Less is More

This post has been a long time in the making and I have to say I am literally overjoyed as my fingers type out the news...I am over the moon excited to announce that you will be seeing less of me!!!

Yep, that's right and it could not have come at a better time in my life.

Ok, so here are the details...

This is my year- THE year! The year that I turn the big 3-0 (gasp!) It had been looming for months and a constant reminder to me. I just could not get it out of my head. How in the world did it get here so fast and how was I going to catch up with all that I wanted to have accomplished by this point??? So January rolled around and I finally made the decision, I was going to do it and I was not going to take no for an answer...I made the commitment to myself to loose 30 lbs. The rational was pretty simple celebrate 30 years by loosing 30 lbs :)

But I did not tell anyone because I figured if I did not actually say it out loud that it wouldn't be so bad if I could not reach it. I had so much doubt in myself that I needed to leave some wiggle room and "an out". But I was determined...the breaking point was a few months earlier when I saw a picture of myself that a friend of mine took while I was on a shoot in the Bahamas- I was disgusted with the way I looked and almost did not recognize myself!

I wanted to delete it right away but instead I used it as motivation. I started off pretty good managing my schedule with regular exercise on the elliptical every day for 15-20 minutes, watched what I ate and drank more water than I ever had in my life. I did that for nearly six weeks and was down 10 lbs! But then wedding season kicked in- traveling, juggling shoots, editing, meetings, kids and hubby's schedule and the exercise was the first thing to go or get knocked down to the bottom of the list. To top it all off I went on a cruise and upon returning had gained back 4lbs...bummer!!! At that point 3olbs. might as well have been 100 because it seemed so far off and unrealistic.

But, then I met Vanessa :)

She is a physical therapist that went from a size 10 to a size 4 so she had my attention. She had done the Body by Vi Challenge so I listened to the options and the details. I had heard about it for over a year prior to meeting her and to say that I was a little skeptical would be an immense understatement. Nothing is truly that easy...but after seeing her pictures and hearing about the program I figured it made sense and decided to give it a try. Two shakes a day replace 2 meals for 90 days...

I started in April and I have to say I have never eaten healthier in my life. Today I weighed in at an overall 25 lb. loss for the year and 19 of that is directly a result of the Body by Vi Challenge. I have one more month to go and am very confident that I will end my challenge pretty darn close if not at my goal of 30 lbs.

So, yes- you will be seeing less of me and I couldn't be more proud!!!

More updates to come of course :)

If you would like more information on the Body By Vi please contact Vanessa or to join my challenge team sign up here. If you have any specific questions about my particular approach please feel free to email me.

xoxo!