Me, just me.

Hard work.....Now and Forever!

I have been pretty busy this past year....This has been the year of ME! First of all, I want to say,  I love my husband with all my heart, and adore my two little girls.  I love doing my photography and also getting the opportunity to work with the fantastic folks at the YMCA.  However, with my YMCA job, I had to first, get to where I am today.  With that, it came with a lot of hard work on my part.  I decided a little over a year ago, that I was way to out of shape, and I wanted to be healthy.  My goal was then and still is today; isn't getting SKINNY.  Super model, magazine skinny, is not my goal or even a realistic goal.  I want to be healthy and fit, and show my girls how to be healthy.  Last September I joined my local YMCA because it was so easy for me to get there, since Amelia was there for Preschool.  I started slow and kept going.

Today I received a photo of myself, which honestly, I scoffed at when I first saw it.  First thing I saw was my fat rolls and pointed out how fat I look.   But then I saw a a picture from a year and a half ago, and I realized how far I have come.  Check out the two photos below.  Yes, I still have a lot of weight to go, but i feel so much better!  Before, going up a flight of stairs made me tired.  Now I RUN up those stairs!

I just ran a 5k on Thanksgiving and plan on doing another one in January.  Then, I plan on doing the a 10K this summer!  I do this for me....not my family or friends, but for me, and how it challenges me and makes me stronger in so many ways.

This was from last spring....

This was me this morning.