Day 3 (362 days to go)

I look forward to updating noticeable picture changes at least monthly!

This morning I woke up at 5:00am to go walking with 2 friends.  We walked 4 miles with jogging a small portion. 

I don't have a whole lot of detailed ideas on how I'm going to go about my goals, except to JUST DO IT!

In June of 2009 I got fed up with the dang weight scale because I found it to be annoyingly obsessive and for WHAT?  I've weighed myself since I was very young and it's never done anything good for me.  I typically weighed myself morning and night only to be discouraged by a 1or 2 pound weight gain and really in the end causing me to feel as though I was definitely focusing on the wrong stuff for success so I finally said, NO MORE, I'm Changing My Thinking!

A friend of mine encouraged me to measure my success with a ribbon and so that is what I started doing July 20th, 2009 and every month on that day I put the red ribbon around the largest part of my waist and mark it with a black marker labeling the date and measuring my success.  I have my red ribbon thumbtacked hanging on the wall with the black marks inching their way up to success and it's very encouraging, allowing me to free my mind of that stress and focus my thoughts more on, "when did I have a glass of water last, when was the last time I ate some protein and vegetables and what kind of aggressive calorie burn have I had for the day."

I look forward to hearing some of my friends ideas on what to eat during the day.  Does anyone out there have a simple plan? 

Day 2 (363 days to go)

Hello to all who will one day read this :)

Right now my goal is to do some kind of focused activity every day for about an hour a day like walking, running, aerobics, swimming. I would do a sport if my kids could join me but that's not likely with 4 small children. I look forward to brainstorming ideas of exercise that keep my children involved with me. It's so frustrating to be doing some kind of exercise that leaves them out while they just have to sit there and watch and be bored. My kids are 1, 3, 5 & 10. We have a little bit of nice weather still but not for long as winter gets closer.

Today my exercise was 2 miles on the treadmill!

Day 1 (364 days to go)

Here I am world! Let's do it!

I know what I'm really made of and now it's time to give it all I've got! Today is the 1st day in my journey to learn how to prepare for a marathon in 1 year while raising 4 small children. My body swung out of control with bad diet and stress in learning how to balance motherhood and now it's time to whip it back into submission and get the most out of life!

I hope you will join me with ideas and that my story will encourage you this year to grab life by the reins for whatever it is you want to conquer in life and Live Life To The Fullest!

Today I walked 2 miles on the treadmill!

Much Love to all of you who know me now and who will know me soon!