Fighting the urge!

I had a wonderful Pure Barre class this morning! I think I mentioned that I teach for Pure Barre in my first post. Man do I love the clients, the energy, and the work out! I love to inspire women to take an hour that is dedicated to just them. Pure Barre inspired me to stop my yo-yo of unhappiness! I started Pure Barre teacher training in June 2012. I have loved what it has provided me. I want to work hard on beating my eating disorder demons and being a healthy person. Why is it so hard to do?

I will not turn to my old habits of not eating more than 300 calorie a day and then bingeing for two days with the idea that “tomorrow I will wake up fix myself some egg whites.”  I will learn what super foods are and what food I need to actually get on the path to being my goal, a skinny healthy girl. I want to document my every day progress because this is not uncommon.  Even though I am not technically “over-weight” I think that a lot of woman can relate to this daily struggle of wanting to be healthy, but not understanding how to get there with foods. They do say it is 80% what you eat, 20% what you do!

Sorry if this post is a bit raw, I am trying to be honest with myself (and the whole world) about how important a healthy mind frame is for a healthy body. I think I am going to participate in What I ate Wednesdays (WIAW) I love to read other posts and maybe it will help me with my food tracking too? 

Update on No Excuses! : )

Guess what? I did it, I did it! Thank you for the small victory! It may seem silly that I am this excited for working out and grocery shopping but we all start somewhere, right? As I write more and share more about myself, I will touch on why I have such a hard time with grocery shopping and sticking to working out. Damn body imagine issues!

Any who, I did it and I feel GREAT! I am thankful for this blog and for other wonderful bloggers who inspired me to do this today and to start this blog!

Can you tell I am happy! Ok, it is an old pic, I look sweaty and gross but this is how happy I feel!

No Excuses and Excited about that!

Guess what? I have been sick, Guess what else? NO EXCUSE! So, I have decide that I am going to take a Pure Barre Boca class at 6:35 and then go grocery shopping for:

1.     Whole Grain English Muffins

2.     Organic Eggs

3.     Cheese

4.     Chicken Breast

5.     Apples

6.     Bananas

7.     Blueberries

8.     Peanut Butter (not ready for fancy nut butters, let me start slow!)

9.     Packaged Salads for lunch (again see parentheses above about “packaged salads”)

10. Cucumbers

11. Broccoli

12. Hummus

13. Lemons

I am notorious for not eating breakfast. I drink way too much caffeine and then I starve until lunch. At which point I overeat and then feel guilty. I believe this is something all too common with women.  I will check in after my class and trip to the grocery store! Wish me luck!  

Day 1...the first step!

Hello blogging world! Although I am not new to blogging, I am very new to nutrition! I am a little ashamed to say, I have ZERO knowledge about:

1. Good carbs vs. bad carbs

 2. How much protein is healthy?

 3. “Super food?”

 4.  How are harmful are processed foods?

(My best friends and I at a 5k Miami Children's race, September 2012.) 

There are so many inspiring, knowledgeable, and lovely ladies in the fitness and health blogging community and I am excited to not only share my story but learn all about nutrition! I am sure that is going to be a bit of a struggle as I am a self-proclaimed “skinny-fat girl!” I do teach group fitness at Pure Barre an amazing barre based work-out! I enjoy working out, but I know I need to do it much more! I am hoping this blog will not only inspire me to share more about my weight struggles but push me to be the best person I can be!

I will be checking in daily and writing about my honest experience with my start in the nutrition/fitness world! I will also share my past history with food. I can’t wait to learn more about others and really open up about my struggles with food!