When I returned to the states from Asia, I got into a sedentary lifestyle when hit with the difficulty of finding work again after traveling and teaching abroad. Then I went for an annual and was told how much I weighed and sank. I decided then that it was time to make a change. In the beginning I started working out with a friend mine, but she wasn't serious about losing weight. Her goals were different than mine, but going to a gym alone surrounded by pretty bodies was intimidating, so going to the gym with a friend who was in the same corner as me made me feel better, but I wasn't making changes. I wasn't making progress. When my friends stopped going to the gym and I started going alone I started getting serious about my routine when I had only me to focus on. Thats when change started happening.

I feel like a powerhouse when I leave the gym. You cant tell me anything! Im on cloud nine knowing that Im taking my body one day closer to where I want it to be.