Changing 'Shape'

As I've stated in other post I am in a transition phase of figuring myself out and really becoming the best me that I can be. So I've done excessive amounts of soul-searching (I know I've been busy and it's only 2 weeks into the new year!) and really asking myself some important questions on ways to improve the life that I am living. Which leads me to my health...

I like to consider myself a relatively healthy person. I am by no means an extreme health fanatic because I seem to resist being told what to do and not do at all times.With that said, I enjoy eating healthy food and I'm not one to turn down a french fry either!! Right now my issue is finding balance. Before the mindset of "if I wanted to have the cake then I mine as well eat it too" has got to be a thing of the past. I understand all things should be done in moderation but it's so hard to say that when you have been emotionally drained for an entire year when there is a bowl of raw cookie dough in front of you. But the time has come and I am putting my foot down lightly!

This year is about discovery for me so I am branching out and making the choice to start eating FISH. As a girl raised around shrimp boats (Just call me Bubba) I too am amazed that I have not been introduced to shrimp in a more welcoming way. They, meaning fish, were not a staple on our dinner table. I was never shown how to prepare even the most simple fish dinner. That is a challenge that I am declaring for myself on my way to a new me with a new mindset. So for all of you fish eaters out there I welcome any and ALL suggestions on recipes and tricks to how to prepare a fish...shoot even on how to pick out 'good' fish at the grocery store. I'm not kidding when I say I need all the help that I can get in this department!!!

Now onto my next adventure...working out. I can honestly say I am not a New Years Resolution maker on working out this year because my neighbor and I started in December, therefore I cannot and should not be lumped into the group of Jan 1 resolution makers!!! :) Sooo here is the funny part, we had been working out in the AM and as i mentioned in my last post I am NOT a morning person by any means. So you can imagine how much of a struggle it was for me. Add thank goodness for my dear friend, Kim,  she never seemed to be disturbed as I came hopping to the door to let her in with one shoe on and the toothbrush hanging out of my mouth as I told her, "It will be just one more minute and then I'll be ready!" Each morning we worked out it always felt so great to be up and at em  and to be energized for the rest of the day from a good ol AM workout. Well the holidays came and went and so did our workout routine. After the new year we both made it a priority to get back on the horse and give it another go. Only this time we were met with the smile of the trainer of our apartment complex. Little did we know the pain that was in store for us as we obediently jumped, squatted, kicked and crunched on our first day back in the gym. It's been 5 days since that intense workout and I am finally feeling like I have my own legs back. For a while there I was beginning to feel like I was given my very own pair of wooden legs to try out for size!! Not like there would be anything wrong with that...it was just something that was so foreign to me for those long painful days!



Today I decided that in order for me to hop back in the race of 'changing my shape' I am going to do so at MY pace and not compare myself to the super fit women in my class and feel like the fat kid in last place!! I may be in last place right now but I will get there eventually, after all summer is only a few months away and I can already hear the river calling my name!!

The reason I want to change my shape is not only to look AMAZING in my bikini this year but to overall feel better about my health. I'm not a spring chicken anymore so I think it's about time I took the time out to take care of me first for a change.

Holding up glass "Here's to change...in all areas!"

~Kim

"Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending." ~ Maria Robinson