The Things That Have Made My Journey Great.

            You are probably wondering what are some of the things that are making my journey great? The things that have made my journey great are these things:

1.      Having a Coach that believes in you and that is your support system.

2.      Being a part of a group that helps supports you and helps you stay accountable to yourself.

3.      My Religious Beliefs help me stay stronger.

4.      Having a Mom that supports me.

5.      Looking for a better future.

These are some of the things that have made my journey great. I am on a journey that is helping me become better for myself. I am not doing this for anyone else, except for those that I want to be in my future. Someday I want to be a wife/mother, but I can’t do those things if I am not healthy and if I can’t even take care of myself. I don’t want to feel embarrassed anymore about what I where or feel that I can’t go shopping in certain stores because I will know that they won’t have my size. I am looking to be free from this body that has held me back from the things that I have always wanted to do in my life. 

The Start of My Journey.

            The start of my journey began looking for the right exercise program that was going to help me start becoming more active and changing my lifestyle. I started doing research over the internet and came up with a lot of results. There was so much stuff from weight watchers to nutri-system. It was really overwhelming because I didn’t want a program that wasn’t going to be successful. Another factor that I was really concerned about was money. It seemed like to be healthy it had to cost money. Eating healthy costed a lot of money, going to the gym costed money, all of these things to help a person be healthy all had a price to pay. I started becoming really depressed because I didn’t know what I was going to do. I know that I needed to start something and it needed to be something that was going to help me. One day I was looking Facebook and saw one of my friends posts that she had posted about the exercise program that she was doing. I started looking more at her posts and started reading her transformation story. She had been losing weight and getting healthier through the weight loss program the 21 day fix by Beach Body. This really made me interested in this program and what it had to offer.  At first I wasn’t sure I wanted to do the program because of how much it cost, but I had to realize that in order for myself to change I had to be willing to pay a price. I had to ask myself what price pay for my health.

            I chose to be healthy. In March I started the 21 day fix program with Autumn Calabrese and my life changed. My life changed for the better because of this program. I had to find out for myself that I could do hard things. This program has taught me that I am capable of being able to do things for myself. The one great benefit of this program is that you aren't alone. you are given the opportunity to be a part of a team of others who have the same goals that you do to change their lifestyle. Also you have a coach that is your biggest support. I don't know what I would do without my coach Shayla. She has been my advocate, mentor, motivation, and greatest support. I seriously don't know what I would have done without her help. She is part of the reason why that I am doing this program. I wouldn't have known about the program without her. This program has helped me become healthier for myself. I have been feeling better physically, but emotionally  The 21 day Fix program is a positive life changing program. I can honestly say it helps you in your journey. Autumn Calabrese is very inspirational trainer, she pushes you to do the hard things. Even though she isn't physically in person training you, you still can feel the push that she gives. Without these key factors in this program I know that I wouldn't be sticking with this program. This leads into what makes the journey great.

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The new journey that I am on!

I haven't updated my blog for a while, but I felt that it’s time for me to tell about the journey that I am taking right now in my life. I just want to give a little background about the reason I started this journey. All of my life I have struggled with my weight and with my self-esteem. For a long time in high school I didn't do a lot to change things, until I finally got sick and tired of how I felt. I went to counseling because of my self-esteem and depression. I was suffering and I needed help. It was getting to the point to where I didn't want to even live in this life anymore. My counselor and I started talking about why I struggled with my weight. It was due to dealing with food with every emotion that I had ever felt. I was diagnosed as being a compulsive eater. I dealt with food, instead of handling it in a different way.  I went the doctor and started doing what I needed to do to lose weight. I graduated and when off to my first year of college and continued losing weight. This was a life changing milestone in my life because it helped me in being able to qualify for missionary service. In order for me to serve a mission for my church I had to be in a top physical condition. Because I had lost 75 pounds I was able to serve my mission. Throughout my mission I tried to maintain my weight, but due to stress and the lack of time of physical exercise and being fed all the time by members I gained weight. Gaining back the weight that I had lost was devastating to me. I became so depressed and just gave up on myself. When I came home off my mission I started meeting with my doctor again to see what I could do again to start losing weight. It was time for a change.

He and I started a plan. This was the start of the journey that I am on. My journey began in December 2015. Dr. Shamo and I decided made the plan that I would start being accountable for my health by checking in with him once a month to see how my progress was in losing weight and how I was doing in changing my lifestyle. This lifestyle was going to be for me, but also for the results of my future. Doctor Shamo just laid it all out there and told me if things didn’t change then I wouldn’t be here to have a future. It scared me to hear these things. No one wants to be told that they aren’t going to be around. I knew that this was a step that I needed to make for myself. I knew that it wasn’t going to be easy, but I knew that it was going to be worth it. Physical activity has never been my greatest strength. In school P.E. was something that I dreaded every single day and I did all that I could to get out of it. Making it a more active part of my lifestyle was going to be a challenge for me. To tell the truth it was just plain hell. I didn’t want to have to change myself, but I knew that I needed to. So how does one start changing their lifestyle? Let me tell you how I started to change mine.

Below are some pictures of me throughout the years of me and my struggle with my weight.

Age 5

Age 9

Age 13

Age 16

Age 18

College

My Mission

Now  Age 22