And we are off...

Hey there everyone!

I have been wanting to do this blog for several months, I didn't want to start until I knew that I was going to be able to really be committed to doing it. I have been doing a little bit of research to really know what people want to read about in a blog. Based off of all the things I have found.... people want to know EVERYTHING! So I will do my best. I guess I should back up... What is the blog really going to be about? I am hoping it will be some encouragement to people out there who want to lose weight and get in shape not only that but make a life style change, thats honestly what it is!  I am hoping to be able to take you all through my next Marathon training process (yes, I said NEXT--more about that later), the ups and downs of being a little psychotic with what and when I eat, not to mention some delicious recipes that I have come across in my, what I like to call "Weight Loss adventure".

I will try to get some pictures up at some point but I suppose I should start with a brief history of why I started to lose weight. We have all gone through phases when we have been really good at going to the gym or being really good at eating healthy then all it takes is one bad day and you are done. I was of course there myself.

For those of you that don't know my Husband, fiance at the time decided to go to Gonzaga University in Spokane Washington, and also for those of you that don't know I am extremely close to my family. With GREAT hesitation and extreme uncertainty we moved. I'll be honest with everyone, the first year was rough to say the least. There were several nights that I would just cry mostly because I missed my family and friend so much it truly hurt. At the same time I want to be here and support the person I was going to spend the rest of my life with. I am not going to go in depth with that year other then it was hard and I  something needed to change... it took a long time to realize that. There was a point I started working out pretty consistently. My aunt and I even became regulars at a yoga class and I was noticing a difference, it was before my Husband I got married, I remember feeling better about things in general, then stupid me injured my right leg at the gym. I still made an attempt to continue to go to the gym but eventually I stopped, just like every other time . I did the physical therapy thing and got that taken care. Zak and I got married July 18, 2009 and it truly was one of the happiest days of my life! The wedding was beautiful and our pictures turned out great... I noticed I seemed to like the close up pictures much better then the full body shots... My hubby assured me I was perfect! What a sweet guy :)  We had a fantastic honeymoon in Disney Land! We did a ton of walking and I  remember being exhausted I had myself convinced that it was just really long days , looking back now I was just extremely out of shape! After we got through the wedding and honeymoon we got back to regular life back in Spokane Zak a full time student and I was working full time. For the most part things were great...  I then found myself really sad again.... I wish I could tell  you all there was this moment that everything stopped around me and I made the decision right then and there that things were going to change... but it didn't I will say that it was a slooowwww process to get started.  I think it was some time November or December of 2009 that I sort of started going back to the gym and tying to be more active.  I was also doing some research on running. My dearest Friend Niki and I decided we wanted to run the Pear Blossom. A Huge annual 10 mile  run that happens in Southern Oregon. I had actually been telling my Brother in Law I was going to do it for years and like a lot of things I just didn't do it.  Now that I had Niki on board there was no way I was going to let her down.  The problem... I WAS not a runner AT ALL! In fact, my quote that I would tell my husband frequently was " I'll only run if I am being chased" I TRULY HATED EVERYTHING ABOUT IT! I thought this would be a good little "Project" for me......  I'll leave it at that for now :)