The Beginning!

Hello to all! This blog is my first and hopefully not my last! I love to workout and I've always grown up in a family eating healthy. So I thought, "What the heck! I'll write about what I know!" So it begins; Health and Fitness. First I will tell you about myself, give you a little history, and then I will dive in to what I want this blog to focus on!

So for starters, I am 17 years old. I am still in high school and I love sports. Mostly football! Growing up, I always swam competitively and had a lot of fun with that! When I was 15 I got an unknown injury to my shoulder which never quite healed. So last year I quit swimming and picked up football! I put on about 25lbs and played Defensive End and tight End. Immediately I was hooked! I love the game, that's about all there is to it! Being homeschooled made finding an outlet for sports rather difficult. However, I have had the luxury of playing for a local private school! I was born in Dallas but grew up here in Austin. I am one of six kids! I have two younger siblings, both adopted (six weeks apart!) and 3 older siblings. My oldest sister has 3 kids and lives with her husband overseas. My older brother has one daughter and lives here in town! My other older sister still lives here with us and has her own photography business and works as a swim instructor. My mom has homeschooled all of us and is doing the same with my younger siblings. My dad is a chiropractor (And yes, that comes in handy!) So that is me and my family! Now, on to the blog!

Growing up I was always on swim team. I had some good times and even got to swim at the Lee and Joe Jamail University of Texas Swim Center a few times! The thing about swimming is it is an individual sport. There is no concept of team! That aspect of the sport was hard for me because I, like many Americans, am not self motivated! So it was quite a shock switching to football which is 100% team oriented! With swimming I could take a rep off, or sit out a lap to catch my breath. But with football you can't do that, you have the next guy counting on you! It was a whole new mindset that forced me out of my lazy habits! It was, believe it or not, for the best! I've grown to love pushing myself more. Working out. Playing Hard. After last year's season I got very sick; I lost 60lbs in 6 weeks. That is a story for another time though! Since then I have been forced to learn a lot about health and fitness (hence the name of this blog) to try and heal my body and regain my strength. So essentially this blog is to share what I've learned about working out and eating healthy and the different aspects of each of those combined.
I hope what I know can help anyone who reads this! Ill be posting as often as I can and hopefully some of this information will get out there and be of use to viewers!