Beginning My Your Shape Challenge

The challenge has begun! I finally opened my Your Shape last night and set it up.  It has been sitting on my table for about a week and a half now and I haven’t touched it.  It was almost like there was a scary monster in the box that I was afraid to unleash.  The time finally came that I could not put it off any longer, so I put on my workout clothes, laced up my Earth Footwear and hooked everything up and gave it a try.

It was really easy to set up and it’s really cool how it shows you on the screen. Here’s a quick Whrrl showing a few screen shots as I got started.

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Project Skinny Minnie

Skinny Minne, thats what people used to call me a VERY long time ago. Check out this waistline (me in 1989, hubby was pretty skinny then too…)

Over the years I attended college (can you say Freshmen 30), had 4 kids (used the fact that I was gonna have more as an excuse not to loose weight in between), and quit working (thus sitting around more on the couch).  Put this all together and I have gone from “Skinny Minnie” to someone I don’t even recognize, someone who has gained 80 pounds in 14 years, someone who has to buy new clothes when the seasons change cause she keeps gaining weight, someone who is disgusted that she let it get this bad.  I have been disgusted for years but I have not been ready to do anything about it, I think I am finally ready.  Maybe its because I’m quickly approaching 40 (only 2 more years yikes!), maybe its because I can’t keep up with my kids anymore, maybe its because I can feel the fat around my midsection folding up when I sit down, whatever the reason,  I want to be healthy for me and for my family. It’s time, it’s been time and I keep ignoring it.

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