A Healthy Fit

Hi there and thanks for stopping by my blog!

My name is Angela and I am a 28 year old event planner with a passion for exercise and healthy eating. I am a California girl who is now living on the East Coast because my husband, Jeremy (aka: the professor) is getting his PhD at Yale.

I LOVE food and I LOVE working out. I know…call me crazy, but I look forward to my 5:45AM spin classes. The first running event I ever completed was a marathon! Have I mentioned that all my friends think I’m crazy?

Currently, I am trying to become the healthiest person I can be. I struggle, like many others, to have a positive body image. Even though I love food, I don’t really have the best relationship with it. I just started seeing a therapist for my issues and although I am not comfortable posting all the nitty-gritty details here (not yet anyways), I am determined to stop criticizing myself and to once and for all get healthy!

I don’t really know why I have such a negative image of myself…my parents have always been very supportive of me and my husband tells me every day how beautiful I am. I just don’t believe it and I am finally admitting that I have a problem. I hope by admitting it, I can get past it.

I have never been extremely overweight. I was actually down right skinny in 7th grade…awkward, but skinny. I was involved in soccer and ballet when I was young and I started swimming in high school. At that time I thought that because I worked out out I could eat whatever I wanted. I would usually get home, eat a bunch of snacks, and then eat dinner…sometimes with second helpings! I use to be able to eat 8 pieces of pizza…gross! Looking back, I had a great exercise ethic, but didn’t know much about the power of food.

I put on about 10lbs my first two years of college due to an excess of drinking and eating too many late night nacho’s. Since then, I have lost about 15-20lbs and am smaller than I was in high school. Who can complain about that?!?

Bear with me as I try to kick my sugar addiction. I could eat a plate full of frosting if it was in front of me…no I am NOT kidding, I think I have a serious problem!

I have dabbled in veganism and let’s just say I never really got out of the shallow end of the pool on that one. I don’t eat any red meat, I love fish, and if I eat chicken it has to be organic and free of hormones and all that other gross stuff! I recommend reading, The China Study. It is a great book and actually changed my whole perspective on food…it totally rocked my food world.

I am very interested in nutrition and would like to take some classes at the local community college. Yeah, with all the spare time I have!! Who knows- maybe I can find a way to fit it in. If I had to go back and do it all again I would have majored in nutrition in college and become a certified fitness professional. I do LOVE my job though, it is crazy at times, but totally fits my type A-personality. Who knows…maybe someday I will finally get my spinning instructor certification!?

So why am I starting this blog and thinking that anyone will read it? I am writing and rambling for my own personal greed…I want to be healthier in body & mind, I want to inspire myself (and hopefully others ) to try new things, and I want to get a grip and find my balance with food & life!

Fun Facts About Me

• Green is my favorite color
• I love windy days.
• My favorite thing to touch is the covers of books. I just stroll around Borders stroking book covers. Does that sound weird?
• My favorite shows are Arrested Development, So You Think You Can Dance, What Not to Wear, The Soup, Lost, and my new fav is Modern Family
• The professor and I have no cable of any kind at our house
• I have the worst singing voice, but if life had handed me different cards I would have been a performer. Singing in a broadway play would be my idea of heaven. I wish my life were a musical.
• I am a budding photographer. Just bought my first SLR, now I have to figure out how to use it. I would also love to take a photography class.
• If I were on a stranded island I would take sabra hummus, salad, and wine!

Thanks for reading,

Ange