60 Day Challenge

A year ago I was getting ready for my very first 5K, The Color Run in Dallas with my sisters-in-law.  What dreams and hopes I had for the year ahead of me.  Almost 365 days later... I'm where I was a year ago (three pounds heavier), but where could I have been had I stuck to my plan?  I yo-yoed back and forth throughout the spring and summer. Falling off the proverbial weight loss wagon, only to pick myself back up, along with a few extra pounds I gained and get back on track for a short period of time, then the cycle would inevitably repeat itself. I completed the Amarillo Color Run in June carrying 11 pounds more than I had in April! 

As I look back through this blog, all I see are the "getting back on track" followed by the "starting over" posts. (It's really embarrassing!)

The goal of this blog was to document my struggle, my hope, my determination, of getting fit by the time I turn 40. We're almost into April, which leaves me a little more than seven months to reach my goal! Tick-tock, tick-tock. 

Here I am again "starting over". I've signed up for a 60 Day Challenge at a local gym (Live Well Fit). I'm into my second week of 5:00 AM workouts. Meal planning. Clean-eating. Water-guzzling. I'm hopeful. Maybe this time it'll be different?  I'm tired of yo-yoing through life. I'm so very tired of this body I carry everyday. I want more for myself. I want to find that bubbly, free-spirited girl I once was. It's more than a number on a scale. It's about confidence. It's about happiness. It's about being comfortable in my own skin. It's about being healthy. 

~jen