mindishr

O-high-Yo

I am who I am...what are the words to describe me? Well I guess I could say read my blog and find out for yourself, but how rude would that be? You could read 100 of my blogs and still not know me. I don't even know if I know me. Sometimes I shock myself. I am in a state of constant change and yet I am still the same me that I've always been.

I could run down the list of categories that I fit in and labels that I wear if that's what interests you. I am 35. I am (mostly) happily married. I am a mom to a beautiful little genius girl whom I love with every fiber of my being. I am morbidly obese. I am usually a redhead. I am an all American mutt who is just a little more Irish than anything else. I am the youngest child in a blended family. I am just a few credits shy of a Bachelors degree in Psychology that I have been working towards off and on for the last 15 years. I am a reader, a writer, and a dreamer. I am a wannabe philosopher. I am a lover AND a fighter. I am a scrapbooker and a scifi nerd. I am a good friend and a great cook. I am an animal lover who falls quickly in love with most any animal I meet. I am a lover of (almost) all things musical. I am a lover of all kinds of people. I am an open book with very few blank pages. Is that enough labels for you?

I am in the process of trying to reverse 35 years of bad habits. I'm trying to learn to live my life healthy. I have weight issues and health issues and pain issues that I am trying to learn to manage. Some days are better than others. I have to lose more weight than most people will ever weigh in their lives. I also have to work around pain issues and illnesses, stress and fatigue and a lack of financial stability. Sometimes I feel like I have a lot of emotional support. Some days I feel so alone. There are even days where I feel like I am fighting against resistance to me getting healthy. Still I have to keep going. I am not doing this to win a contest. I am not on a diet to lose a few pounds. I am making a lifetime change to get healthy and stay healthy for the rest of my life. It is a physical, mental, and emotional journey that takes everything I have. Sometimes it is fun and rewarding. Sometimes its just hard and painful and scary.

This blog wil be about me, my weight, my health, my family and friends, my hobbies, my experiences, my thoughts, my feelings and my opinions.I will share my good times and my struggles, my highs and lows, joys and pains, and everything in between. Yes I have an opinion about everything. Feel free to follow me, fight with me, encourage me, and share my travels. Listen up, cause Min has something to say!