Before (July 2010) N After (July 2011)

So, I just can't believe I am sitting here typing this. I closed this site down for the last several months because I wasn't feeling it anymore. And then I met The Get In Shape Girl and she turned me on to something new and different in the way of training in March of 2011.These are my before now pictures. July of 2010, after dieting and exercising for 7 months on my own.

I found Take Shape for Life at this point and became a health coach, dropping almost 15 lbs and feeling better than ever.

My stomach shrunk a little, my weight reached an all time lowest ever at 127.1 and I was on top of the world.

I met up with Kyra, The Get in Shape girl and learned all about clean eating and lifting heavy weights to gain muscle. Long story short. I owe her a lot! I had lots of good information, and lots of good pieces to my puzzle.. but they weren't all fitting together properly until I was guided a little by her. She trained me with some nutrition guidelines and some exercise routines and guided me to here.......

138lbs at 16% body fat.

If I didn't know that was me. I wouldn't believe it. If 3 different people hadn't taken the pictures, I would have thought something was wrong with the camera.

It is true. It is me.

Through networking with some great people I have put on a new hat this weekend. A figure competitor in training hat.

I have commited to Big Jon Fitness in Nampa to compete in a natural figure competition November 5th 2011 in Olympia, Washington.

You have no idea what it feels like to hear and see that I am at 16% body fat. The girl with the pretty face and the spare tire around her stomach. Always, the girl who felt fat. Always, the girl who wanted to throw up seeing her stomach. Always, the girl who would cry to her mom from the time she was in the 4th grade because she was fat.

It is my duty to document this every single step of the way. Because I don't ever want to forget this magical experience, were I have pushed myself to do something so far outside my comfort level, so far above and beyond anything I ever imagined possible.

It's a new day. And I am a new me. I have new goals, and I am ready to push my body and my mental toughness to its limit. I hope you will enjoy my ride.