Blogger Breakthrough (after 6 Months of Blogging)

I’ve missed you! I don’t want to promise that I am back from my blogging hiatus because I may not be. I just wanted to drop in to say hello and let you guys know that I am still alive.

I still have a ton of work to do for my classes including a 17 page paper due in my English class at the end of next week and a 3000 word story due for my journalism class a couple days after that. I’ve had more coffee in the past week than I can keep track of and definitely too much of this

Lindt Dark Chocolate and TJ's Dark Chocolate Edamame

On top of all that, I went to the dentist on Wednesday because of a toothache and found out that I have to have my wisdom teeth extracted.  I hate the dentist. I was going to post on Wednesday but my laptop exploded and Jeff had to restore it to its factory settings. I was so thankful that we backed up all of my documents and pictures on discs last week.

Now, I know that blogging is the most important thing in the world but I’ve been doing some pretty important things on my blogging break, too.

Like saying goodbye to my beloved PB&Co Cinnamon Raisin Swirl PB

I’m seriously already having PB&Co withdrawal. I have to buy that stuff in bulk.

Banana Oats

I’ve been eating a million waffle sandwiches for breakfast to save time

I also conducted a photo shoot of Jeff in his fancy smancy dress-up clothes before he went to his smarty pants computer programming conference last weekend

He’s so tall. He’s an entire foot taller than me. I’m too short.

Blogger Breakthrough

I’ll be the first to admit that I haven’t been the healthiest blogger over the past week or so. I do not handle stress well. In fact, I have some pretty severe anxiety problems. I was so stressed out about writing a paper the other day that I got sick to my stomach every time I opened my computer. On top of that, all of my late night studying has led to me hitting the snooze button instead of getting up early. Because of this, I’ve missed quite a few of my normal workouts.

Like Heather, I’ve sort of been having a blogging identity crisis.

I first started blogging back in May to lose weight. It was not the first time I had tried to get in shape but it was my first time keeping a food journal. Above all else, blogging was the thing that motivated me most and still is. I get tons of healthy food ideas from other bloggers. If I’m not in the mood to workout, I read a few posts and suddenly working out is the only I want to do. I started this blog to motivate myself and it worked but then classes started and I got a part time job. Posts in my google reader started to pile up and stressed me out even more. Blogging felt more like a job than a hobby. I began to forget to take my camera places so I wouldn’t have to photograph my food. Getting up in the morning to go to the gym seemed like a chore and not something I wanted to do. So I decided to take a break from blogging.  And during this break, I began making poor food choices. Ive also missed my normal spin class 4 times in the past two weeks.  Twice because I just didn’t feel like going and twice because I had other things to do.

Don’t get me wrong, I’ve still been going to the gym and working out and I have not gained weight. But during my blogging hiatus, I’ve learned that blogging keeps me sane and really motivates me to keep up with my healthy habits. For a while, I considered deleting my blog but decided that I really didn’t want to. Blogging has  improved my life a great deal in the past 6 months (Happy 6 Months Blogiversary to me by the way). It has made me happier, healthier, and most of all, it has made me love myself the way I am.

So, I am going to ask all of you again to please bear with me over the next couple weeks. I will not be posting as often but I will be blogging. I really appreciate all of your support and motivation. I hope you will continue reading!

With all that said, I’m off to write a 17 page paper!

Have a great day blogfaces!