Randi's Road to Wellness Lead by Faith

I'm overloaded overwhelmed and stressed. If I could just sit a moment....... I'm STARVING....... AHHHHH...... I need something fast and soothing...... CHIIPPPPSSSS! YESSSSS oh and this piece of chocolate covered banana....... Wait.... stop..... What am I really feeding here? I'm trying to slow the brain..... soothe the chaos..... reward the work.... give myself energy and actually feed my physical body. I've learned the only thing that can fill a spirit in need is God. In these chaotic moments God is missing and my soul is crying out for peace. But my body thinks food is what I need. In reality God is the only food for the soul. My plan...... to stop and pray and be grateful. Try my gratitude journal. Meditate to slow down. Tea for the physical reward and feeling of wellness and slowness. Make a plan for a decent meal. Rearrange my plans. Slowwwww downnn and breathe HIM in. Breathe out the darkness and temptation. Physically get curious what does my temple need? Am...

So it all started on a Thursday night. My mom took my daughter over night and I took myself out to eat for a delicious salad before I ran some errands. I accidently ordered the wrong salad. It came with breadstick croutons and pasta in the salad. It looked so good I convinced myself I'd be fine with 1 cheat meal..... My insulin spiked...... I felt hungry and was craving foods..... I bought candy for the daycare kid's dads. I ate 7 pieces of candy..... Friday I had a bit more candy. I felt out of control. Saturday I had a few bites of pasta and chips. Sunday....... I ate cheesecake, candy, and icecream. Monday I woke bloated 8 pounds up and had diarrhea. I felt full of shame. I'm back on the bandwagon and 4 of those pounds are already gone (it's Tuesday) But I realized 1 thing. I was on autopilot feeling confident and not putting God first. I was just back to my old self. A bit too comfortable. Now I'm glad for the slip up. It brings me back here to this blog and my...

I'd been having breakdowns and crying out to God over my lack of progress with paleo and food tracking. I was lost on macros, and I just couldn't stop my intense cravings caused from my insulin resistance. I started cycling about every 35 days, but I don't think I was ovulating yet. No pregnancy and snails pace weight loss. I did lose about 23 pounds over the course of 2 years but was up and down about 10 of those pounds constantly and I just couldn't break that plateau. When I'd pray I'd just get this over whelming feeling the struggle was for a specific purpose and it's part of Gods plan. I also knew with God I will overcome this. I just didn't know how. Or exactly where I was going wrong because my will power just wasn't enough. Then my cousin texted me 1 day saying she felt lead to share about keto diet. I rolled my eyes assuming it's a fad, but ironically my sister was looking into it and my sister in law lost 30 lbs on it. I started rese...

Hi I am Randi :) I was born in Oct of 1983. I am first and foremost a child of God saved by Jesus. I am a wife to Gabe and mother to Bryn born by God's grace through infertility struggles in February of 2012. I have been lead to start this blog. I have tried to start a few  blogs and they just fizzle. I am just not hitting the nail on the head yet. But lately God has really laid it on my heart to start a Wellness blog. But here's the thing... Not just a generic wellness blog with everyday tips.... a blog where God is first Wellness is second. Its about finding Wellness through God's will and his leading and guiding. I am telling you this is not easy. I have been working on this for almost 7 years now!! Let me start with where I came from. My body, my temple, was used and abused. I had no respect for it. I smoked upwards of a pack a day. I loved to socially drink. I drank mountain dew, coffee, energy drinks. I ate out every single day and most days ate out ...