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OH MY is all i can say...OH OH MY...

my story started back in 2005. a fresh college graduate that gained multiple "freshman fifteens" in five years of studying and working lazy retail, i thought i was doomed to bust out of size 16-18s for the rest of my days. i had actually been working out 3 times a week lifting weights and i DID actually tone up, but i could eat a bag of nacho

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OH MY is all i can say...OH OH MY...

my story started back in 2005. a fresh college graduate that gained multiple "freshman fifteens" in five years of studying and working lazy retail, i thought i was doomed to bust out of size 16-18s for the rest of my days. i had actually been working out 3 times a week lifting weights and i DID actually tone up, but i could eat a bag of nacho cheese doritos and half a box of hamburger helper a day and not blink an eye. my best friend was so toxic, she drove me insane with her demanding attitude and neediness, and i let her run my life and ate what she did. my boyfriend was sedentary and i followed suit with his eating habits and would sit in front of the tv every evening
with him...i followed the leader better than anyone i know.

in june 2006 after landing my dream job as a microbiologist and buying my first home, i was sick of being me, and started P90 so i could lose some weight for my brothers wedding that september. i went from 220 to 175 pounds! it was an amazing transformation in a short amount of time...i added turbo jam, yoga, and running, and went down as far as 145 and a size 6. in little over a year, i had lost 75 pounds and ten pant sizes. i looked great! but...i had become obsessed...i worked out 3 hours a day (and long haul from only 3 times a week or less), started hating my job and drinking alcohol, and became much like the toxic people i had ran from...

i didn't understand what had happened, although i do now...i was and still am an addict. i traded one addiction (food and sloth) for another (excessive exercise and alcohol). i then got the help i needed by going to therapy and found a holistic way for reducing my anxiety (the source of my addictive behavior) which inspired me to go back to school and do what i am so in love with: massage therapy. i had a couple of spurts with exercise and did a few rounds of hip hop abs and P90X when i had the time. as i focused on school, i turned more to yoga and now that i've been an LMT for a year and my life has settled again, i'm craving BALANCE. if i keep my life in a yin/yang balance, i am happy and healthy both mentally and physically. so i'm going balls-to-the-wall with my exercise by trying out INSANITY to help balance my way too relaxing work life.

since i started my journey as an LMT, i started the weight gain as well...i'm up to 190 pounds and a size 13-14. i know how it happened: it was me! i ate the food...i did kundalini yoga and haven't wanted to break a sweat because it takes too much time. i'm no longer with my boyfriend (who was a sloth-like slug) and i have more time for myself and i'm going to take it, because I DESERVE IT! after being heavy most of my life, i realize i don't need to be 145 pounds and a size 6 again. My familys history of heart and circulation problems and diabetes is creeping into my mind as i approach 30. and i admit to wanting to feel sexy again instead of like a catapiller squeezing into a cocoon. i want energy to go hang out and make friends again and to expand my at-home business with massage instead of working for a company that doesn't pay squat. i want to date and feel confident in my skin instead of constantly pulling my pants over my muffin tops.

So, here i go again! i also have to quit smoking (which i will here soon), but i have taken this all into account: IT'S BETTER LATE THAN NEVER, RIGHT???

Here's to a New Year! I've jumpstarted my resolution by starting INSANITY a week before the ball drops...and let me tell you, the fit test killed me this morning! Tomorrow, the sweating REALLY begins!

Good luck to everyone this year! Make it count, and make it your own! DIG DEEP!

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