A New Me!

I have been a "heavy" girl my entire life. I have been smaller and I have been much bigger. I have been blessed to meet some wonderful women in 2008 that have motivated me to make a change in a better direction. It all started with cycling on Sundays out at Lake Lavon and then my girls and I have joined a gym. I have been in the gym, taking spin classes, dance class, or killing myself on the elliptical machine at least 5 days a week, for the last two months. I am the happiest I have been in a long time.

I enjoy the change I have made in my life, I like saying “I’m on my way to the gym”. I love spin class even though it kicks my ASS! I am excited to see where I will be in 2 more months. From the first day I joined to gym I weighed in at 294 lbs, 36 lbs shy of my heaviest moment. Mid December I weighed in at 287 lbs. “The Divas” have started a weight loss challenge where Coco will pay the winner $100. Win or lose ( I really want to lose) I want to be a new and better ME!

I am starting this blog in hopes to keep me accountable to whoever may be bored enough to read this as well as myself. My original goal of 20 pounds by the new year didn’t happen. I worked out great but my nutrition was lacking. I am on to something better. I want to loose an additional 15 pounds by February 14, 2009. So to show myself some real love for valentines day I want to take some stress off my heart!

Goals for 2009 are as follows:

March 28, 2009   Butterfly Boogie 5K

April 5, 2009    Space Race  Gulf Greyhound Park, La Marque TX

May 17, 2009     Rock Rotary Sprint TRIATHLON Rockwall TX

June ??, 2009    Danskin Women’s TRIATHLON  Austin TX

October 4, 2009  Benbrook Women’s TRIATHLON  Benbrook TX

October 23- 25, 2009  LiveStrong Challenge  Austin TX

Time is flying by so fast. I have a long way to go to be prepared for all these things. I am not a quitter and once its in print there is no turning back! My hope is to give detailed insight on my training and a personal achievement blog as I tick each accomplishment off.  

Just pray for me. It is so easy to give up, to feel like I’m not accomplishing anything, to get discouraged. So pray that I have strength, drive, faith, patience and my support system has the same.