There were many things that led me to deciding to dedicate 2017 to being healthier. One major thing was, well is the fact, I'm not in the best shape and could use to drop easily 45-50 lbs. It's weight I put on when I was in college and then more when I got married. I dropped a decent amount throughout my divorce but managed to gain even that back when I moved into my current house. I want to get healthier for me. I want to fit in smaller clothes.
I took a big step last week and signed up to be a BeachBody coach. I want to not only make a difference in my life but in the lives of others. Everyone has a story and a different journey. I'm sure there is somebody out there with a similar journey to mine, obviously not exactly but definitely similar. I want to be able to help people. It is truly a passion of mine.
Health should be important to everyone really. The healthier you are, the easier life can be. I have experienced life both at a healthy weight and one that isn't so healthy and let me tell you, healthier is the way to go. Growing up I was an athlete. I played hockey year ground from the age of 11 or 12. I was constantly active and moving. Sitting all day just wasn't an option for me. I was sick way less. Then came college. I was still skating and playing hockey but not nearly like I had been. The focus became school and working. Cue lots of sitting time. I gained a lot of weight. Those "Freshman 15" were more like the "Freshman 25-30". Putting them on was easy. Taking them back off would have been easy had I decided I needed to make the time to go to the gym on campus and work out a little bit. After college, I moved back home, worked ridiculous hours where I sat all day everyday. Instead of focusing on me and getting healthy then I made the easy decision to just buy bigger clothes. It wasn't until after I was married and was to the point where my size 14 pants no longer fit comfortably and I needed a size 16 pants that I realized I needed to make some kind of change. My husband at the time always said "I'll do anything I can to support you and help you lose weight" however these were just words. There were no actions to go with that. If I craved something like DQ or pizza, he'd be the first one to be out the door to get it for me. He was what I call today an "enabler". I got what I wanted - not always a good thing!
It wasn't until my divorce started that I finally made some progress in the weight loss department. This wasn't a healthy way to lose the weight however. I literally was eating next to nothing and drinking wine every night, and a lot of wine at that. I was coaching hockey at the time as well. So take very little food intake, lots of wine, and skating 5 nights a week on average. Obviously any weight I lost wasn't going to stay off. I lost about 45 lbs through the entire process which brought me to an 5 year weight loss low at about 175 lbs. However, over the next year and a year - 2 years I gained about 30 of those pounds back as I figured I probably would.
This leads me to where I am at now. I decided it was time to get dedicated and take this year to focus on my health. I started as a BeachBody coach. I figured if I have other people looking to me to see how successful I can be, they can also be successful. I have seen many other successful on this journey as well. I'm not one to enjoy going to the gym so being able to work out in the privacy of my own home is great! I have my coach to hold me accountable and mentor me as I start and progress on my journey.
Please follow along with me on this journey. If you have any questions regarding BeachBody, what I'm doing, how to purchase shakeology and any of the programs, do not hesitate to ask. I'm more than willing to help in any way I can. So far on my journey I am down about 10 lbs since the beginning of th year and have a long road ahead of me, but slow and steady wins the race!
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