 24 right now but I am at my heaviest I have ever been, 320 + lbs., and struggling to lose the weight again and battling high cholesterol and triglycerides. 

 I started a Mediterranean flexitarian diet at the beginning of 2018 in an effort to shed some weight and I plan to switch to a medication that does not cause weight gain in September so that I won’t gain any more weight. 

I want to be an inspiration to people again and help other people be healthy and happy; hopefully my blog can help inspire others on their fitness journey. Also I hope I can offer some good advice and diet tips for people finding their way to fitness. Please join me on my journey.