I'm Running...Literally

So, for the last I'd say about 2 weeks I've been committed to the Squat Challenge. I'm not going to lie, I wasn't serious  at first and I did it just because. But, once I realized so many women were taking part in it, I became serious!

I have a circle of women who have become like sisters. We're all scattered around the US and some of us will probably NEVER meet. But the encouragement I've received, the motivation and well wishes have pushed me to do more than just squat.
I run( you know faster than jogging but NOT sprinting..LOL)
I bear crawl
I crunch
I walk
I eat healthier
I make smoothies

When, I first moved to ATL, I had lost so much weight. I've never been obesely fat but I've always battled with being on the heavy side. I remember at one point in my life I was wearing 14/16( and soetimes I had to buy an 18). No shade to the ones who wear those sizes well, it just never worked for me. With little effort, before I knew it I was a 10/12 in a matter of months of relocating. And it wasn't that I was starving myself, I was new in the area and didn't really know my way around. Every outing became an adventure of getting lost. I remember 1 night after leaving service at my church, I was LOST. I circled my neighborhood for about 2 hours not realizing, I had passed the street that lead to my house... pitiful, I know~Smh

With life, comes changes... I've done/gone through a number of things during my relocation and some have been good, some life changing and some were mere test! However, each of them left a mark on my body..
This squat challenge has renewed my thinking and has made me more conscious of what I'm putting in my body and how I'm treating it. My body is a temple and what I put in will either come out yielding awesome results or it will stay in and alter my physical being.

I'm running y'all and I'm getting my life BACK. I'm LOVED and appreciated the way I Am but in order for me to be happy in my skin, I have to first be happy with me. Water has become my new best friend and the tennis court in my complex has become my training grounds( the gyms are under construction). My children work out with me as do a few kids in the complex. This little boy "C" challenged me the other day and it felt good. I was running doing slight basketball suicides. In my mind, I was determined to complete 4, he pushed me to do 6 and said, "Keep going Miss, you can do it"...

I don't want to be skinny. I just want to feel better about me and be healthy. I'm excited and check back in a couple of month because, It just got REAL!!! My Pastor's theme is "Developing A Better Me (DaBMe) and I'm well on my way!!!