Health
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Breaking the Cycle
I have two disclaimers to this post: I’ve been reflecting a lot on how I see my body, especially since becoming a mom. One of my biggest goals is to stop the cycle of self-criticism—both for myself and for my daughter. I refuse to let her grow up feeling the way I did. I don’t Continue reading
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Chasing Goals
Big news arrived yesterday: my insurance will cover Zepbound until June of next year. After that, the coverage ends. With a clear timeline, it’s time to set a solid goal and push myself harder than ever. I’ve decided I want to lose a minimum of 2 pounds a week. That adds up to 64 pounds Continue reading
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My Journey Thus Far
A path towards a healthier Me After battling postpartum obesity for over two years and trying different diets, I was ready to give up. I had resigned myself to a body I hated. I forced a smile on my face when looking at photographs of myself so that I wouldn’t pass on my struggles with Continue reading
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Damned Epiphany
I think my kid is having anxiety attacks and it breaks my fucking heart. Tonight she was throwing a full on tantrum. She wanted to watch her show but every time I turned it on, she’d start screaming. So I would turn it off. She’d start screaming more. We continued in this fashion for about Continue reading
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Always Learning
My daughter and I had a rough night last night. We’ve hit a sleep regression. The first real regression she’s ever had. She has always been an easy sleeper. She never needed us to stay in the room. She was always good at self soothing. It’s really been quite easy with few random night exceptions. Continue reading
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Daily Prompt 13
What time do you go to bed and wake up currently? On workdays I go to bed at 7am and wake up at 10:30am, if I’m lucky. On days off, it’s a random mess as I’m trying to catch up on lost sleep. I will either struggle with the transition and continue to get 4 Continue reading
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Daily Prompt 11
What could you let go of, for the sake of harmony? Personal harmony? My anxiety. I can remember having panic attacks as early as three years old. It was my sister‘s hula hoop that set me off. Hiding under my blanket, wishing for the noise of the marble in the tube to stop. At the Continue reading
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Him
I miss my dog so much. It’s just over a month since he’s been gone. I’m laying in bed wishing he was here. It just hurts so much. Continue reading
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Constant Anxiety
I am struggling. I find my teeth are hurting from constant grinding. When I am not grinding them, I’m holding my jaw so tight while concentrating on not allowing my teeth to touch each other, that it’s starting to make my jaw hurt. I just finished day 5 at work. That may not seem like Continue reading
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Daily Prompt 8
Well isn’t this a slap in the face? I was going to literally just write about this. The entire reason I started my blog was an attempt to keep track of my journey to find myself again. As I started to commit to more and more people (my work, my husband and eventually my kid Continue reading
Ash Thoreau 