What's Bob Gonna Do, Now That He Can't Drink?

It has taken me over a month to get the nerve to write and post this blog, because it is so revealing and personal. I know that someone needs to read this though, so I am baring my soul here. Please be kind. Growing up I was a normal sized child. I was active, but not athletic. I was the same size as all my friends until…puberty. Then my life became shrouded in self consciousness. We all know puberty is a big deal. The problem was I started going though it in the fifth grade. From then on I thought I was fat and was even told that I was fat. I was curvier than my friends and many of the other girls in school. I could never wear anything I wanted. People saw this as a license to say terrible things to me. In the fourth grade I was riding my skateboard in front of our apartment and fell on the sidewalk. My sister’s friend starting singing, “I feel the earth move under my feet.” I was mortified and went in the house. In Jr. High I hated P.E. I hated dressing out in front of all the ...

Hello Everyone! It has been a while since my last post and I had meant to post again a few weeks ago. Life has gotten a little crazy. All this healthcare and Obama Care/ Affordable Health Care Act rhetoric has gotten me thinking about this journey that I have been on. Health care is so expensive and I don’t see it getting any cheaper any time soon. I don’t know about you guys, but my goal is to stay healthy and not need to be on medications etc. One way to avoid that is to eat healthy and exercise. After all the best medicine is the food we eat and in the United States, we have been slowly killing ourselves with the foods we put in our bodies. Don’t we all just want to feel good and be healthy? I am currently trying to give up Diet Coke once and for all. No more caramel color and chemicals for me! If you have questions about what these things are, read my post from about a year ago. I can’t believe I let that stuff creep back into my life and my body. This is going to be ver...