In October, thanks to my friend and coach, Kim Yager (The Fit-spired Life), I started on a ‘get-fit’ journey. Over the last few years, I was gaining weight from a very sedentary lifestyle: lack of exercise, sitting in front of a computer every day, and eating out lots (oh, and falling in love with craft beer).

Last year was the heaviest I’ve been and also the most unhappy I’ve ever been. My lack of motivation to get moving was based solely on how hard I find it to be accountable to myself and create new habits. Kim encouraged me to try a 30 Day Challenge program with Beachbody and I decided to bite the bullet: investing $200 in a challenge pack now meant a lifetime payoff of learning how to be healthier.

I chose to do a strength training program – ChaLEAN Extreme® – because I lacked upper body strength and my goal was to lose the extra fat and tone up. Best decision ever! Chalene Johnson‘s attitude and positivity is so inspiring!

All this is to say that since October, I have lost the extra weight and gained strength thanks to regular exercise and healthy eating. It’s not just my physical health that has benefited from that one decision I made last fall though: my energy levels have gone up, my anxiety has gone down, and I’ve started re-evaluating all aspects of my life.

Pictured is a pair of jeans I bought out of frustration two Christmases ago: I walked out of the store with these jeans hoping to motivate myself into being able to fit into them. I wasn’t able to guilt myself into fitting the jeans; I definitely needed the support of my coach and a group of like-minded individuals to keep me accountable, but today, I am wearing these jeans with a belt.

That is my journey so far, and I hope that even a tiny part of it is inspiring to anyone who has stuck around to read it all!

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