When You Give Your Love Away

Okay.... so this is something that is occupying my mind nonstop these days. I need to lose weight. After my clothes fitting snugger and snugger, I finally stepped on the scale last week and I seriously burst into tears. I weigh the most I ever have in my life. This really shouldn't be shocking to me....but still, it was. And what upset me even more was seeing how much weight I have gained in the past six months! I'm just not in a good place at all and I decided I have to take some serious control. Let me go over a little recap of what life has looked like for me and weight. Basically, I never had issues with my weight until I hit my late 20s. Oh sure--like most girls I always thought I needed to lose a few pounds and I definitely was never super skinny like some of my friends. However, I was always an active and involved individual who could hold her own. My weight had never hindered me in life. I didn't think it was causing me issues or prohibiting me from d...

If you're here, it is because I invited you to come to this space. You likely already know I like to write. And, let's be honest, you probably know many other things about me. I tend to be an open book in many aspects. However, for as open as I often am with people, there are many, many things I DO keep inside. I have used writing as a form of expressing what's going on in my head since I was young. My sister gifted me a journal around the age of 8 and I faithfully wrote in it. I continued to use journals through my college years and then, in 2008, I began to explore the world of blogging. I was single for the first time in a long time and while many of my friends were settling down and starting families, I was back at square one. I was searching for employment, trying to process my break-up, and looking to find my spot in the world. Blogging was all the rage and I decided to dip my toe in. I truly enjoyed sharing my day to day life with the world, but eventually I decided ...