Health Check in

I weighed myself this morning for the first time in a week and I have lost a pound. I now weigh 191.2. A pound is better than nothing. As far as my plant based diet I haven't done very well this week. I have eat out a few times as well as had meat. I will continue working on this. I have not exercised this week either.

A little about me and my blog

So a little about me and my blog..... My name is Christina. I will be 26 in August and for as long as I can remember I have wanted to have a child. The problem is I feel as though I am running out of time. In my family there is a high risk of having a child with autism if you wait to have one until after you are 30. This is putting a lot of pressure on me as I want to have a child and give it the best chance possible of being healthy. At this point in time I don't even have a mate and am planning on doing IVF and being a single parent by choice. I feel like there are a lot of things I need to do before I have a child they are:

1. Get healthy

I currently weight around 193 and am 5'2". I am working on switching over to a vegan lifestyle and eating only organic foods as I feel this will be best for my child. I also plan to start eating healthy.

2. Rid my home of chemicals

I plan to switch my current cleaning and beauty products to homemade chemical free ones. I am switching them out as I run out. I currently am using homemade deodorant, tooth powder, and a general purpose cleaner,

3. Get my finances in order

I am currently in over 5,000 dollars worth of debt and I work a very low paying job. I live paycheck to paycheck. I plan to save a small emergency fund and pay off my debts.

4. Clean my house

I am a horrible house keep. I need to start doing a better job of cleaning and organizing.

5. Go off my medicine

I have bipolar and take multiple medicines for it. I plan to go off of them before becoming pregnant so they don't hurt my child and so I am able to breastfeed.

So this out lines the things I will be working on on my journey.  I will be blogging about these things on a simi-regular basis. Hopefully my journey will be a successful one.