New Years Eve

Happy New Years Eve!!

I hope you have a safe and enjoyable evening.  Tomorrow is the start of a new year, take advantage of that and make it the start of your new life! 

These are my new trainers, I can't wait to use them tomorrow!

My mini even got new ones too! She is just as excited to work out with mommy!

"This is the first day of the rest of your life"- Matt Maher

Hi everyone,

    Well, 2013 is approaching quickly, and as it closes in, I have thought about the happenings of 2012.  A lot of things changed for me this year. In March, I started a 90 day challenge that would change my outlook on health and fitness forever.

I have always been on the "heavier" side, even as a very active child and teenager.  That didn't change after having my children in my 20's. I became a chronic dieter at a very young age (15 to be exact).  I have been on just about every fad diet (including starvation), diet system, and diet pill known to man.  My desire to be "skinny" always overpowered my desire to be "healthy".  I did have a personal trainer for 3 months in 2006 that did help.  I lost enough weight to be able to become pregnant with my second child.  Shortly after becoming pregnant, I fell back into bad eating habits.   After giving birth, I found myself disgusted with how I looked and felt. This was the time of the "Weight Loss Clinic  boom so I couldn't get the prescription and b-12 shots  fast enough.  Yes they made me thinner and I felt GREAT... Thanks to the mood enhancers in the pills! Sadly after I stopped taking the pills and began eating the exact same food ALL the weight came back ... +20lbs. Fast forward to the beginning of this year, I started following +Michelle Carlson, her posts motivated me to take a look at my own life.  She promoted a 90 day challenge for ChaLEAN Extreme, and I enthusiastically took that challenge! After the very first work out I was hooked. I couldn't sleep at night because I was so excited about the next day's work out.  I was looking forward to cooking and creating delicious and healthy meals. I lost 35 lbs, and several inches off my body, 6 off my waist alone! I was looking great and feeling better than ever.  My energy level was through the roof! My friends would ask where I was getting all my energy from and it was awesome! The end of July brought on another big change, we moved.  During that move I fell back into awful eating habits, eating out a lot, due to my kitchen being packed and so on.  Once you get back in to the habit of eating junk, you feel like junk.  I am tired of it!

So, for this next leg of my journey, I will be documenting the excitement! My successes and my bumps in the road. My wish is that my journey may help someone else along their journey.