Back to the Roots

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Hey guys! I have finally decided to start a blog. Since its a new year I thought what better time to share my love for health and wellness with all of you! I have wanted to start one for a while but like many of us have put it off due to my busy mom life! I wanted to share a little bit about me and why I wanted to start a blog. I’m originally from Houston,Tx but currently live in DFW. I played competitive soccer growing up and was involved in pretty much any other sport you could imagine. Nutrition, in my younger years was never of great importance to me. Like most kids I ate whatever I wanted. My sweet momma would always make delicious meals, that she thought were pretty healthy and she did her best (love you mom)! But at that point in my life my body didn’t show the negative side affects from poor food choices. I still had energy, I was thin, and never really saw food negatively affecting my lifestyle in any kind of a way. I was also very active which always helps. So of course I never put any importance on what I was eating. Our bodies almost mask these negative affects when we are younger because our bodies are fresher, newer. But wear and tear will eventually creep up on you. These habits would eventually come back to haunt me. After high school I went off to college at Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, TX. Shortly into my freshman year the lbs. started to come on. I went from being super active everyday to never working out, eating horribly, not getting enough sleep, and drinking more than usual. By my Junior year of college I had gained a total of 30lbs. Halfway through my junior year of college I found out (unexpectedly) that I was pregnant. This was a shock to me and my boyfriend at the time (he is now my husband). When I found out of my un planned pregnancy I went into severe depression. Most people who know me would never believe this because I am always smiling and overly happy. But i was in a very dark place. I re-found Jesus through that dark time and my whole life changed. I was beyond blessed with my gorgeous baby girl in September of 2012 and got engaged to my “baby daddy” and best friend that next month of October 2012. The day I had Ella I was 210 lbs. I had gained so much weight because I was depressed eating. Eating had become my comfort through that time. I did lose the expected amount of weight post baby but after that initial weight loss I was stuck. I was still about 50 lbs. overweight. I was lazy, tired, had horrible headaches, and was just plain miserable. I would look at myself in the mirror and cry (yes, actual tears). It wasn’t just about the way that I looked either it was about the way I felt. I knew that this was not the way God wanted me to feel about myself. So I made a change. I worked my butt off in the gym, ate healthy 90% of the time and i STUCK WITH IT! I saw the amazing benefits of eating healthy and working out and I was addicted. By my wedding date, November 2,2013 (about a year and 2 months after I had my first born) I had lost a total of 60lbs.

My husband was always super supportive and also wanted to be healthy and gain muscle. At that time he was a bank teller trying to make ends meet with his new young family. But through that time he studied and learned about health and fitness and began to see his own knowledge applied. He was always thin but he gained almost 20 lbs of muscle. We were in it together. The person you are with the most influences you the most. My husband found his passion and became a personal trainer shortly after we were married in early 2014. We both began to learn more about the health and fitness world, by going to conferences, reading books, reading articles, and watching videos of experts in this field. Shortly after the birth of my second gorgeous baby girl I felt called to change peoples lives through health and fitness as well. I became a certified personal trainer and a cycle instructor. Shortly after that I switched to a vegan lifestyle, no dairy, no meat. I have never felt more amazing in my life and I want to share all of my yummy recipes with you. My husband has now opened his own gym in grapevine, Tx and I am now currently pursuing my BS in food & nutrition which will lead me to become an RD (registered dietician). I could not be more excited that God has led us on this path! My goal is to change peoples lives for the better and help them reach their goals in health and in life, because life is better when your healthy. I hope this blog helps everyone look at life as a gift and a gift should be enjoyed. I remember praying/ thinking one night, “I want to be as close to the creation that God intended me to be.” I meant that physically and spiritually. I want to be the best me that I can be! Good news is, is that it is never too late to reverse your health and there is no better time than NOW! I hope that you all can learn, enjoy and get inspired by my blog! HERE IS TO A NEW YOU IN 2017!!!

“The food you eat can be either the safest & most powerful form of medicine or the slowest form of poison” -Ann Wigmore

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