Hola!
It's been so long that I couldn't even Google my own blog! Apparently, in the years I've been away, there have been all sorts of Fit-Something blogs created. Well, I'm happy to say that I'm the "Original" Fitwife and I'm back! Although, truth be told, I thought a name change might be in order. Perhaps "Fluffywife"? Or Midlifewifelife"? I'll have to think on that.
So, what's changed since my last sad sack blog post in 2014? Shortly after that, we made a life altering decision to move to Bend, Or! Apparently 2014 really was a life-defining year full of soul searching, reliving old wounds and then...running away from them. Ha! I continued to struggle a bit after the move, of course. It was a HUGE change and disruption to our lives. My heart broke leaving my son behind and the friends and the life we knew and loved, but it was time. The doctor told me last November when I sat in her exam room, crying for an hour and dumping all of my life's woes on her (and it was just a basic well check up), to give it two years, AT LEAST, before I could expect to feel normal again...like I'm actually home. She was right. It's been just over two years (and 20 pounds, yikes!) but I'm settled. I'm happy. I have amazing friends. I can drive in snow. Rob, Maddie, Raider and I all love the Bend Life! I'm ready to get healthy again and blog obnoxiously about it! Yay!
Sooooo....I'm a vegetarian now. Why? Well...mostly for health reasons. Remember that well check visit I mentioned above? Despite leaving a quarter of my weight in tears on the exam table, it was still too high, and so was my blood pressure. I barely escaped 'the pharmaceuticals'. I told her I'd take care of it. I have a family history of heart disease and obesity on my dad's side. I'm almost 50 and just don't want to go out like that. I also need a new WOE (I learned this means "Way of Eating" after being perplexed, thinking there was a new diet I hadn't tried) in order to kick start my new, healthy lifestyle. So, I binge watched a ton of documentaries to get me psyched. I thought about going full Vegan, but after blowing a paycheck on everything "fake dairy", I failed after just one morning of "better half" creamer in my coffee. It's not better. At all. So eggs and dairy are back on until further notice. Oh...and also...wild game. I have too many friends who hunt and fish (and share their delicious bounty at dinner parties, ranch gatherings, etc!) and I have zero problems with killing your own food, I just don't know how. An elk will feed an entire family for a year, is a much cleaner/leaner meat, had a good life and a quick death at the hands of someone who is a lot closer to, and more respectful of the animal than most people shopping for meat in grocery stores (I shake my head at people who hate hunting but eat grocery store meat, I just don't get it).
I also joined a secret sisterhood of a few like minded women. We will be holding each other accountable, tracking our progress together, encouraging each other and sweating together!
I'll blog once per week about it. You're welcome!
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