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Take two...or three or four? Who's counting....

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January:  No one said it would be easy.  I haven't been perfect.  But I did attack January with a vengeance.  I saw changes pretty quickly at first.  I was motivated and determined.  I wasn't working out every day, but I really tried.  I probably made it about 4 days a week.  But hey, compared to the nothing that I was doing before, this was a major improvement.  That first week was brutal! I did day 1's workout, which was cardio.  My legs were so sore the next day.  I worked day 2:  upper body.  It wasn't nearly as bad.  It was kinda easy.  The abs section was near the end and I didn't quite make it through.  By Wednesday, I could not sit and stand.  I was so ridiculously sore I couldn't fathom the idea of working out.  Thursday I fought my way through it.  I really don't remember the rest of the week... but I kept at it one day at a time. Then I started to notice something else.  When I missed a day, it made restarting my workout that much harder.  I
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A Rocky Start-The fall

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I knew it wasn't going to be easy. I knew it wasn't going to be quick.  After contacting my friend in the fall of 2017, she tells me about some of what is offered.  For something like 45$ I get 3 months of workouts.  "Okay" I think, "that's like 15$ a month.  That's about what it costs for a gym membership, but I don't have to worry about finding someone to watch the kids if I'm working out at home."  So I sign up for 3 months.  I don't think I got my moneys worth that first round. I was put into a group, that was already established, and had many people already very familiar with the program.  In this group, everyone was to post one of their "clean meals" each day.  I was introduced to "clean eating".  As described to me, "basically natural ingredients.  If there's stuff you can't pronounce, it's probably not clean.  Look for things with 6 or fewer ingredients."  So these people were alread
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The Deciding Factor

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The moments leading up to the: "I gotta make some changes" moment.  Southwest had a deal that I couldn't pass up.  It was September, 2017.  I got an extra paycheck that I wasn't expecting and thought I'd take a risk and take a trip. I loaded up my two kids, their carseats, two suitcases (one was huge), a stroller, a pack-n-play, a few backpacks, and a wagon and hopped a plane on short notice to visit the best of friends.  (It was very early in the morning when I left-3am, so yeah, I look awful in this pic..but you get the idea of how I traveled alone with two littles.) So the first moment came when I had to embarrassingly ask for a seat-belt extender.  I had never had to do this. (Except that one flight to NYC when I was 5 months pregnant and starting to show-I had just chocked that up to pregnancy though.  Thanks Kyle.)   Although, I should have expected it.  Sometime before my daughter was born I realized I couldn't ride the Batman ride at Six Flags b
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Who tells your story?

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I've decided to share my new fitness journey with you all.  I went to sleep last night dreaming of how my recent quest began and what is currently motivating me to succeed.  I'm not perfect, I may struggle to complete tasks but I'm here and I'm giving you all I've got.  A little about me, for those who may not know me personally:  I'm a recently single mom of two glorious toddlers.  Clara is a true threenager and Kyle is roughly 1 and a half. I am a Harry Potter fan and (if you can't tell by the title of this blog/group) I am a Buffy fan, and pretty much fan of about anything Joss Whedon.  I work at home, technically self-employed, where I get to teach English to small children in China.  Which means I get up very early to do this.  I am terrible at routine, but I understand it's needed.  (I think we will return to this sometime in the future.) I am a former Theatre Arts teacher, that left a stressful and abusive environment to find something with a bet
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