Why I am Committing To Bright Line Eating As 2021 Begins

*Let's face it 2020 was something out of the twilight zone. The reality is that many of us are weary of the burdens that this past year may have brought into our lives.

If you are anything like me as a result, you may have let your self-care fall by the wayside. You maybe even allowed self-care to disappear altogether, and you are now living in the reality of the consequences of those choices.

I caught a glimpse of myself in the body mirror as I left the restroom after changing my little guy's 5th poopie diaper for the day. I stopped and did a double-take; The weary face staring back at me was one I did not recognize.

How did I get here!? I had dark circles under my eyes, my hair was oily and my messy bun was half out and half-up, I had developed a few grays that I am way too young for, but worst of all was the added 40lbs that I had packed on. They were no longer just a few pounds that I could simply hide under a baggy tee; They were there for everyone who encountered me to see like some plague that haunted me. These 40 lbs. were a constant reminder of how this covid year had treated me and how I had failed at maintaining healthy coping mechanisms through it all.

I was, a once lean and healthy weight woman and now I found myself not only in the

"overweight" category with a few pounds to lose, but literally in the category of " obese " for my height. My weight has been something that I have been un-content with through half the year. I packed it on quickly!

Here I stood, an overwhelmed, exhausted mom of three, I went to bed tired and I woke up tired. My body ached in joints I never even knew even existed and the inflammation throughout my body was wearisome.

I realize over the course of 2020 that my eating patterns had not only become inconsistent but that food had become a form of a quick fix drug to help ease the edge when I had nothing left in me to mother my children through another bickering session with one another. A quick fix for when I got another call from my husband saying that he once again got a call from yet another employer saying they were on a ' hiring freeze " due to covid, or when I woke up at

3 am to a cold uncomfortable and child because we were without a home and work and we were sleeping on the floor in my father's living room.

Somehow over the course of this crazy year, life had gotten the best of us and with that food had begun to rule over me. My portions became large and I began incorporating foods that I once knew were off-limits for me personally. I began consuming foods that I knew would sabotage my body. Namely, foods that were processed, or foods that had sugar or were high in carbs and/or flour.

I knew something needed to change for me! I needed some form of accountability! I needed someone to hold my hand and walk me through this weary season of an unhealthy relationship that I had developed with what I was putting into my body. I needed to find a community, my people.

Then, I remembered a friend of mine that had tried Bright Line Eating. Her results were brilliant! She lost some insane amount of weight and honestly, she looked like a totally different person. I knew if she could do it, so could I! As I dove further, I realize that not only did it work for her but it worked for thousands of others.

Brightly Line Eating isn't a ' DIET ', it is a lifestyle change that leads to food freedom. I remembered what food freedom was like for me. I long for that again, for a time when I ate for nutrients rather than for comfort or for fuel to push my body beyond a healthy stress level.

So here I am entering 2021 with a new perspective! Join me as I walk through this journey of Bright Line Eating. I will update you on my successes as well as my failures, I will document my challenges as well as the things I learn as I walk through this journey.

Although I am STILL that worn down and weary mom that I looked into the mirror and didn't recognize just about a month ago, I am on a journey to find my food freedom and Bright Line Eating is how I am committing to doing it!

Join me as I seek to find my health and live bright.