Intro

.LIFE.

I am a woman who has a lot of thoughts and feelings about life. I am a wife and a mother of 2. I tend to make life complicated at times. If you saw me off the street you might think that I am a pretty normal, healthy person. To tell you the truth, my body is a mess. It all started when I was diagnosed with cancer about 4 years ago. After being treated and pronounced cancer free. I thought I would be in the clear and not have to worry about my health that much. Reality check, once you have cancer you will forever be paranoid about your health. Since then I have had a few scares of cancer potentially coming back, surgeries, found out that I have an autoimmune disease (CVID) which I have to get infusions for once a month and might possibly have to deal with the rest of my life. When I was pregnant with my 2nd my platelets kept dropping super low (ITP). This made me a huge bleeding risk, to where I was in and out of the hospital. They put me on Prednisone to help manage it, I have blood draws almost every week. I am hoping that this next week I will be completely off of the Prednisone. Keep your fingers crossed for me! I also just found out that my immune system might be attacking my liver. So potentially I might have to see a liver specialist and have a bunch a tests done in the future to get that situation figured out. I am sure that that wont be the last health issue I deal with. It seems like there is always one thing after another with my health. Despite all these things. I am thankful to have my two daughters and a wonderful husband by my side. There is so much in my life to be happy about.

.HEALTHY.

I am a true believer that the food we eat has such a huge impact on our bodies. More than we realize. I have had my ups and downs with healthy eating. In general I feel that I am a pretty health conscious person, but there is always room to improve. Which brings me to my next healthy eating adventure. I have decided to take on the Whole30/Paleo diet. With all the health issues I have, I am hoping this will help improve my overall health.

.SIMPLE.

I don't know about all of you, but I need more simplicity in my life. Since I spend most of my time in the kitchen, I enjoy preparing food that is simple and easy. Since I am starting Whole30. I am going to be sharing what I am currently doing to prepare for Whole30. I also will be sharing simple meals and recipes while I am going through Whole30. Also, if people are interested and I get enough feed back, I am willing to share my work outs that I do to help me keep in shape. 

.HAPPY.

Everyone wants to be happy! I believe that part of your own happiness comes from being healthy. Everyone has their own struggles with health, but I hope I can help in some small way to encourage a more healthy living.