My journey, wow...what an experience it has been so far! My journey originally started back in April of 2011. In April of 2011 I weighed 186LBS..I know, Gross especially since I am only 5ft4in. I wanted to lose the weight for when my husband had returned home from his first deployment. I started a beachbody program, P90X, in 4 months I lost 35 pounds. When he returned home I had gained 20 pounds back which I was disappointed. Health and fitness has never really been a part of my life, I would gain weight and only workout until I lost what I wanted then the vicious cycle started all over again. It wasn't until march 19th 2012 that I decided that I wanted to become fit and healthy not just to lose the weight but to have it as my lifestyle!  It's like one day I woke up and never wanted to feel like that ever again...ever!! I started the P90X workout program again and this time I did it everyday, on my rest day I still ran and did some various workouts. This time I was determined! I have always wanted to be a runner, I ran track in high school but since then boy have I lost it. Along with p90x I wanted to try running again, it was tough! When I started out I was only able to run a half lap, I left so disappointed and thought "I'm never going to be able to run a mile without stopping" WRONG! Slowly I pushed myself harder and harder everyday that I ran, I finally made it a mile without stopping. It's not that I couldn't do it, I needed to believe that I could and that's when the magic happened! Training the lungs and the mind was all I needed to do! Needless to say I can run almost 5 miles now without stopping, goal for the new year is 6 miles. When I finished the program in June, I had lost 31 pounds and 7 pant sizes! I couldn't believe it, never thought I could achieve something so great, but I did! I still continued to run and do other workouts because now I realize that fitness and eating healthy are very important in my life. Running and workouts are now my life, I couldn't imagine not doing either. In the end I have lost a total of 41 pounds and 8 pant sizes. I am now looking into toning, gaining more muscle mass in my arms and my Abs. I'm looking to find a crossfit gym and getting into dance.  You don't "need to lose weight" to workout, you should do it for your body, as well as feeding your body good, healthy, nutritious meals not the ones you pull from a box or the freezer! I'm now working on MY body for MYSELF, no one else! When you start, it's going to be hard, it wont be easy, if it were easy everybody would be doing it. Your head is going to quit first, you have to learn how to silence the mind, you have no idea what your body is capable of doing, you're stronger than you believe...first thing first, you must believe you can do it!! Every expert was once a beginner! 


~No matter how slow you go, you're still lapping everyone on the couch



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