DayDreaming Diva

For a while now I have been wanting to publicly share my fitness journey but felt uncomfortable with putting it on Facebook. Now that I have a blog, I think it is the perfect time and place to share! I am so passionate about healthy eating and exercising and I tell people every chance I get everything I have learned on this journey. I have tried to make this as brief as possible but there is so much that I feel is important about my journey... Check out those scrawny legs! As a young girl I was always very skinny and taller than everyone else in my class. I was such a picky eater when I was little and my brother and I were always active. Sometime in my middle school days I stopped growing. Seriously, if I wanted to I could wear a girl's XL, I'm often tempted to buy girl's clothing because they have THE cutest stuff and it is so much cheaper than adult clothing! Anyway... I stopped growing but my appetite didn't! I ate all. of. the. time. I would eat breakfast- ...

Yes I know my face is red... I have Rosacea. Now, why is that so hard to say? It's not but for some reason when someone makes this comment I don't know how to respond. I don't mind telling people that I have Rosacea, it's not a secret. I guess it's just weird for me because I feel like I'm telling people that I have this debilitating disease but really my face is just...red.   I started noticing that my cheeks were really red and bumpy during my Freshmen year of college. The bumps were not like acne bumps, they were very little red bumps. very little makeup in this picture, definitely no blush I really didn't take very many pictures without makeup on because my face was so red and I was self conscious about it. I wish I had more to share so you could really see the change but I don't. My skin is very sensitive, I should wear sunscreen anytime any part of my body is exposed to the sun. I have always had issues with my skin breaking out ...

This is one of the easiest, healthiest, and most delicious ways to prepare breakfast!   I love to eat a good breakfast, it is the most important meal of the day, but sometimes I just do not feel like preparing it. So, I'll grab a bowl of cereal. Not the worst option but also not the best and my stomach is usually growling by the time I get to school... Making these breakfast muffins helps me get protein and veggies in the morning and I'll usually eat some fruit with it... Perfect breakfast! I used half an onion about 2 cups(ish) of chopped broccoli and about a cup and a half of spinach and 8 eggs. I didn't use exact measurements so I'm totally guessing. I warmed the veggies up in a pan (just enough to make sure they were cooked thoroughly before putting them in the oven), whisked the eggs, then poured the mixture into a muffin tin.  And...... Viola!!

School is stressful, relationships are stressful, work is stressful...life is stressful. I have typically not been very good at coping with stress. When I get stressed, I tend to push my feelings and emotions aside in order to get things accomplished. This causes my emotions to build up inside until they explode at very inconvenient times. In a way this can be a good thing, the fact that I am able to avoid thinking about certain things and avoid reacting  emotionally as some people would. However, like I said, I tend to push the emotions away and then deal with them at inappropriate times or take them out on people that are not deserving. Typically when I am overwhelmed I will eat. I don’t know why but when something is bothering me I feel like I have to have food in my mouth. I also have a tendency to go shopping and spend money on things I don’t necessarily need. I used to do this all of the time. If I had a stressful day at work I would swing by Target and just go crazy. T...