Welcome to my Blog

 Hi, I'm called Amaranth13 online, and I want to share some of my experiences and silly thoughts on here. I used to write on Sparkpeople and was on that website since June 2008. Now the website is closing so I found this place to share my blogs. I've always struggled with food and binge eating. So I have also 'dieted' a lot. Now I am trying to go for a 'Way of Eating'. Unfortunately the first time and many after those it didn't quite work, but one of the things I've learned on here is never give up. So, always restarting, always trying again. I'm working on getting my eating under control with my therapist. I am doing a keto diet of 25 grams of carbs a day, and the binges have gone down significantly.    
   
I live in Salem, Oregon and my hobbies are reading books, re-enacting (SCA) roleplaying (mostly online) and playing music. I also write songs and do a lot of other creative stuff.    
   
I work at a local State Department and deal with some mental health issues like PTSD and a Dissociation Disorder and on the physical front I deal with Fibromyalgia, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Diabetes. Sometimes that makes exercising really difficult but as with healthy eating, I hang in there and keep restarting!