The Basics
My name is Traci Ronald and I am 39 years young 🙂
My husband and I live in Knoxville, TN and we have been married for 6 years.
We have 3 fur babies , 1 fat black cat named Midnight and 2 mini dachshunds Buck and Chuck.
About My Blog
My blog is a testimony of how I made a commitment to myself this year to stop the madness of disordered eating. I am now on a journey of taking better care of me through eating whole foods and have found a love for running. I have always had an interest in nutrition and fitness but have spent most of my years either depriving myself, purging and over exercising. I had come to view food as the enemy and always thought exercise to be torture. I am learning I can fuel my body with great tasting wholesome foods and that exercise can be fun. I don’t put myself into one certain category of eaters. I eat a raw, vegetarian and am leaning more and more to a vegan diet. I am not an expert on fitness or nutrition I only know what works for me.I consider myself very fortunate in having the health I have because for so many years had mistreated my body through disordered eating and I never thought in a million years that I would ever be a runner but I have fallen in love with it. I incorporate some strength training and I also love Pilates. This year has been a very freeing year for me in that I’m a lot easier on myself and I am learning to love me. You and I both are more than a number on a scale or what number happens to be in our clothing. I simply want to be an encouragement and to share my experiences along the way. I also eager to share some of my creations and experiments with you. I have found a new love for cooking and baking and enjoy getting in my kitchen and being creative. My over all health has improved greatly ever since I have started eliminating a lot of processed foods from my diet. My complexion has cleared and I really do feel more energetic. I am no expert and I don’t know everything there is to know but I am having fun learning along the way 🙂
Fun Facts About Me
My favorite vegetable is a sweet potato
My favorite fruit is an avocado 😀
My new thing I love to cook with are Chia Seeds
I am a big goof and I love it 😆
I get giddy when I’m in the produce section 😀
I have become obsessed with taking pictures of food
In Closing
I have spent so much of my time trying to measure up to big standards and trying to fit a certain mold that I had lost little pieces of me along the way. I am free from that now and I have learned that I can only be me. I want to be the best me there is but I can only be me. I hope my thoughts and musings encourage you and that you too realize that you are special and are created wonderfully and that nobody can be a better you than YOU 😀
**** If you are struggling with an eating disorder please don’t live with that in secret. Please seek out someone you can talk to and get help with learning how to break free from this.****
im so happy to have found you!! im a vegan too!
Hi there, thanks for stopping by. You can follow me at my current blog @ Faithfulfoodiefashionista.wordpress.com 🙂