These pics right here, are EXACTLY one year apart. This year transformation marker so much more than a 25 pound weight loss. I truly reclaimed my life over this year. In my before pic, I had very little confidence and not just because I was at my heaviest. I felt like I had no control over my life. We had adopted our son 2 months earlier and we were still reeling from how fast it all happened. We were beyond blessed to come home with our little man within 10 days of having our profile listed online! We were anticipating a minimum of 6 months and thought it'd probably be more like a year. Well, that was not the case!! Anyways, I could go forever about how crazy his adoption was but I'll save that for another time. One year ago I knew that I needed to take charge of my life. I needed to work on myself in order to be able to give my family what they deserve. I had a lot of ups and downs through out the year, and what felt like a ton of set-backs, but I kept fighting. I am really proud that I achieved what I set out to do. I have a baseline now for my next show, this is absolutely just the beginning. This fitness journey is a joy to be on! I love it every step of the way, I truly do...I am really anxious to do this tan again as well. Gabe and I bought the entire ProTan tanning system and we just botched the hell out of it on this first try!!! Yikes.
