Hardcore Healthy

I do my best thinking in the bathroom and I was thinking last night. I have a picture of myself that I call "My most confident picture". It's the picture that I personally feel is the best looking picture of myself. I was thinking about this picture as I was showering last night. In this picture, I am probably in the best shape of my life. I look pretty smoking hot.

My "confident picture"

The truth of the matter is that I was a hot mess when I took this picture. I was walking two miles each way to work, working on my feet for 8 to 16 hours a day. Three of my uncles had just died,month after month after month apart from each other. I was in a strange town with zero friends. I had just been through possibly the worst two years of my adult life, losing my daughter and having an abusive ex. The head space I was in when I took this picture was definitely not a good one.

But my boobs look amazing.

This picture is now almost seven years old. A lot has changed since I took this picture. I fell in love with a great man, we got married, I have three fur covered children now. I'm secure in a job that I do not have to walk to every day. Overall, I am 100% better than I was when I took that picture. But my body is not nearly as rocking as it was here. I've gained 50 pounds. My boobs aren't even a quarter that perky any more. But I'm happy.

So how do you measure the overall health you have? Mental or physical? Is there a way to balance out the misery that accompanied healthy body with the happiness that come from a healthy mind? 

That's my mission with Hardcore Healthy. It's not selling anything, it's not trying to make you stick to any special diets or meal plans. It's about balancing a healthy mind with a healthy body. I made it my goal in 2018 to do some sort of little work out every day to try to get back toward my healthy body. Starting the year off with the flu definitely didn't help, but I found a way to squeeze in some lazy girl exercising: leg lifts, yoga, whatnot. 

I hope to build a community of people supporting one another to live the happiest lives possible while being healthy. Do you have any health goals? If so what are they? Feel free to share your most "confident picture" as well and tell us what you think makes someone healthy and happy. Thanks for joining me on this adventure! See you next time!