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At age 7, I saw the ballet "Swan Lake" and fell in love - with the costumes, with the theater, and with the amazing muscles I could see. I started taking ballet classes through the community college in our town in Wyoming, and continued with classes there and just over the border in Nebraska until I was 17.
At age 11, I started on a paper delivery route. Deliveries were 3 times a week, and I walked them to my customers. I "donated" my paper routes to my dad after I graduated high school at 18.
Somewhere in between starting ballet and starting the paper route, I took a couple of years of Tae Kwon Do.
In college, I took dance classes, a water aerobics class, and walked or ran the mile between classes (opposite ends of campus) at least twice a day. I graduated with my BFA in technical theatre, with two boys - a 3 year old and a 6 month old.
We moved to Seattle, and I became a stay-at-home mom for a few years. During that time, I rather neglected my own fitness - aside from running around after two little ones. After my daughter was born in 2002, I started working part time, and commuting via bus and foot got me more active again.
I also got my motorcycle endorsement not long after and discovered a whole new set of muscles that hadn't been used in awhile!
I figured out that I was not happy living with an unsupportive and depressed spouse, and when counseling didn't work out well, asked for a separation, which ended in divorce. A couple of months into the separation, I learned that I have PTSD, and have been working on that since.
A few years ago, I started the P90X program with my boyfriend, and fell off track after only doing it for three weeks.
After the divorce was finalized, I started training with my kids at Quantum Martial Arts in Seattle, and currently have my high yellow belt.
I eloped with my love at our dojo in October of '08. He, too, has PTSD, and it's a daily learning experience for both of us.
My struggles with learning about my own mental health are ongoing, and I signed up as a coach because I passionately believe that being fit is an integral part of being healthy in both body and mind. I have seen the results of both exercising and not exercising in myself, and I want to help others in their quest for balance, too...and I think I have some insights to bring to the process simply because of my own experiences.
I'm slowly but surely getting back into the dojo after being away from it for about 6 months during the summer/fall of 2009. During the time away, I began the Yoga Booty Ballet program, and only made it a month into it.
I have successfully restarted YBB with my husband, as we've decided to start going through all of the programs Beachbody has to offer. I will take more photos at the end of the YBB program...and perhaps in the middle...as I am recommiting to finding balance.
After injuring myself at our dojo (sparring class, of course!), I did not finish the YBB program. Rather than try to restart it - or pick back up in the middle - I opted to start Turbo Jam and have enjoyed the first two days of it immensely. I am now off to take some measurements and see if I can't get a picture or two, too.