First Post of a New Challenge and a New Life Ahead

Since this is my very first post on my blog I figured I would start off by telling my story. So here goes nothing...

My story probably needs to start in High School...I was a long distance runner in the off season from playing Fastpitch Softball. It kept me in shape and it kept me sane. Running was my escape. When life got too stressful, I would lace up my shoes and go for a good long run. But, going into my senior year of High School I decided to quit playing softball and along with that, I got lazy and quit running as well. I gained weight my senior year, but nothing too drastic. I went off to college and lost most of the weight I had put on my senior year in the first semester because I was walking to all of my classes up multiple flights of stairs and I was climbing stairs to get my dorm room everyday, multiple times a day. Of course, the pounds didn't stay off once I left Christina College and went to Culinary School. 

While getting my Culinary Arts degree I actually didn't put on much weight at all, until of course, I got in a relationship and got comfortable. Well, getting comfortable in a relationship made me put on the "relationship weight." I wasn't obese but I was definitely overweight and wasn't doing anything to lose it. When that relationship ended I started to realize that I had been carrying too much stress in the relationship and my unhappiness in my relationship was keeping the weight on. When it ended, I started dropping weight and dropping it quick. Part of that is because I was actually happy again but another part was because I was working for FedEx Home Delivery and running packages all day 5 days a week. I went from a size 6-8 to a size 2 in around 2-3 months just from being happy again and running packages. 

When I decided to stop working for FedEx I went to work at a restaurant waiting tables and started eating 2 meals a day almost everyday at the restaurant. It was never healthy meals either. I was consuming close to 4000 calories per meal. I started putting the weight back on rapidly. None of my clothes were fitting right, I was unhappy with how I looked and how I felt but I wasn't willing to make any changes. I had absolutely no willpower to change whatsoever. I tried doing the Insanity workouts 2-3 different times and never stuck with them. I tried eating healthier and always fell off that wagon within a few days. I even tried extreme things like "The Master Cleanse" or "Lemonade Diet" and only made it around 24 hours before I broke down bawling my eyes out because I wanted food. 

I was addicted to food. Not just any food, though, terrible, unhealthy, processed food that was destroying my body. I stayed on this path of destruction for right around 2 years give or take. At my highest weight I was getting close to 170 pounds. At 5'2", 170 pounds was not looking good on me. I was up to a size 9 in pants and a Medium-Large in tops. I couldn't fit into any of my jeans. I decided to start calorie counting. I was doing really good with it. I lost around 15 pounds or so in the month and a half I stuck with it but when my husband and I had to move for our jobs, life got busy and we started eating crap again 3 times a day. I only put around 5-7 pounds back on but it would have been more had I not changed what I was doing.

Just over 2 months ago my husband and I were working on planning our wedding and I decided I had to do SOMETHING to not be so miserable on my wedding day. I didn't want to look fat in my wedding pictures, or on the beach on my honeymoon. I wanted to look slim and be confident and be proud of the pictures for the rest of my life. This is where it gets good...my husband and I decided to sign up as promoters for the Visalus 90 Day Challenge, or what's also known as BodyByVi. 

We started our 90 Day Challenge on February 27, 2012 if I remember correctly. I haven't worked out a single day since Feb. 27 other than co-ed softball on Sundays that started 2 weeks ago and have lost 22 pounds and 4 pant sizes in around 70 days. Now, keep in mind, that I went on my Honeymoon for 5 days and those 5 days I wasn't doing the challenge, so it's really been 65 days or so. I'm only 8 pounds from my goal weight of 125 pounds and I haven't felt this good since High School. I had a revelation last night though that I don't want to just be smaller and weigh less. I want to be healthy and fit. I want lean and toned muscles and I want to be in good shape. 

So, starting tonight, I will be working out. I will workout at least 4-5 times a week to start out, maybe more depending on how this goes. This blog is to hold me accountable. I will post motivational pictures, workout plans and things related to BodybyVi as well. Additionally, my next post will be entirely dedicated to BodyByVi. What it's about, how it works, why I believe it, all of that good stuff. 

As far as this post goes though, here's what I know:

I want to be fit, healthy and have toned muscles.

I want to live a fuller life because of these things.

This blog will help keep me accountable and hopefully inspire others.

My starting weight (as of Feb. 27, 2012) was 156 pounds.

My current weight (as of this morning) is 134 pounds. 

More to come :)

Meagan