Today it doesn’t matter what size I ended other challenges.  It doesn’t matter what I looked like when I got married, or before my first baby was born.   All that matters is today, where I’m beginning now.  I can’t change the past, only learn from it.  I choose to embrace myself as a wife and mother, daughter, sister, friend, aunt, teacher, and business woman.  I am more than a set of numbers. I am a complete person, whose value comes from my creator, not what I look like, or what I do.

But today I choose to make choices that will make me healthier, and make the rest of what I do easier and more effective. To evaluate my progress and to see what works, I will use numbers and photos. This is hard for me, but gets easier each time I do it.  The first set of assessment pictures I ever took was emotionally crushing and very motivating at the same time.  I felt a lot more attractive than I looked! But I couldn’t argue with my pictures!

Where I began my FYM journey May 2011

Where I begin today:

Starting Picture for the NYTC 2013

Stats:

36 years old

Height: 5 foot 6 inches

Weight:  145.2 pounds

Natural Waist: 33 1/4 inches

Mommy Tummy: 38 1/2 inches

Hips: 39 inches

I have 6 children.  My youngest is 20 months old and has been weaned for 4 months.   I did all my previous challenges while nursing.

We moved to our new house last year on New Year’s Eve.  The New Year transformation challenge of 2012 was the first challenge I totally bombed.  I underestimated the stress of moving and having 2 houses to remodel simultaneously while homeschooling and working part time. (What was I thinking, honestly?)

So this year finishing the same challenge strong, is important to me, just to prove that I can do it.