Happy Anniversary to me....

On January 16, 2012 I made the life-changing choice to get LIVE a healthy life.  2 years have gone by and I am in this for life. So much has changed!  Things for the better.  Going to a nutritionist is probably the best thing I have ever done.  AMAZING life-change!  7 months into this Clean Eating life-style and wow!  Wow!

On New Years Eve, I was at a party and they had a paper where you wrote down what you wanted to do in 2014.  I wrote.....run my first of many 5ks....

Today, I registered for my very first 5k.  Words can not express how I am feeling.  When I set it in my mind that I was going to do this...FEAR entered in.  But from FEAR came GUMPTION!

gumption - courage; spunk; guts

And then I was reminded of this....
"Strength! Courage! Don’t be timid; don’t get discouraged. God, your God, is with you every step you take.”  Joshua 1:9 (Message Bible)

So here I am....registered to run my first 5K

I had my follow-up with my nutritionist and I lost another 6 pounds!  So with that...I know I can run this 5K....

Let me share this with you...
I am not perfect.  But it is in those imperfections that I am learning to NOT QUIT!   I will not find myself...QUITTING!  QUITTING to me means "I don't want to live".  Well, I am living and I love it!

God is with me, my husband has always been by my side (he's actually running with me at this 5K) and my kids mean the world to me and I will do anything to live a long life to enjoy them and their kids. So yea, I am never QUITTING.  I will have bad days (believe me I have them already), but I WILL NOT QUIT!  And on those days when I am wanting to QUIT....I will remember that 2 years ago I made a choice to LIVE....

LIVE for God
LIVE for me
LIVE for my family
LIVE for the memory of my dad......

So with the end of this blog, 44 pounds lighter and a 5K to run on January 26th.......2014 here I come!

Here's a cool note*
I tried on some size 8 jeans...yep...THEY FIT!  Unbelievable!!!!!!

Here is my follow up picture with my nutritionist!  Looking LEAN and MEAN!