Welcoming =)

Well, here it is, my first post. I guess an introduction is in order!

My name is Lori and I am a 31 year old woman who is, with the love of my life Kirk, embarking on our journey to be healthy. We are blessed with our health and both of our bodies react VERY WELL to exercise. Even though we are fully aware of this, we both love fit bodies and we both enjoy working out, we have let ourselves go. We are not where we want to be and we are both fed up. I will write here about our experiences and my own thoughts about our progress.

We both need a reason to be motivated so we have come up with one together that we will work towards. Here is our short term goal:

To be ‘in shape’ by July 2009, when we move into our first house.

In shape is in quotes because it will be in our opinion. Our new house has a walk in closet and we are hoping to have some extra money to buy some new clothes. If we do not feel good about ourselves and how we feel trying on clothes, then we are not in shape.

Both of us have the same feeling about when we feel good about our bodies. If we feel comfortable going to the beach, then we are feeling good about ourselves! Right now you would definitely not catch us on the beach. I know we should be happy with ourselves just the way we are, but at this point in our lives, this is how we feel. I’m just being honest.

Working out, eating healthy and being organized gives us confidence. It’s amazing how we know this and have felt this, yet we have let it all go. We have lost our motivation, have become lazy and we beat ourselves up about it.

This has got to stop. Here is our starting point.

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