Mommy of 2 getting healthy and fit!!

I was so excited when Meg asked me to guest post. Meg is my future sister in law. She is the one that actually pushed me to get healthy. We will all be heading on a cruise at the end of November for The Big Wedding and I knew as soon as we booked the trip that I had to start changing. I made it my goal to wear a two piece on the cruise. (I am not sure when I have worn a two piece last….my guess 10 years.)

How did I get to be so unhealthy? I have a 2 year old and a four year old. After having my first baby, my focus was solely on her. My whole life changed and I jumped into motherhood full force. Two years later, I delivered my sweet little man. Now I had two kids to focus on and I stopped thinking about myself at all. I made unhealthy food choices and did not work out. I was lost in my own body. I started wearing baggy clothes to cover up my tummy and became depressed. I hated myself! I would barely look into a mirror and cringed to have my picture taken. This is not how I envisioned motherhood. I dreamed of being super mom and still looking good.

When I became a mom, I started following blogs. I am so thankful that I follow Skinny Meg. Skinny Meg In May she had someone guest post named Annie. Annie's Blog Annie told her story about how she had transformed her life. I sat there and cried. I wanted this so bad too! I sent Annie an email and she got me started. She suggested signing up for a Challenge pack. I was so ready to start but was worried that I wouldn’t get results. Annie was great at encouraging me.

On June 10th, I started out with the Shakeology 3 day cleanse. I was not a shake person. I had tried a few in the past and could never get down the whole thing.Shakeology shakes are different. They taste good!! I also started Turbo Fire (it’s a kickboxing video). Below are my results.

Honestly I am so happy with my results. I finally wore my two piece this weekend. If you would have asked me at the beginning of June if that would have been possible, I would have said no. I had no idea my body could transform this fast.

What am I doing now? I was so thrilled with my results that I signed up to be a Beachbody coach. I want to help others feel how I feel now. Please send me an email if you want help getting on the right track. I will be doing a T25 (25 minute workout 5 days a week) challenge group starting August 5th. I would love for you to join!!

My email: harryandshannondurbin@gmail.com
My Beachbody website: www.beachbodycoach.com/SDURBIN53

            Healthy and feeling good!!!
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The pudge

             (Not THE dress) 

The biggest problem area I have on my body. Always has been and I'm getting rid of it! Goodbye pudge see you ummmm never again!

It doesn't matter how skinny I am or how much I've lost in the past I've always had a pudge. In my cheerleading uniform there was even a damn pudge and I was in the 120-130 range. It's just a part of my body I've grown up with.

 I want a flat stomach... To be able to sit down and not have a belly or pudge to worry about. Bend over without a fat roll blocking me from painting my dern toe nails. When had trouble painting my toe nails that was when I got really upset about how far I'd let myself go... Struggling to paint my own toe nails was impossible bending over like I used to... I had to put my foot to the side. The damn belly was in the way and it grossed me out. More embarrassed than anything. 

The pudge has been all sizes! From little pudge to pregnant belly looking. I swear at my largest I looked pregnant and everyone thought I was... Yeah not cool! If you know anything about me being pregnant is the last thing that I want to happen. I'm an egg donor for a reason... I just don't want kids of my own. 

I've been asked how far along I am, when am I due and even the dreaded belly rub asking what I'm having! Holy sheeeet people!!! I'm not pregnant! It's a "food baby" or "beer belly" or just a gut! But when someone touches your stomach hoping there is a baby in there, it is very embarrassing once they find out its just all fat. 

I will have a flat stomach... Will it be perfect? No, but I'm ok with that... It's progress. From letting myself go so much I had wonderful stretch marks come up too. On my stomach.... What did I do to myself? I let go and stopped caring is what happened. It's sad and annoying. 

I'm on the road to no more belly rubs, no asking of I'm pregnant and no more side saddle toe nail painting!! 

Goodbye pudge!! 

Squat Challenge

Today marks day 25 of the squat challenge. Whew! 220 today! That's a lot of squats. I have noticed a difference also! Pretty stoked! :) But damn 220 is a lot to do after a rest day. But thank goodness for rest day! 

The first question everyone keeps asking.... "Do you do them all at once?" HELL NO! Haha! Y'all remember I'm not in shape at all right? This is a whole new thing for me... Getting fit and working out. I break them up throughout the day. Usually I'm sets of 10 when I go to the restroom. Which is a lot of visits since I'm drinking a lot of water. (I'm also wearing heels too!) When I'm home I do sets of 20 or 30. I'm usually trying get them over with because there are so many it seems like a chore! Haha! I really like doing them but damn once you get above 150 and realize you have a lot more waiting it seems like a million squats. Day 25... Seemed impossible 25 days ago... I kept thinking.. Holy crap.. How in the hell am I going to do 250 squats?

 I'm proud to say I haven't skipped a day or slacked off once. I've wanted to yes... But I haven't. The old Meg would have but she's gone. I'm accountable for my actions and have people joining me on this journey. 

For everyone who has started the squat challenge with me keep it up!! Don't skip a day or slack off. Also don't over do it!!! I promise you'll be fine if you stick with the original challenge! Most of you all starting the squat challenge really haven't been very active lately or super fit and not in shape. Newbies like me!! :) 

Please and Thank You!

I would like to start off by yelling really loud... THANKS Y'ALL!!!!! ;) Thank you for keeping me motivated and please keep the support coming! I've received emails, texts, fb messages ect... All from people that encourage me to keep up the hard work! Wow! I'm not even going to lie... I get the warm fuzzies inside!! People saying that because of little ole me they're changing their life style too... Buying the Magic Bullet...Starting the smoothies... Squatting!! #Squatsquad No pressure to keep up the hard work... Lol! Because of the encouragement I look forward to each day of this journey I'm taking and super pumped to have a little MeggyThree3 army along with me! Makes me tear up a little! :) 

I have always needed an accountability partner... Someone to keep me on track and make sure I didn't slip away when things got tough. Not someone to boss me around either or make me feel bad about my decisions. Someone to encourage me to keep going!

 That someone is you all! 

I'm stretching my arms out far giving everyone a huge hug!! Thank you from the bottom of my heart! 

I have opened my journey to the public... So I can't let anyone down! The main person is ME!! I'm not letting myself down! 

I'm getting healthy and fit NOT SKINNY! 

So... Please keep the encouragement coming and Thank You for supporting me on this journey!

XOXO,

Meg