Introduction to my Road to Wellness

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 twice a day. I was gaining weight rapidly! I was so unhealthy. I had yo yo dieted and lost weight a couple of times too. But after I met my husband at 23 we both really packed on the pounds. about 65 pounds each! I was over weight to start with! I had gone to church as a child, but things fizzled out after some rebellious teenage years. In fact I said I would probably never go to church again. But God called me back through my agnostic husbands family. I was 25 and a heavy smoker and drinker. After going back to church and praying God called me to start looking into home cooking and homemaking. He showed me clean eating and lead me to slow down on the social drinking. I lost some weight about 30 lbs. He then called me to quit smoking!!! After quitting smoking, trying to buy a home, which was a PROCESS after waiting for 6 months on a short sale to lose the house, going through infertility and meds He gifted me with the pregnancy of my daughter. At that time my interest in clean living and eating ect grew rapidly. After my daughter was born God answered prayers and helped me start my own in home daycare so that I could stay home with my daughter!  I've now been home with my daughter and learning so much about holistic living for the past 4 years!!! But that past 2 years have been hard. I had gained all my weight plus some back, and I have been trying to once and for all change my diet. I have been unsuccessful and falling off the bandwagon continually. I had bought coaching programs and watched countless online seminars youtubers blogs ect. I basically went paleo and took tons of supplements. Through all of this my daughter also struggled with food intolerances and health issues. We got my daughter under control, my husband lost 80 lbs ( I know what the heck?!!!!). I lost about 20 lbs but did feel much much healthier. I had a few breakdowns to my Father. He told me I will achieve wellness through God, through HIM.... I didn't know how exactly, but by faith I followed and waited and tried. I was introduced to the ketogenic diet and everything since then has been falling into place. I feel free. I feel I am on God's path. I feel this is my journey. I feel that everything I went through was for a specific purpose. That purpose I am not exactly sure what that means. But I knew I needed to start this blog.