Beginnings

First post!

This blog shall document all my ramblings throughout my quest to become healthier. Yes.

I'm not going to pretend like there are people out there just dying to read about me. There's already too much of that on the internet. This is (or will be) more of a personal timeline of my fitness goals. A place where I can share what I learn about diet and exercise while I am doing it, where I can talk about the events I participate in, and just document my thoughts and feelings during the whole experience. This is a tool for my own personal motivation, because when I look back in a few months/years and see how much I've accomplished, it's going to drive me to go even further. I aim to change my entire life, because thats what being healthy is. A *lifestyle*. For most of my 20's I have done the yo yo, and I am tired of it. For the past 2 years I have fallen pretty far, hitting my worst this past summer '12. Lets face it, I was freaking FAT.

This is a pretty horrible picture of myself that I'm actually quite embarrassed about - but I put it up here for precisely that reason. To say "Holy god, I have GOT to not look like this!" This was a really happy day of my life, as it was the day after my husband came home from a 1 year tour overseas and we were visiting his family (plus my sweet "I <3 my geek" shirt!)  BUT ... my god, I have let myself go. I was around 195 lbs here.

This, however, was me in 2009. We were at the Grand Canyon and then hiked the 43 mile Paria canyon in UT/AZ. It was something my husband wanted to do and I had spent a few months training for, so I was in pretty decent shape back then. I'd say I was probably at about 175, maybe 180 here - still a little pudgy, but not bad.

This was me 4 days ago right before running a 5k. I am currently at 184.8 (11lbs lost in 2 months). So far I have mainly been focusing on running, but I have learned that I cannot run every single day and therefore will be incorporating strength training, yoga, and swimming on my non run days. 

So that's pretty much where I am at right now. I've made some decent progress leading up to this point. I'll be posting more about my goals, philosophy, and details on what I'm doing to improve my life!