Undeniably Me.

Everyone is forever growing and learning. Though I constantly tell my 6 year old nephew, "I know everything!", that couldn't be further from the truth. I just don't. Many people don't even know themselves fully. GUILTY! What I do know is that, these days, I am absolutely dedicated to making myself a priority in my life. That doesn't mean I'm buying myself all the things or being at all materialistic. What I mean is that I am making sure to take even at least 10 minutes out of every day to focus on myself. Sometimes that includes listening to an audiobook to grow and improve mental health and mindset. Sometimes that includes indulging in skin care routines or a warm bath. Most often for me it consists of getting in my workout for the day! So much benefits come from moving your body every day! & not just physically, but mentally as well. I know for myself it is often therapeutic. It's basically an outlet where you can push the crap out of yourself an...

  I refuse to give up on my journey; on myself. Despite what obstacles I run into I am determined to stay committed to making myself and my health a priority. So far, that has included the pains of plantar fasciitis. If any of you have ever had it or knows someone that has it, then you knoooww what I'm talkin about! For me, it started off with a little bit of pain walking around barefoot. & I'm always one that if it doesn't seem that serious then I'll just wait it out and wait for whatever the issue is to sort itself out. Buuuuut it didn't sort it self out this time. It actually got worse. So I went and did research on what could help; and obviously went to Amazon for all the reviews left on different products in order to find THE BEST. I ordered some compression foot sleeves. That was the first thing I tried that helped! Here they are if you would like to check them out! Click the photo/link below if you're interested in ordering! I also wanted some sort of...

Okay, so I'm not gonna lie. I have been down this road before. Trying these workouts and starting out with boundless motivation. When I first started in 2017, though, I was basically on my own. Does anyone else have family that isn't the most supportive in changes that you're making in your life?! Or is that just me. Don't get me wrong, they're not like constantly putting me down, it's just not the uplifting pep-talks or hype that you see in so many health/fitness pages.       I restarted my health & fitness journey this year a little after getting weighed at a doctor visit. The number on the scale that day will forever be imprinted on my brain. I was at the heaviest I had EVER been in my entire life. & just to give you the complete realness here because I'm obviously not an instagram model or like those fitness models you see; I topped the scales at 214 lbs. Look, I knew the entire time when I was not eating healthy or moving my body that I had been...

    Alright, so I wanted to start off by apologizing for this long post/rant, but I wanted to share some REAL TALK here! I won’t even lie try to lie, I had been putting myself on the back burner. I completely stopped focusing on my health & fitness. I picked up all those bad habits that I had dropped. I went right back into the yoyo dieting routine. Only this time, I went up to the heaviest I've ever been. I'm pretty sure so many of you have gone or are going through that yoyo dieting journey. That rollercoaster ride where you stick to your goals for a while & see such awesome results and then hit a bump in the road and fall right back into eating ALL the junk and/or skipping ALL the workouts. Honestly, the reasoning for the fluctuation is different for everyone. This time, for me, it started with family health issues; then it was my own health issues. However, when my mom recovered from her stroke and my back issues healed it really just came down to me just giv...