finding the time...

I've been wanting to blog for so long that I eventually started this blog last year. Then I posted once! One Time!! What a blog fail. Now I'm back and ready to get this blog off the ground. When I originally wanted to blog I thought that I would mostly blog about working out and eating more organic food. Psh. That kept up for just a little longer then this blog did in the beginning. Haha.

Most of my time is spent with my family, working in marketing  and volunteering with my local Relay For Life. I have been with my husband, Drew, for 9 years and we have been married for 3 of those years. We have a really awesome daughter, Bristol. She is 2. I would be a terrible mother if I didn't mention my first child, my fur baby, Riley. He is pretty much the shiznit. He's a wee-chon. Isn't he cute...



Here is a pic of my family, one year ago, but you take what you can get...


Photo by BT Photography 2011

 Hopefully we can get some updated family pics soon.

Anyways, thanks for stopping by my blog. I promise to post more than once a year.

Until next time...Steph

And so it begins...

Ok. Time to talk pounds. I have been routinely working out for one month. 4 weeks of getting up just a little bit earlier and working out before work. This is HUGE. This isn't the first time I decided that I needed to exercise and of course-lose weight. This is, however, the first time that I have lasted this long in an exercise routine. Before, I would go full speed ahead for about a week in the gym and then just get lazy and quit.

Laziness is behind me now. Before, it seemed like a chore to work out. I didn't enjoy being at the gym. I didn't enjoy working out. I wasn't ready to commit to changing my life then. I wasn't ready until I saw a picture of me holding my daughter. I was disgusted with myself. How did I let myself get THAT big? I felt like I had failed. I failed myself. I failed my daughter. How could I teach my daughter good eating habits if I couldn't even follow it myself?

Something needed to change. You see, I have been reading The Domestic Wannabe for quite some time now. Several months ago Ashley (The Domestic Wannabe) started blogging about her attempts to loose weight and struggles that she has had. The more Ashley told of her progress, the more I wanted to change my life. Along with Bristol, she has been my motivation to lose weight and be healthier.

So far, I have lost 10 pounds. 10 POUNDS!! I am pumped. I can already tell a difference in my body and my energy level. I feel great. I can't wait for what is to come. I just hope I can stay motivated to continue this journey.

Are any of you having some eating habits that may not be the healthiest? Like working out? Don't like working out? Would love to hear from you.

I am linking up to "Move it Monday" on Ashley's blog The Domestic Wannabe.