herwitsend Posted July 15, 2017 Report Share Posted July 15, 2017 I feel right at home here. While I have never been too much of a nerd beyond my love of reading fantasy fiction, I married one and my kids are super nerdy (homeschool, Minecraft, RPGs, Pokemon, etc). This place feels different from many fitness forums and I LOVE that! I have homeschooled my kids for the past 5 years. They will be entering public school for the first time this fall as a 3rd grader and a 5th grader. I have been a Childbirth Educator and a professional labor and postpartum doula for 10 years. I am on the path to becoming a Certified Nurse Midwife. I was a very fit young person. I played soccer year round and I was in the Army reserves. I got married and had babies and family consumed me for several years. I really let myself get lazy and obese. I stepped on the scale in early May 2017 and I weighed 203 lbs. This is the heaviest I have ever been and I refused to get any bigger. I am starting nursing school soon and I realized I had no real stamina. Honestly, aside from the shock I got with the scale, I began my climb out of the slug hole because I need to be able to work back to back 12 hour nursing shifts. So, I started out just walking a mile per day in May. As that became easier, I upped my miles to 2 per day and began doing some running intervals and bodyweight exercise. Currently I am running 2-4 miles 5 days per week and walking 2 miles on my "rest" days. I want to get back into weightlifting because I want to be strong again! I am beginning my weight lifting journey on Monday morning! My current major work is on my diet. Words cannot express how much Ilove ice cream. If I am a nerd about something, it is ice cream and birth. 2 Quote Link to comment
Hazard Posted July 16, 2017 Report Share Posted July 16, 2017 Welcome! Ice cream is awesome. I just had a bowl for breakfast 1 Quote You haven't seen my Final Form I Stand With Gina Carano Link to comment
Guzzi Posted July 16, 2017 Report Share Posted July 16, 2017 Welcome! Have you had a good look around the forum yet, is there anything that you need help with - the guilds, challenges, create your character, epic quest...? Just shout if there is anything we can help you with. ps. I'm so impressed with what you've done already, well done! Quote Make Life Rue The Day Turning back the clock Recipe book 14 Life is far too short to take seriously Link to comment
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