Wedding Anniversary

Yesterday Robbie and I celebrated our one year wedding anniversary. I can't believe how fast the time went by! Even though he is in TX right now, it was still a very special day. So much has changed within this year. Robbie joined the military and has been away for 5 months now, I completely changed  career goals and started a new school, my best friend moved away and we found out we're moving to Italy and that's just a few things to name!

This year I grew even more in love with fitness. This year was truly about finding balance and what works for me. 

My wedding was my first "real" fitness goal and after it was over I was so lost.We indulged on our honey moon and I continued when I got home. I didn't know what to do next because the whole reason I started my Facebook page and blog was to keep myself accountable while prepping for my wedding. So I kept thinking, "oh man all my followers won't care now that the wedding is over", which definitely wasn't the case!

 

I gained about 10 lbs after my wedding and reversed a lot of my hard work. I was still training but my diet wasn't 100% and I was hating the way I looked. I wasn't as active on my social media outlets because I couldn't see how the heck I was supposed to be a motivator when I wasn't doing a great job on my own. I experimented with new diet tricks like carb cycling to see what works for me. It's all about trial and error. No matter how hard I tried, I could NOT carb load. Now that I know what works for me, I stick to a lower carb, higher fat, low sugar diet 99% of the time. 

I really feel that I had to go through all of this to figure out who I am and who I want to be as far as fitness goes.

 

In december I decided enough was enough and it was time to get serious in the gym again. I called Rachael and we began online training and my diet was back on point. I started seeing changes in my body after 12 solid weeks of consistency and that's when everything clicked for me. 

This is a LIFESTYLE. I picked up the pieces and got back on it. You will never fail as long as you DON'T GIVE UP!

Everyone has down seasons of their life or times where they need self discovery, especially after accomplishing a big goal. I've learned more about my body in the last 7 months and I am so grateful for that. 

I personally need to have short term and long term goals to keep me going. My short term goal right now is to be photo shoot/competition ready and my long term goal is to be comfortable in a swim suit year round. 

I know that it will take work but now I have developed the habits and I am ok with many of the sacrifices it will take to get there.I love lifting weights and seeing how my body can be shaped through fitness.

I can't wait to take my fitness journey to Italy!

Thank you to everyone who has supported me thru all my goals and continues to follow my page and blog. I appreciate more than you know!