My name is Brenna and I am the author behind this blog. I love coffee, cardio [okay, only sometimes] and kids. I’m an engineer at a big company, sitting behind a desk 8 hours a day. I’m married to an engineer as well. I can only hope our little girl grows up to pursue whatever her passion is, because sometimes I question whether I chose the right career path. I suppose that if I didn’t, I would have never met my husband or had my beautiful baby girl. God has a way of drawing the best out of each situation.
This blog is really just a way to keep myself accountable. I have really gained weight since meeting my husband three years ago. To be fair, I had a major knee surgery shortly after we started dating and have since been unable to run.
I love running. Seriously. Though I have never been any good at it, it has always been a passion of mine. I have run countless 5ks throughout high school and college, one 10k, and a half marathon. The most amazing thing happened to me this past weekend. I jogged/walked my first 5K in 4 years! I didn’t put basically any practice in it, assuming that it would result in the same disappointment. To my amazement I was able to do it with minimal, if any, pain to my knee. I can only assume that giving birth somehow made me able to run [probably because my hips are now wider]. I have been looking for races to do since. My goal is to next year run a half again, and continue to use exercise as my vent.
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Right now however, the struggle is real. I struggle daily to resist the urge to just eat whatever I want, whenever I want. During those years of frustration and a very sedentary lifestyle, I ate my feelings away. Now I am on the road to recovery. I know that the road is long and my pace is slow, but I will lose the weight and learn to enjoy to working out again.
My new challenge is fitting this all in each day, and I have failed miserably at. Between work and life, exercise takes a back seat. My days consist of getting myself and my daughter ready and out the door so I can drop her off at daycare and be to work by 7:30. From there I work until 4, pick her up, and arrive home around 5. I unload the car, take care of things that need addressing, and wait for my husband to get home around 6. From there we still have to have dinner, and we try to unwind and spend time together as a family before we put her down for bed at 7:30. Exercise is limited because I love my daughter and I don’t get to spend much time with her at all during the week. Throw in the fact that everyone always wants to do something on the weekend, and we barely have time together. It’s one of the reasons I hate working so much. She will grow up before I know it and I will have missed everything.
At the same time, I need to make room for exercise. I am worth the effort to be a healthier person. My husband is worth it. My daughter is worth it. Right there is three very big reasons to make exercise a priority in my life.
So there you are, there’s a bit about me and the journey I am on.
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