Just a little INTRO

So this will be the first of many post along my journey.  I don't know how many people --if any-- will take an interest in this but I know it will help me.  So who am I???  Well that is what I hope to find out.  I am a stay-at-home-mom to Kendal who turns 9 in March and Caleb who turns 2 in April.  I am a wife of 15 years to my soul mate Jarrod.

^^This is us just a few weeks ago.  I love my family very much but feel like I am not all that I can & want to be for myself and for them.  My weight holds me back on so many things and this is one of the MANY things I plan to improve on.  I come from a family that is all on the larger size.  I have not always been fat but it seems like the more I go on the worse it gets.  I look in the mirror and do not know who the person looking back at me is.

So it is time for a change.  Not just for me but my whole family.  Not just my weight because I want to be healthy on the inside and out.  Starting tomorrow 1-1-13 I have set a goal to lose 80 lbs in one years time.  I do not plan to DIET at all and still make this happen.  Instead I will be making lifestyle changes to improve my eating and improve my daily activities.  I will post daily about my day both with my fitness and just overall.  I am sure there will be some really GREAT days and there will be some really CRAPPY days but I will lay it all out here.  

So here is to enjoying the last of 2012 and looking for a better/brighter tomorrow.