The First Day

Today I thought I'd be sure to wake up before the kids and get started on my workout early. But baby Holly had other plans! She has a cold and has not let me do much today. This is what I look like right now as I try to type with one hand

Which reminds me, you can follow me on Instagram now! Today is what I would consider my first day. I've had the account for awhile but didn't use it. http://instagram.com/happywifeandmama You'll catch some "behind the scene" snapshots of my daily workout, the kids, and life in general.

My kids are not cooperating with me. Days like today make me feel like I deserve to eat empty calories. I've created an unhealthy attachment to food. I think if I eat chocolate (or something else yummy!) I will feel better emotionally. This simply isn't true. If you feel this way, talk to me about it. I'd love to talk you through the fallacious logic behind emotional eating (or stress eating).

Days like today make me glad I've joined a fitness challenge group! There's no way I can go in there and admit that because my daughter is sick I decided I deserved to eat cookies or that my son was whining and that means I get to eat bread and rice. They keep me accountable.


The official starting stats are in:

Official weight is 152 pounds:

Additional artwork is courtesy of my 2-year-old. Kids get in the way, and that's okay. They need us more than we need a non-artistic diagram.

Before/After Pics...Not the Right Way OR "The Beginning of a New Chapter"

Let's watch a cycle:

I don't have a lot of photos of myself because no one else I know takes photos. And my computer crashed awhile back so I don't have any good full length "before" photos. I'll see if a friend has one.

It wasn't great, not horrible though. 130lbs after 2 kids:

I participated in a Beachbody's coach's "get well" competition:

109 lbs and 15% BF!


After that, this happened:

(I was actually in the middle of P90X when suddenly I was unusually sleepy and then suddenly nauseated which made me think to take a pg test! lol!) That photo was almost exactly 7 months ago. 173 lbs

This is me today. My shorts can't even go on and I'm so embarrassed. Yes, that's me. I'm the heaviest I've ever been. 154lbs. I was recently diagnosed with depression. There's so much stress in my life right now: I have a husband who works 75 hours a week [my husband wishes for me to point out that he only works 65 hours a week. I was including drive time - the time he is not at home] and can't help out at home, three kids, the oldest isn't speaking, the second is going through "terrible twos", and the youngest is teething, I work part-time doing data entry from home, I home-school my two pre-kindergarteners, and somehow I'm expected to make breakfast, lunch, and dinner for everyone, clean the entire house, do the laundry, put the kids to bed, and do it all without losing my sanity.

It can be done. And you can do it too.

Beachbody is important to me. Health and fitness is a passion of mine and I WILL make the time to succeed.

You're welcome to come alongside and watch me discipline myself into my old clothes. I'm not accepting excuses, and you shouldn't either. Shakeology will help. It'll free up my time while ensuring that I get all the necessary vitamins and nutrients I need.

If you're interested in joining me with a Challenge Pack, I have a Facebook group just for you! Contact me and I'll get you started!


So, why have this picture at all? It's MY motivation!

...And it's the TARDIS! What's better than a Beachbody coach that also speaks Whovian?!