Rock Your Body

I have now lived in Northern VA/DC for 3 years. The first year was really hard for me but I absolutely love it now. Of course there are downfalls (traffic, cost of living, traffic, being away from family, traffic, gas prices, traffic, etc.) It always feels good to go back to Williamsburg because one thing that I never fail to hear from my family and friends back home is “you look amazing, you are really slimming down!” Never in my life has anyone ever said that to me and made me actually believe it. I left college at an all-time high weight of… (yeah right). It was bad and I never realized it until I go back and look at pictures of myself and it mortifies me!

 

Spring and Summer 2012

 

 Now I am 45 pounds lighter and I can honestly say I have never been happier and healthier. I do want to lose around 10-15 more pounds, but right now my clothes fit better and I’ve dropped 3 sizes, I feel happier and just generally healthier. People always ask “what’s your secret” and honestly, I don’t have one. I finally came to the realization that there is a direct correlation between diet and exercise- who knew!?

Summer 2014 and Winter 2015

 

The first year the weight came off as I mostly just changed my eating habits, made food at home with some substitutions and portion sizes and worked out OCCASIONALLY… unless you count working out chasing 6-7 year olds all day around a classroom. The past 2 years I took more of an interest in working out…I joined a gym and slowly started going. I got a trainer 2x a week who really whipped me into shape, and then I began to try some of the group exercise classes until I came across the amazing class that is BodyJam.  Let me tell you- it has changed my life. BodyJam is essentially a dance/high intensity cardio class with A LOT of choreography to all kinds of music- I always say it is “hip-hop based” but it’s really not.. it uses a lot of today’s music and is seriously like a big party.

 

 

The class has become a part of my schedule and is now in my routine so much that I won’t schedule anything on the nights that I have the class- I genuinely LOVE going and I look forward to it the 2x a week that I go. I started off as really self-conscious in the class and always went straight to the back… Now I feel pretty confident on it (except on launch) and will go in the front or at the least the 2^nd row and not care about who is watching anymore. It is amazing- if your gym has it, I recommend going! It is so much fun, even when you look and feel awkward. J I am determined to get the Les Mills Reebok shoes for the class, but not sure if I am quite bold enough to wear them out… stay tuned. J