I'm Back!

I'm back blogging world! I started this a while ago and did really well for about, oh, 2 weeks (if that). Well, after some time away, I have decided to get my butt back in gear! Along with my lengthy list of other health problems, I have TMJ...what does that mean you ask. That means my jaw sucks and I got the joyous opportunity to wear a mouth guard type thing for over 6 months and now I get to wear braces for almost a year! Braces....seriously....I'm 23 and now I look like I am 15. Yippee...I hope you can hear my sarcasm. 

Well, if I have to suffer through a year of having braces I might as well get my butt into action and start to loose weight. My logic to all of this, aside from wanting and needing to live a healthier lifestyle, is that if I have to suck it up and be unhappy with my smile for a year I might as well use this year to make myself better all around so that when I do get my braces off I will be skinny and happy with the brand new Kelsey! Plus the disney princess half marathon I plan on doing with my college roommate, D, is only 10 months away! 

So I am back and ready to make myself better. I have done so well for the past two weeks working out and running. I tried to work out after work, but I usually ended up coming home, walking the dog, cleaning up whatever mess he made, and then making dinner. By then I am done and ready for bed. T calls me an old lady because I would go to bed at 8:00 every night if I could. So, I reluctantly decided it would be better to get up and work out before work. Well, let me tell you, it sucks, but I manage to push through (most mornings). The 4:45 alarm blows, but I know that it is making me a better and happier person. 

I don't want to ramble on for too long with my first blog back, but I am excited to get back into things and make progress. I hope to use this blog to share what I am doing with my workouts, any new recipes I find (and attempt), my hopes to DIY my apartment this summer, and managing my RA. Maybe someday I will get the courage to share with the world, but for now I am happy to use it just for me.