Ok trying again...day 1

Here we are two years later. I've done a mega backslide so now it's time to get going. 8 week bootcamp and full on commitment. It's about getting out of my head again and focusing on a singular goal. Not weight loss but how to feel like my best self. So new day, new shoes and let's try this again....

A year later

Here I am a year later. A lot of good things have happened, but I did drop the ball. So now I am picking it back up!

In 2014 I completed multiple 5Ks, competed in all sorts of sports (football, soccer, basketball...) and most excitingly I completed my first AND second triathlons.

But, the waistline has gone back up. It's time to refocus. So bootcamp starts in a little over a week. I am committing to another 12 weeks of bootcamp. I'm also recommitting to clean eating with a new emphasis on cutting sugars.

So, here we go...

Holy crap I let em put it out there...

It is one thing to write this blog it is another thing to let someone put your info out there...but I did that. Today Fusion posted a blog post with my story. 

So there it is...for all the world to see...oh holy crap. But you know what, if one person reads it and decides to make a change then yay! That is paying it forward. That is good juju...so bring it!

Getting serious...

So I've been setting my training schedule for my new challenge. This past week was insane so settling in and shifting my mindset to focus on training again!

Today I got up and knocked out 3 miles on the elliptical (knees + short track indoors= no good) so elliptical it is. Hopped off and was in the water in 10 minutes...

Tri fit swim this week equalled about twice the distance of my Tri so yah I'm wiped out...but hell my body can do it! So that's a WIN!!!!

My new challenge...

It's time to start blogging about my next challenge...Triathlon!!!

Today I took my first Tri-fit swim class!!! And, my friend Dr. A is doin this journey with me! Guess what?! We didn't drown!!!

 

Walking into the room...

We had our company party the second weekend of December. It is generally a more formal event with a band and party dresses. First off let's talk dresses.

In years past, I would buy something that would cover me, tent me, hide me....and deal with it. This year I opted to show some skin. Yup I bought a little black dress. Sleeveless and short. I wore hot pink heels and I had a spray tan a couple days before! Yup totally different.

The most fun thing is that everyone I hadn't seen in a year or two was SHOCKED! And kept telling me how great I looked. But better than that, I felt beautiful. I felt gorgeous. I felt alive. I had no qualms about showing my arms and I stood up straight and smiled for all the pictures.

It was a good night :)

Catching up...

Yah December got away from me. Yesterday was Christmas and there is a LOT to be happy about.
My big brother is getting married, my parents are healthy and I saved my life in 2013. 2013 had ups and downs in our family but I'm happy to say mostly ups.
This project has been one that I don't think I can ever adequately describe but all I can say is I am not the same girl I was when this journey began so I will write a few observations I've had this month and what I have experienced that has made life so different.