I married a nerd and have nerd kids

[herwitsend]

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.

[Hazard]

Welcome!

 

Ice cream is awesome.  I just had a bowl for breakfast

 

 

[Guzzi]

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!