The beginning of my journey

Like so many people in America, I am really tired of the extra weight that I am carrying around with me! I am in no way obese by any means but I am at least 20 pounds overweight. I thought maybe no one else had noticed and maybe it was all just in my head UNTIL a Doctor told me I needed to start taking snacks with me I didn't like so that I wouldn't eat them! I was mortified! She told me all kinds of nice little tidbits that day and I immediately joined Jenny Craig. By the way I forgot to mention that the Doctor was way more overweight than I am. Trying not to be bitter about that. Anyway, I joined Jenny Craig with minimal success for about two months. I then realized how much money I was spending on my food each week and that I could have owned a treadmill by now. So I quit Jenny Craig and bought a treadmill. I love to run, okay I love to attempt to run. I have trouble breathing properly and I tend to give up. I also have severely high arches which tends to give me shin splints quite a bit so I end up doing it for about two weeks and then stopping for two and going back again. It's not working. I have tried GNC products, Jillian products, Bob Harper products, etc.. You name I have probably tried it. This brings us to my new journey, Wait! I forget to mention that I went back to school at age 30 (I am now 32) to become a personal trainer! I started school for exercise science because when I am doing it I actually really love exercise. I shortly changed my major though when I saw all the young fit kids in the classes. How was I going to be able to get someone else to do what I am not? Ok now back to the current journey. I decided to start using the Shakeology from BeachBody. I held out for as long as I could but I have seen so many people who have been using it getting great results. So I caved in. I also signed up to be a coach, first to get the discount and then I decided to try to make some money at it. The more I thought about it though I wanted to be a coach to help other people to not feel like I have been feeling. We can do this together. I also just ordered the Insanity DVDS and if you have watched the infomercial on that you know it's kind of hard core! I am a little scared about that and excited at the same time. My Shakeology and the DVDS will be here this week, I will let you know how it goes! I started this blog so that I could document my progress and maybe help a few people along the way. Losing weight isn't easy it takes hard work. I am finally ready to give it the hard work that it needs. If you are ready too I would love for you to join me on this journey.