The Journey Is On.

A new year began. I finally had had enough of my weight bouncing up and down and never feeling good in my skin. I decided that if I didn't feel good about myself, and didn't put myself first, then my kids wouldn't have a healthy view of themselves and the unhappy and unhealthy mommy would just make for an unhealthy family. Do I want to set my kids up for feeling the way I do? No. If I don't put an importance on healthy living then my kids won't either. I have wanted and tried many times to lose weight. Finally this year a light bulb turned on! I just needed to make the changes for everyone in my family, not just myself. I needed to have others along side me encouraging me, and not depriving myself. So lifestyle change here we go! Here is a picture of me at the beginning. 

So at the end of January I was asked about joining a 10 week challenge with Live Healthy Iowa. I wasn't sure about spending the money to do such a thing but I liked the idea of having a team of others who were looking to get healthy too who could encourage me. And the fact that I knew I had to keep up my end of the bargain made me even more motivated because I didn't want to let my team down.  Since the New Year, I have lost 10 lbs. I'm the lowest I've been since my first year of marriage. I have become addicted to Zumba and go three times a week. Lucky for me, the gym where I was going to do Zumba finally started offering Zumba with their membership and their membership was the cheapest I had heard. So I was able to get a membership and not only save money but burn even more calories because I could now use the gym equipment! Now I have a goal of being able to run and keep up with my husband. I'm not quite there yet but I know I can get there if I set my mind to it. So far I've worked myself up to being able to jog a mile of which is a great accomplishment. Before I was lucky if I could jog a 1/4 mile. 

I have a goal of losing 10 more lbs by May 12th. May 12th will mark 6 yrs that I have been married to my wonderfully supportive husband. I am working to get down to where I was when we got married by then. I know I can do it if I just keep pushing myself and moving forward with no looking back! So here we go!