March 3, 2014 I made a decision to start my journey. I was 8 weeks post-partum with my second child and I was at a point in my life where things needed to change and they needed to change big time. Let me tell you a little bit about where I came from and how I ended up deciding that a change in my life was a must.
My first son, Ian, was born in February 2011. I used him as my excuse as to why I couldn't get to the gym and why I couldn't take the time out of my day to take care of myself. It was not until late 2012 that I got back into a groove of going to the gym, doing hot yoga and trying to make healthier food choices. I felt like I was just getting to the point where I was finding out who I was again and then I found out I was pregnant with my second son.
You see before I got pregnant with my second child I was standing at 5'3" and 160 pounds. I was at my all time high for my weight. I was miserable. I did not feel good in my own skin and no matter what I was doing I just could not get the weight to come off.
While I was pregnant I didn't exercise. Again, I used the baby as an excuse to sit on my butt and do nothing but eat. I gained 25lbs while pregnant. The entire time I felt depressed and overwhelmed that I once again would have to start over. I had started over time and time again and I was tired of starting over.
Once my second son, Evan, was born I started talking to myself, you know in my head, about how I needed to be a better mother to my kids, I needed to be a better wife to my husband, and I needed to be a better me to me. But I didn't know how I was going to do that.
I felt like I couldn't take the kids to the gym because Evan was eating every 2-3 hours and I couldn't leave him in the daycare because he wasn't taking a bottle, nor did I want him to. I started making the same excuses that I made after having Ian. Here I was with a gym membership for the last 9 months while pregnant and never stepped foot in the gym during that entire time. Now I was able to go but still came up with every reason in the world why I couldn't go.
Friends around me were working out and telling me they were looking forward to me being able to join them when I was cleared to return to exercise. I was scared! I was scared about being even heavier then I was before I got pregnant, but I was also scared about starting over yet again and failing.
I hesitated to make my 6 week appointment with the doctor to get cleared because of my fear. Because of that I didn't end up going in until 7.5 weeks, yet another excuse as to why I couldn't start. I finally got cleared. I finally had no more excuses but found my mind running back to the same ones I used for the full first year after having Ian.
I had to break the cycle before I got to far. I was 1 pound lighter then I was when I started my pregnancy, so I was sitting at 159. I made a huge decision in my life, a life changing decision, a game changer!
I found T25. I got it and even though I was scared of failing I told myself I could do anything for 25 minutes a day and I was going to do anything it took to get this weight off.
I found a challenge group on Facebook that was being run by a Beachbody Coach. I started asking a lot of questions and I started doing some research on Shakeology. I wasn't sure about Shakeology and drinking it while I was breastfeeding so I did A LOT of research and I asked A LOT of questions of the mom's I was meeting who were trying to do the same thing I was trying to do, lose weight.
I decided to pair it with my workouts and see if there was any effect on Evan, telling myself if there was I would stop drinking it. Evan did great with it and I never looked back.
I made a commitment to myself to do the 25 minutes everyday and to not miss one single day. I had my doubts, cause lets face it, I had made this very commitment many times before and failed miserably over and over again.
But not this time.
During the first 5 weeks of the Alpha phase I did not drop one single pound. Thank God I took pictures every Saturday because that is were I did see a difference from week to week. I was changing right before my eyes. I was losing inches and my clothes were fitting better.
With the help and support of the challenge group that I was in I was able to push thought the times I wanted to quit. I was able to lean on these women who were right there with me, some of who had more weight to lose and some of who were skinny as a rail.
I stuck with it. I made it through 10 weeks of Focus T25 and drank Shakeology every single day and I lost 10 pounds and 3 inches in my waist. My clothes fit better and I felt on top of the world for the first time in a long time.
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