Why am I here?

Well, lets start with a little bit about me.... I am 33 years old, I have an amazing husband and 3 beautiful children. I love to craft, quilt, scrap, sew, can goodies, play with my kids, hang with the girls and oh yeah...eat.

I have been using food as a coping mechanism for years. There are a lot of reasons why I am here right now starting this blog, but the main reason is that I finally took an HONEST look at my self. I love my life, my friends, my children, my husband, my hobbies, and myself. But I don't like what I have let myself become physically. I use to be an active person who could barely stay still, I always had so much energy and drive. Where did that person go? Which lead me to... how did I get to this point?

There are a lot of reasons and excuses that helped in contribution to my growing size, but the only thing that matters now, is that I not only know that I need to change, I am ready to make the change. In January I decided that I was tired of all the fad diets, the cleanses and the ignoring the obvious need to get off my butt. I started working out a few times a week, watching not only what I was eating, butt how much I was eating and cutting out soda.

I am proud to say that I have lost about 30 lbs and almost that many inches across my body and I was so impressed with how well I was doing that earlier this month I decided to do an experiment. I decided that I would force a plateau and see if I could just maintain the weight that I had reached. I kept my calories in check and lessened my workouts by one per week. The neatest thing happened, I stayed the same weight! That is when I realized that I had finally made it past the fad dieting funk and had made a lifestyle change that my body was willing to accept. I lost 30 pounds and I kept it off even when I wasn't really working at it.

Which brings us to the present. I am ready to get off this plateau and really FOCUS HARD on upping my game. I am starting this blog as a way to stay accountable to more than just my workout calendar, I want to know that I HAVE to follow up with this blog regularly with my progress and that when I am having a hard day I can look at it and not only be re-focused by my blog but hopefully, I can be motivated by those who read it. Please, feel free to ask questions, leave motivating comments and just let me know if you have any ideas that you think might help me in my journey.

Overall my Final goal is to be down another 36 pounds by Christmas, but my immediate goal is to loose at least 17 more by my birthday (September 1st). I know I can do it, for the first time in my life I not only want to be thin and healthy, I actually believe that I Am Worth It! And I think that is going to make a HUGE difference.

Thank You so much for being a part of my Life Changing Exercise Journey!
My next post is going to outline the insane workout plan that I have created. Prepare yourselves, I am serious, it is REALLY ambitious but I am determined to make it work.

Thanks Again,
Jenn