A Journey to Fit & Fast

The most interesting part of losing weight and life transformation is watching your body change, in my opinion. It is also, interestingly enough, the hardest part to adjust in your brain. You know, deep down, that you're a different person, of course. But your brain still feels xx pounds, and looks xx pounds. It's a crazy mind game that only those who have traveled this path understand.  This leads me to today when I was stretching and happened to look in the mirror. Clearly I haven't looked recently, because holy legs! I not only have definition when flexing, but also when not. Apparently my eating clean and running lots is making a great difference!  So, unapologetically I will share what I observed today. Because I truly believe that these things, small victories, are to be celebrated. Here's to great legs, and if  that makes me sound like a self righteous douche, then so be it. I've earned every one of the muscle definitions by choosing almonds instead of cupca...

This dandy is my side-by-side comparison of my former self and current self. The first picture taken in 2011, at 225-230 pounds, the second at 160-ish. Now, weight matters not much to me, but I think it helps to see what poundage looks like on a person.   Let me start by sharing my 'aha moment.' I had already started to dabble in healthy behaviors before this special moment, but my mom was diagnosed with type two diabetes, and something within me knew that the lifestyle I was living was ok no longer. And I knew I had to be a better example for my little girl, period. So, I joined weight watchers for the probably 8th time in my life, and started exercising. I started running 30 second increments, and celebrated when I ran a whole mile!  Along the way I found the ability to take over my own nutrition plan, and realized I could in fact do it on my own! I kept running, signed up for races and caught the 'running bug.'  This year I am on target to run a full marathon with th...