Starting Stats

I am committing myself to being a "Before" for the last time in my life. I know that I am going to make mistakes, I know that I have to admit those mistakes before I can grow in this journey. I am going to learn from my mistakes and not give up or belittle myself for eating ice cream after dinner. I am not going to beat myself up when my calories are in the red at the end of the day. So what? Tomorrow is a new day, I can work out harder to make up for that splurge. Enough ranting and on to what everyone wants to know.

I am fighting with myself as I write this whether or not I want to publish this post. I have never been so vulnerable about myself in such a public setting. I dated my last boyfriend for over three and a half years and he did not know these things about me. So I am emotionally stripping myself down to bare bones here, I hope that this can inspire one other person to start on a journey of loving their body and taking back their healthy.

Starting Stats:

-Age: 23

-Weight: 196

-Height: 5'7"

Measurements (Inches)

-Chest: 42.75"

-Arm: (L) 13.75" (R) 13.5"

-Waist: 37.75"

-Hips: 43.5"

-Thigh: (L) 26" (R) 25.5"

I plan on writing a further out goal blog post for distant goals, but this is as good of an outlet as any to talk about my "Goal Weight." I would like to lose 46 pounds and weigh 150 pounds. That seems like such a huge number, and I cannot imagine what I will look like when I reach that goal, but I cannot wait to find out.

June Fitness Goals

For me, a goal is much more tangible if I write it down. I have begun a personal fitness journey. And I could not be more excited about it! I started a gym membership last week at a gym that is very close to my job and they have another location close to my apartment. I also have unlimited guest passes and I can take anyone along with me! So how is that for no excuses! I will do two check-ins for my fitness goals, one halfway through the month and another at the end of the month. I am hoping that I can find a community to connect with so that I feel motivated to continue reaching my goals! Here goes nothing:

-Drink more water (I do not want to include a specific number here because that might set me up for failure)

-Soda-Free Summer (my roommate's idea, we are also trying to cut out juice)

-Exercise four days a week (running, pilates, yoga, whatever it takes to get my booty moving!)

- Get ahold of my Blogilates Fit Journal and start putting it to use!

I am going to keep it simple this month, I even debated on making my goal exercising three days a week. But I will make sure to pack a gym bag so that I can work out on my lunch breaks. It is time for me to start taking my health as seriously as possible. Healthy is the new skinny, after all!

New Blog, New Goals

Welcome! I am Samantha, a twenty-something preschool teacher with a BA in Child Development. I love my day job, and I am sure that I will be talking a lot about my transition into being the best Early Childhood Educator possible, but I want to talk about other things that are important to me. In this blog you will find a hodgepodge of passions I have. Some include makeup, skin care, do-it-yourself projects, my personal fitness journey, mindful living, minimalism, organizing, positive self esteem, early childhood education, and so much more. If you are interested, stick around and see some of the shenanigans I get up to, you are more than welcome on this journey! I am going to start with a posting schedule of Mondays and Fridays. So see you tomorrow on the first day of June!

Keeping it very real around here by ending my first blog post with a car selfie.

I am not perfect, but I work with what I have :)