Six months ago, on September 30, 2013, I walked into my first Weight Watchers meeting and began my weight loss journey. I have never been a fitness nut or an exercise guru so the idea that I could eat pretty much whatever I wanted (as long as I stayed within my points allotment) and not exercise and still lose weight appealed to me very much. I embraced my new way of eating and before I knew it I was eating lots of fruits and vegetables and swapping out heavy cream in recipes with fat free yogurt. I would exercise (mostly walking) a few times a week but nothing too strenuous and since I was losing weight I didn't feel the need to step it up. Unfortunately, by the middle of February I was feeling restless and tired of the same ole same ole with my recipes. And I was very ready to STEP IT UP! Thankfully, I have a good friend who has been using BeachBody products and workouts for the past year and recently became a coach. She challenged me to buy one of their challenge packs and take part in her March Lighten Up! Fitness Challenge. I bought the 21 Day Fix workout and nutrition plan as well as some shakeology. I have yet to embrace the nutrition plan, I like the points system with Weight Watchers and it works for me so I'm sticking with it. However, on March 4th, I began the workouts and the shakeology. The workouts are a lot more intense than workouts I have done in the past, and they definitely push me which is a good thing. I can most definitely tell a difference and more importantly being a part of the challenge group gave me accountability and helped re-inspire and re-motivate me towards my weight loss and fitness goals. I am proud to say that during the month of March I lost 5.8 pounds and 13 1/4 inches overall. This brings my total weight loss to 42.4 pounds and I am just a little less than a pound shy of being at the half-way point of my weight loss goal! I am so excited! To finish out the March Lighten Up! Fitness Challenge and to celebrate a successful six months with Weight Watchers I decided to complete my first 5K on March 29th! It has been a dream of mine for a while now but I never really thought I would do it. Thankfully, I had lots of support...Mama and Trey came along to take photos and cheer us on, Jesse was excited to do it with me, one of my best friends also did it with me, and one of my new Weight Watchers friends was there too and offered me so much encouragement! I am so proud of myself and my Jesse! It was not easy but it was a great experience and I am very much looking forward to my next one in May!
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| Ready to run! |
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| Me & Steph! |
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| Here comes the finish line! |
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| Yay! We did it!!! |
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| So proud of us! |
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| And so proud of us too! |
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| My favorite photo from the day! |
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| After race snack with Tait. |
After the 5K, while we waited on the awards to start, the boys enjoyed a dance party!
