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Hiking

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I actually woke up at 6:30 this morning go me! This is a feat in itself for this gal, I am not a morning person but I was definitely rewarded with my early morning rise. I took the opportunity today to go hiking because it has become a fast love for me. I go out into the woods and just walk with a pack on my back. The sound of the woods and my feet hitting the ground are the most natural sounds in the world, all worries and stresses are pushed aside and I just walk. Up a hill, up a mountain, down the hill and down the mountain I just go on and on. I wish I could do more than just a few hours I really love this workout. I’ve lost a total of 5 inches in the last month, 3 from my waist and 2 from my hips. I’m quite excited about this new adventure and this new body that’s forming. I’m not nearly ready for longer than a few hours of a hike which is about 2 miles or so but that’s ok I will get there. At some point I’d like to start doing weekend hikes. I’m actually working my way to t...

PCOS and what it means for Me

I think I’m going to have two blog posts today just because each thing I want to talk about are totally different from each other and I don’t want the post to be excessively long so the first post will be about my diagnosis of PCOS. I felt alone, I felt like less of a woman and I went into a depression that took awhile for me to get out of. This post is serious but I hope that if there are those of you out there feeling the same way you can get some good information from my experience. As I stated previously I was diagnosed with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS). It has taken me quite some time to really understand and get through this diagnosis because some part of me always said I had it but I never wanted the doctor to tell me. PCOS is still a fairly new diagnosis as far as disorders go but it is a very common one. 1 in 8 women have PCOS. Basically what happens is that your ovaries produce too much testosterone therefore they don’t ovulate or let go of the egg. This leads...