Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Hi, my name is Tamara
Hello, my name is Tamara and I really need this!!! I am super excited that Heather is so wonderful and that she put this together and invited me to join. There was a time that I was happy with the way I looked but I feel like I don't even notice myself anymore. It makes me sad that I never want to be in a photo with my family or friends and sad that I am losing those memories. I am a mother of three boys under three so my home life gets a little crazy but I am tired of excuses. I need to exercise more and for sure start to eat better. Baking calms me so I find myself baking every night. After I did three rounds of IVF four years ago, my body has never been the same so I need to retrain it. I am excited to hear what great advice you ladies will have to offer and I hope in some ways I will have ideas that will help you.
Sariah
Hello! My name is Sariah Sunvison and I am an emotional eater. Food has always been the biggest obstacle to my health and wellness (and lets be honest, looking good in a bathing suit) goals. Its an endless cycle - the worse I feel, the more food I eat, the fatter I get, so the worse I feel...and so on. I have these "special" 15 pounds that I gain and lose over and over again. I would like to get my eating under control and hopefully remain at a reasonably steady weight! My hopes are that my accountability to this group will stop curb some this emotional eating. I need to learn to eat to live, not to eat for comfort!
Exercise has never been a problem for me. I love physical activity and am currently very active. For the last couple of years my fitness goals have been all about improving my performance in my chosen hobby/extracurricular activity - roller derby! I go to two hour long practices at least three times a week. I hope to get stronger and faster, thereby becoming a better player and a more reliable teammate for the great group of women I skate with!
I look forward to this challenge and I am especially looking forward to reaping the benefits of just plain feeling healthier and (HOPEFULLY) looking better. (What can I say? I'm ultra vain!) Any monetary rewards that might come along are just icing on the (calorie-free) cake!
Sariah
Exercise has never been a problem for me. I love physical activity and am currently very active. For the last couple of years my fitness goals have been all about improving my performance in my chosen hobby/extracurricular activity - roller derby! I go to two hour long practices at least three times a week. I hope to get stronger and faster, thereby becoming a better player and a more reliable teammate for the great group of women I skate with!
I look forward to this challenge and I am especially looking forward to reaping the benefits of just plain feeling healthier and (HOPEFULLY) looking better. (What can I say? I'm ultra vain!) Any monetary rewards that might come along are just icing on the (calorie-free) cake!
Sariah
Me and mine
Well I like Elise, think that this is a great idea. Some times I think that I am the only one who can't put the sweets aside. It is refreshing and exciting to think that I will be able to get together with women like me who want to be healthier and stronger.
A little about me, I am a stay at home mother of 3. I home school my kids and I am a "fly baby" with a messy house getting organized one day at a time. I have a wonderful Husband who is the Navy and loves being home with his family. I am 30 tomorrow and I feel like if I don't start doing better now that the consequences are too vast to put off. My family history is riddled with Dietetics and other diet related heath risks. I know that it is lurking down the path I am on, of over eating, sweet snacking, inconsistent exercise, and other poor health choices. I have been doing about 50% better over the last month, and I am happy with results I have had this far. I know that I can and need to do better.
I have to say that competition scares me. I came from a family where competition was a bad word. We didn't play sports or things like that. I was a quiet reader who never felt adequate so I never competed with anyone even after I left home. For me it is easier to just let other people win, than to feel bad that they lost. I did and still do have a habit of comparing myself to others and down playing things that I do. My darling husband helps with that as much as he can, often wondering why I can't see what he sees.
I look forward to doing this and doing it well. Good luck to everyone.
Leisel Bode
A little about me, I am a stay at home mother of 3. I home school my kids and I am a "fly baby" with a messy house getting organized one day at a time. I have a wonderful Husband who is the Navy and loves being home with his family. I am 30 tomorrow and I feel like if I don't start doing better now that the consequences are too vast to put off. My family history is riddled with Dietetics and other diet related heath risks. I know that it is lurking down the path I am on, of over eating, sweet snacking, inconsistent exercise, and other poor health choices. I have been doing about 50% better over the last month, and I am happy with results I have had this far. I know that I can and need to do better.
I have to say that competition scares me. I came from a family where competition was a bad word. We didn't play sports or things like that. I was a quiet reader who never felt adequate so I never competed with anyone even after I left home. For me it is easier to just let other people win, than to feel bad that they lost. I did and still do have a habit of comparing myself to others and down playing things that I do. My darling husband helps with that as much as he can, often wondering why I can't see what he sees.
I look forward to doing this and doing it well. Good luck to everyone.
Leisel Bode
Tuesday, October 30, 2012
Introducing ME
Hi! My name is Elise Adams. I am VERY excited about this Health and Fitness Competition!!! I have to warn you girls....I am in it to win it, so watch out!!
Ha. Just kidding. I am in it to win it, but I am just as real and overwhelmed by 'life' as anybody else is! I love Heather and her philosophy of health and fitness. I encourage you all to listen to what she has to say. She knows what she is talking about!
I am a stay at home mom of four small children. The ages of my kids are 7, 5, 3, and 1. I am busy all day long! Ha!
Right now for my fitness I enjoy running and weight lifting. I can ALWAYS use a little encouragement and improvement with my diet though! I struggle with too many sweets and not enough variety in my diet, so this will be the two main things I work on through our 2.5 month journey together!
I am so grateful Sarah and Heather started this whole thing! Hooray for us! We can do it! I sure will enjoy helping each of you as we head into this competition together! Let's do it!
Ha. Just kidding. I am in it to win it, but I am just as real and overwhelmed by 'life' as anybody else is! I love Heather and her philosophy of health and fitness. I encourage you all to listen to what she has to say. She knows what she is talking about!
I am a stay at home mom of four small children. The ages of my kids are 7, 5, 3, and 1. I am busy all day long! Ha!
Right now for my fitness I enjoy running and weight lifting. I can ALWAYS use a little encouragement and improvement with my diet though! I struggle with too many sweets and not enough variety in my diet, so this will be the two main things I work on through our 2.5 month journey together!
I am so grateful Sarah and Heather started this whole thing! Hooray for us! We can do it! I sure will enjoy helping each of you as we head into this competition together! Let's do it!
Monday, October 29, 2012
Welcome to our Competition!
I'm excited for the next two and a half months!
This is meant to be a place where we can help each other! That means we will share ideas, recipes, motivation, frustrations, solutions, whatever it may be.
I am always striving to be healthy & fit. But I don't want to be obsessed or let it run my life. I still want to bake delicious treats and share them with the people I love. Sometimes I want to sleep in instead of running in the early morning darkness, and I think that's okay.
So don't stress out; don't overthink it; this is supposed to be fun! (I am starting after Halloween after all . . .that was nice of me, right? Enjoy that last fun size Snickers bar. No, I'm kidding. Moderation girls.)
I will be back in the next week to introduce myself officially and I hope you will too!
This is meant to be a place where we can help each other! That means we will share ideas, recipes, motivation, frustrations, solutions, whatever it may be.
I am always striving to be healthy & fit. But I don't want to be obsessed or let it run my life. I still want to bake delicious treats and share them with the people I love. Sometimes I want to sleep in instead of running in the early morning darkness, and I think that's okay.
So don't stress out; don't overthink it; this is supposed to be fun! (I am starting after Halloween after all . . .that was nice of me, right? Enjoy that last fun size Snickers bar. No, I'm kidding. Moderation girls.)
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