something new...

today is a big day for me... while i've embarked on many journeys in my life: the one journey i've neglected is one aimed entirely at myself, physically.

during the years i've allowed stress, a poor vegetarian diet and a sedentary job to allow me to lose track of good health. this year i turned 30. i didnt think it would affect me this much... however, i recently stepped on the scale. i realized that i've shed the teen body i had and my tattoos have been the only thing i've "given" my body in a long time.

now this comes as no surprise: i was a very skinny child, but a terrible thyroid condition put me as a late teen, into the downward spiral of weight gain. it happened fast and has never been controlled.

that coupled with my love for a nice tall beer, or a black bean burger with fries at the bar up the street, has left me tipping the scales higher than i'd prefer.

so while i intended to create a new blog documenting my artistic endeavors (worry not, i still will!), some of my mission here is to follow my first journey of myself.

a new diet plan has been written, a gym membership obtained, and a naggy voice added to the back of my head that reminds me that while my usual 10pm scoop of chocolate ice cream sounds amazing: for now at least, it will need to stay in the freezer for safe keeping.

so tonight, after work, i go for my first workout at the gym. while i'm not excited to jump around, and move in front of complete strangers, i am excited to wear shorts for the first time in years when warm weather hits. and i'm excited to have folks tell me that i'm sexy or attractive and not that i'm "big", "curvy" or "have a pretty face". more than anything: i want to soon become a mother: and do so in a healthy fashion and bounce back after so i can chase a little one around.

so here goes nothing! let's see where this takes me, eh?