Genesis

The past year and a half has been extremely difficult for me and my family.  My stepson was murdered, my husband had a serious back injury and subsequent surgery and recovery, and we moved from our home to a new life in Northern Virginia.  During that time, the healthy lifestyle that we had previously enjoyed began to slowly fall off track.  I gained about 40 pounds, my husband's cholesterol reached high levels;  we are just in a bad place concerning our health.

Now that our lives are beginning to settle again, it's time for us to get serious about our fitness again.  I have been an avid exerciser, a bodybuilder, a power lifter, and a fitness instructor, and right now I'm at the weight that I was just after having my son Noah, and I'm wearing clothes three sizes larger than my norm.  Enough is enough, and I'm determined to get back to the real me.  What's different this time is that I want you to come with me.

I've lost weight before, and I have learned a lot about fitness.  People are always asking me tips about weight loss or how to reach their fitness goals, so I thought that the best way to share what I know and what I do to get in shape is to just do it in a very public way.  This blog is designed to take you on my journey.  My goal is to lose about 40 pounds and to regain some of the muscle mass that I've lost over the last year.  I will post pictures, videos, what I eat, the supplements I take, and my exercise routines.  My hope is while I'm on my journey to reach my goals that you can set goals for yourself and reach them, too.