Annual update.

A year ago I was at my heaviest. HEAVIEST. The heaviest without having the excuse of being pregnant, I guess. Sometimes you get carried away and not realize how much weight you've put on until there's a special event and a photographer present. It doesn't even need to be an actual photographer but just cameras in general are present! For me, it was a sweet sixteen celebration.
Once these pictures hit facebook I don't think I rushed to my account settings fast enough to find out how to "approve" all tags before all my fatness attacked my news feed. It was a real slap in the face and I realized what had happened. I stopped caring about myself. I put ALL my time, attention, energy into my daughter that I forgot about myself. There were so many new things happening at once it was just constantly adjusting to surroundings. It was then I realized there's never a good time. Things don't slow down. If anything, it goes faster! It's up to us now to keep up and git 'er done.
Luckily my husband was ready for a lifestyle change and having that support helped so much. We changed our eating habits and were each others lifelines. It's been a year now so I pulled that dress out of the back of the closet and did a do-over. I've lost 29lbs so far -  I know for a fact that I could've lost more but I let evil take over for a couple months and sorta lost my momentum. Luckily, I didn't gain any weight during that time and was able to maintain my weight.








  I'm looking forward to this year and eager to see new results!!!

Button Art

Came home from a long shift to find my stepdaughter sitting with ALL my arts and crafts boxes making awesome button art!! I wish I could've just stayed home and worked on these instead. Just had to share. Enjoy :)

You can't drown in sweat.

It's been awhile but Im back in the gym. I was able to shed 25 pounds just by changing my diet lifestyle, however, I've got another 25 pounds to go and that's not gonna come off on its own!!
Progress shot enter here ~

So here I am back to the gym I go :)
Honestly it's been off to a great start but there is something I couldnt help but notice (after my workouts of course) which is the lack of sweat from the females and the layers of makeup they've got painted on.
The gym is and always should be a place where you go to sweat and get work done. You go home wash off your sweat and then get beautified. I went looking for some images to back me up and there were plenty so Im not alone with these thoughts!
Heres a few to keep you motivated and remember sweat is a good thing!

Mind body and soul

I decided to do some me bonding time over yoga tonight and my koala thought she'd join. I love this so much. Thank you to my hubby who snapped some pics of what turned into a mommy and me yoga session.