20 days down 80 to go and a lifetime to keep living!

   So the first 20 days have been pretty great. I am learning to make healthy a lifestyle choices. I've learned eating off of the lighter side of a menu when you go out is ok. I have learned I have the will power to get up at 5:30am even on my days off to work out. I can say no to treats that are offered to me. I can walk up the stairs at work. I can do lunges and hurt for 4 days after. But in the end all of those things make me better.
   Twice a week I have been working out with a trainer and that has been amazing. We meet at the wellness center at the hospital and workout there. Its nice to have someone there motivating me and helping me keep going. I have had a few times when it hurt or was hard that I wanted to stop and if I had been alone I would have. But Kaitlyn keeps me on the straight and narrow and I keep pushing on. Its nice to see results and little differences during each work out.
   My aunt has been an amazing support to me on my days off she is my swimming buddy. We are pretty much olympic swimmers, I would put Micheal Phelps to shame. I think finding a buddy is key to success. Someone to share triumphs with and someone that knows it can be hard.
   My mom is always a phone call away on those days I am having a hard time I can call her complain a little and she gives me that encouragment that I need to keep it up. She is also there to celebrate my little victories, like today when I put on my dress and it fit a little less snug then last time she was the first one to hear about it.
   I am 20 days closer to where I wanna be and I am excited for what my future holds. I plan on rambling on here often. So I look forward to sharing more exciting news, pictures, when I have a rough day and many more great things.
   I would be lying to you if I said that there weren't rough times in the past 20 days, but I choose to look for the good. I had an amazing english teacher when I was in high school that always said "attitude is everything" and it is. To any of you that are making changes keep it up. The little things make a big difference over time.