My First Share

Hi Everyone. My name is Trish and I'll be your blogger! I plan on hopefully using this blog to share my weight loss journey, my homeschooling journey, and any other journeys I happen to find myself on. I am a stay at home mom to a 19 month old daughter so there will be mommyisms thrown in too!

Weight Loss Journey
Weigh In Today: 214lbs ( YUCK! )
Goal Weight: 160lbs

That's a total of 44 lbs. What do I plan to do about it? Well, I'm going to try the Body by Vi challenge first. My aunt lost a ton of weight on it and it really fits with my current lifestyle. I'd like to lose weight healthily so I only plan on 1 or 2 lbs a week. So at the end of my 90 day challenge with Visalus I'd like to be at 190lbs or so. I haven't weighed that since before I got pregnant with my daughter. If I can work it into my schedule I'd like to start walking/jogging on our treadmill also. I had great success with the Couch to 5K program in the past, although I did hurt my knee running. I also enjoy the Walk Away the Pounds videos and I have the Balance Board for my Wii and a few Wii fitness games.

Homeschooling Journey
My daughter is only 19 months old. She was born at 28 weeks and 6 days weighing only 3 pounds. She has had Early Intervention coming to the house pretty much every week since she came home from the hospital at 54 days old :) I'd like to continue the wonderful work and ideas that they give me every week and so I started looking into homeschooling, specifically for toddlers right now. I have to admit, I'm so overwhelmed by all the amazing resources and people out there! There is no lack of printables or curriculums to purchase. Financially it will be a little more difficult for us and I will have to think outside the box but I'd really love to teach my daughter. I, myself, really love learning. So teaching her blends it all together. So far, I'm pretty excited about using Tot School from the blog 1+1+1=1 but there are tons more resources out there! This is only the beginning!

Little bit more about me: I love to watch movies. I enjoying reading books. Finding time for myself is a bit of a challenge and something I am working on alot. I'm hoping this blog can be a good outlet for me at times. I also do a lot of product reviews and trials. I will post about those things also!

Thank you for reading and I'm happy to have you here!