“Wow, what have I been doing all these years” is what I remember thinking not long after I began waddling through fitness and stumbled upon old pictures!  I was overweight, living my life oblivious to the fact that I was eating unhealthy, fattening foods.  I was eating fast food atleast two times a day, an unhealthy dinner, and dessert more times than not.  And my pregnancies and the fun I had!  I gained 100 pounds with my first child and 90 pounds with my second!        

On December 25, 2011, I decided to go on a “diet”!  What a day to start, with plenty of yummy, delicious foods that I had grown accustom to eating for so many years!  I started out at 182 pounds.  I’m 5’9 so I held my weight well, or so I thought!  I began eating Lean Cuisines three times a day with small snacks between meals.  The weight began to fall off.  On February 2, 2012, I decided to bring out my inner Jersey Shore self and get a spray tan!!  The lighting was horrible in that room and showed every imperfection I had (yes, I am blaming the poor lighting)!  My newly tanned self immediately headed to the local gym and I haven’t looked back since!  After about two months of working out at the gym, I realized Lean Cuisines weren’t going to cut it and sought help from a personal trainer.  I stopped the Lean Cuisines and began eating more unprocessed foods.  Out with the diet mantra, and in came the lifestyle change!  Joining the gym was the best decision I have ever made.  I never would have imagined that I would grow to love fitness as much as I do now.  Did I really just say that??  Yes, I did!    My determination and pure joy for fitness have left me 50 pounds lighter, 6 pant sizes smaller, and feeling better than I could have dreamed possible. While I have lost all the scale weight I need, I am currently working on reshaping my body and the chaotic mess bad eating and a sedentary lifestyle left me with.  My family has been extremely supportive of my decision to get fit, especially my husband!  He gladly watches the kiddos while I work on my fitness and has never had a negative word to say!  For that, I am eternally grateful to him!  I decided to start this blog to document my fitness and health journey so that maybe I can inspire and motivate others who are struggling with the same things I have and am currently having.  If I can do it, so can you!    

Theresa

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