Finally starting!

I made this blog a little while ago, but never actually started it. So I am going to catch up so I'm up to date. I guess I should start with why I started this, and why the name.

 Slowly Healthy. For me at least, I find myself setting this lofty goals that I will never be able to reach. And when I fall off I get so frustrated with myself that I don't want to start up again. Hence slowly. I think that if you take things slower and be patient with yourself, you have a much better chance of achieving your goals. Also, I used the word healthy for a reason: not skinny, or toned, or losing weight. Healthy. This gets mixed up a lot in our society. People sometimes equate skinniness with health, but that is terrible thinking. People who bigger may be healthier than a skinny person. It depends on how they take care of themselves. So my goal is to be healthy. I have come to the realization that I probably won't ever look like I did in high school (like I would want to anyway, my boobs have grown and dare I say that I love it?), because I'm a woman, not a teenager. And I've grown a baby inside of me, so I have extra fat and skin, stretch marks and all, and my body will never be the same as it was. And that's okay.

Healthy also encompasses more than physical health. There is mental health, which is a also a problem in our society, and emotional health. I want to be healthy in all of these aspects. I'll probably talk about that more later.

You might wonder how I'm going to measure health. Weight and inches are very easy to measure, and I understand that. But I am going to measure on how I feel. When I feel better, I'll know I'm doing well. When I can walk up flights upon flights of stairs and not get winded, I'll know I'm doing well. When I feel good about myself physically, mentally, and emotionally, I'll know I'm doing well.

Now, on to what I'm doing! I'll start another post for that...