My Not So Perfect Life

 It has been a while since I have posted on here, and the world has changed somewhat since then. Without going into too much detail, I have had a series of not-so-great events which has led to me gaining about 90lbs.  It is not an ideal situation, but things have finally calmed down, and I am now in a place where I can do something about it. I will be writing this blog primarily as a way to keep myself accountable as I try to shed the weight and make myself healthy.  I will be trying to check in at least once a week to share my progress, along with any challenges that I am facing along the way.  I have already been eating better for about a month, and so far I have managed to lose a total of 10 lbs. Hopefully, with a little support I will be able to shed the remaining 90 lbs over the course of the next year. 

I have been feeling rather stressed with everything that has been going on over the last few days. I always have a busy life so it is not the fact that I have a lot of things that need doing which is getting to me. It is the stress, things have changed so much recently and I have been letting it effect me more than is healthy.  Today I had a day off, normally I try to make sure that my days off are spent as productively as possible so that I can get things done and feel as though I have made the most of me time. However today was different, I needed to take the time for myself to relax and unwind. As a result I hardly got anything done, I relaxed and spent time with my dog and my partner.  Now I am feeling much better. I have spent the last few weeks unable to concentrate on things and being very unproductive but taking a bit of time away where I didn't stress myself out about how productive I was being has made m...