Simple.

If you didn't know by now I'm only who I've always been.

Be it sensitive, moody, goofy, smart, kind, loving, angry, mean or WHATEVER.

I am just me.

I've noticed as I've been on my health journey I've been getting a lot of feedback. Most of it is from my own mouth. SOME from others. Not all encouraging either.

I am considered short. I agree with that. With it being said my body isn't meant to carry so much weight regarding my height. Thus making me unhealthy. I want to change that. ASAP.

I come from a family of not so great health. I've put my body through a lot and I am paying for it. I was very uneducated as far as taking care of me goes. I just went with the flow. Ate what everybody else ate. Cool with a tight metabolism. Now that it's slowing down I need to get my act together. I need to get healthy.

Now I'll get snickers from my mom or sister when I tell them I count my calories. Or my mother will make jokes about my serving sizes. & I smile on the outside but it's a dagger much unappreciated. I want that support. I don't want to seem crazy for taking a step towards being a better me. The truth of the matter is I have to look to me for it. Surprisingly I've been doing more good than bad all on my own. Contrary to my past beliefs that is ENOUGH.

There hasn't been many women who've seen their 6oth birthday in my family. If you do you're very lucky. I want to see it and smile. Then I want to pass it.

There's a lot of weight issues in my family as well. Most of it is obesity. Diabetes runs strong here as well. It's scary. I am grateful to have woken up to it and now I'm helping myself. Hopefully I'm inspiring people as well. Maybe when they see that I am doing it and getting results then they'll follow suite.

Since I've changed my eating habits my body feels different. Even the little step of me eating breakfast every morning and taking my multivitamins has given me more energy. I now see that when I count my calories I have so much more room for healthier substitutes. It makes all the difference in the world. I thank the skies for the day that I stepped on that scale. Seeing that 180 made me do a 360. I currently stand at 176.5 and I am making progress. Silly me for not stretching before my high intense cardio I messed up my calves and had to lay elevated for a few days. Pure torture but I learned a good lesson while paying for it.

Thanks goes to my babeth for telling me I should've stretched first lol Also to my mom & Dams who told me 2nd & 3rd lol

Now I can kick myself for not doing all of this health related stuff sooner but like my ace said "You're doing it now. That's all that matters" :)

I look forwards to more time with my family. Doing the things I love. I really look forward to my future family. Husband. Kids. Pets. ETC. lol I do this for them. No longer will I selfishly stuff my face with food that could end up doing more harm than good.

I've had a change of heart. I hope you're proud of me grammy.

Okay then :)

-Ash

P.S. I'll have some great happy happy news coming up in about 4 weeks. Stay tuned :D!