The day that you do not feel like doing it or do not want to do it is the day YOU MUST DO IT!!!...I have heard this before...I think I have said this before......BUT today, I proved that it is TRUE ...Neither Hannah Leigh nor I wanted to go workout today....but we did.....GREAT WORKOUTS...we kicked butt.....She even did an extra 10 minutes of cardio :)  I feel like I defeated a big ole giant today .....Happy Friday everyone............DO SOMETHING!!

I started on this journey to better health about a year and a half ago.  That is just what it has been,  For me, it has never been about fitting in a certain size or heaven forbid trying to get into a bikini....IT HAS BEEN ABOUT BEING HEALTHY!!!  Two years ago I WAS NOT...I remember sitting at home one night and being seriously concerned about my health.  I did not feel well EVER!!!  I was tired, short of breath, and weak......SO I took the first step.........It was a decision I had to make that day, and it is one that I have to make every single day over and over again....This journey has been wonderful, exhilarating, freeing, and hard as crap all at the same time.  Most days it has been a combination of all of the above.  The results have been just what I asked for...I am healthier than I have ever been. I am not tired all of the time, and I do not worry about not being able to be there to watch my girls grow up.  At 44, it is difficult to change your habits, but I was to the point that I HAD to.....Fortunately, I have not had to o this alone.  My family is so supportive, and my PINK PHYSIQUE crew is amazing....It is so wonderful to work out with women who face the same challenges that I do every single day.................

One thing I have come to realize is that there is no final stop on this journey....It is a constant battle, and around Christmas I hit a roadblock....I can give you my lists of reasons or excuses.....I got busy, I injured my knee, my daughter's soccer schedule got in my way, and I felt swamped at work.  All of these are legitimate things that happened, and my exercise time and routine greatly suffered.....My eating didn't totally fall back into my old habits, but I MUST EXERCISE REGULARLY, and I was not.....The biggest problem is that I did not have a plan, and I let these things take over.

So many of us women let everything else get in the way......I had done that for years, and I started to do it again, but I am not going to do that anymore....Things will happen.....Life will get in the way, but you have to start out each day with a plan....Your plan may hit a bump in the road, but that simply means you have to work harder and plan better for the next day...Living healthier is a conscious decision you have to make over and over again each day...sometimes even hour by hour :)  This blog is part of my attempt to do that....I need accountability.  We all do, and I have always heard that writing things down helps you to accomplish them.  Well, here it is.  This summer is my opportunity to try and get things back on track, and daily make an effort to eat clean and exercise.  I want to do this for myself and to be an example for my girls. Here goes......

     Day 1 - weights - stairmaster ( 20 mins) - Cardio Blast - Butts & Guts - SUCCESS