Love, Health, and Fitness :)

My Fitness blog is here!!! :)

     I am going to start by saying that I am horrible with spelling and grammar, do not correct me, I don't care. This blog is simply for me to post my workouts and to motivate others. I am going to start with my personal fitness journey. 

     All through high school I was very into sports. Every season I was doing something, I loved the game. Sports however, came very easy to me. Like second nature. They were never a challenge. Despite routine workouts, I was overweight. I have never been huge, but I was over weight.

     The day I graduated high school I decided that if I didn't start caring about my body and my health, I was going to turn into a whale. I started running. Yes it was hard!!! I'm tired of people telling me they aren't runners because neither was I! I couldn't even make it to the end of the street! One thing that kept me going was motivation and goals. Not huge goals, I make small, realistic goals. Start by running for a minute, and then walking for a minute. When that isn't so hard, add an extra 15 seconds to that run. Little goals people!!!

    I am now to the point that 5 miles is my short run. No I am not perfect and no I do not work out everyday, I am human.

    If you are looking to lose weight and become a healthy individual, diet is so important. Fad diets drive me insane and you will only have temporary success. For weight loss to be successful and to keep the weight off you have to change your lifestyle.

     My future blogs will contain my daily workouts and dieting advice, as well as what I typically eat everyday. I won't lie to you, I am a southern girl, I don't eat perfect! It's all about moderation and how often you eat bad.

     Anyways, once I had a good endurance with my running I started lifting. This is when you will start seeing definition in your muscles.

     My goals for this year are to run in the Disney Princess Half Marathon in February, continue to build my endurance for a long term goal of running a marathon, and look into fitness modeling competitions.

     I am always up for a workout. I typically work out at Snapfitness in Havelock. If you are looking for a workout partner hit me up. Don't plan on chatting the whole time though. If you work out with me, we are working out. Shut ya trap!

     My body is not perfect, this is currently what I look like...

     I still have work to do, but I have the motivation to do it. This is after losing 15lbs since high school. Mind you, weight is just a number, my weight flucuates a lot, especially when I am lifting.

     I am going to leave you with a "detox" diet that I am currently doing. When you eat bad, processed foods, your body craves bad processed foods. I will continue this for 7 days so I can go back to eating clean. Yes, I am a sucker for Christmas cookies just like you. Just don't let those holiday 5 lbs get you down. Stay motivated!!!

Please don't expect to do this as a "diet." Don't expect to lose 10lbs. That isn't why I am doing this. Use it to get all that nastyness out of your system to work towards a healthier future!!!

          I am going to end it there. My next post will contain my specifics on diet and exercise. Good luck ya'll :)