Chalene Johnson

(Oops, I started writing this and never posted!)

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Full house at 6am for T25 with Shaun T!

I woke up early Friday morning with the intention to do the T25 workout, but honestly just felt like going back to bed. Thanks to Dianna’s encouragement, I dragged my lazy butt out of bed and got changed. Once we got to the conference area, we decided to line up for the 21 Day Fix workout instead, but we weren’t even close to getting in, so we ended up at T25 after all. This was my first time doing T25 and it was …

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Wow, what a whirlwind last weekend was! My apologies, as this WILL get wordy. I have so much to recount!

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Flying past Mt. Rainier. // First glimpses of Las Vegas!

I arrived in Vegas for Summit Wednesday night, meeting Kim and Dianna at the airport. When we got to our hotel (New York-New York), I walked through the doors and was instantly struck by how crazy everything is: an infinite sea of slot machines, lights, noise, cigarette smoke, and people, but no obvious sign as to where to check in.

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Cute feature in the New York-New York hotel. // An …

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size 25 bdg jeans

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 …

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