A New Me!!!

Okay. So it has been a long time since I had time to sit down and blog. As I feel like I say alot, lots of things have been going on! The new job is great. We have found a new church called Life Church. It is a non-denominational church that we were invited to at a soccer practice. As soon as I walked in I could feel the presence of God and knew we had found our new church. The boys came out and ask if they could come back so I knew that was where we would start going. Andy is playing soccer and loving it! Ryan is a little jealous but has been helped by the promise of tee ball in May. He did try to convince the coach that he was 4 and big enough to play soccer though. Monday they start preschool and they are excited to "make some new friends". As for me, I have decided to get back into shape. After the past few years of everything, I had let myself get to a point of unhappiness so the new workout has begun. A friend told me about a program called Marathon Makeover which is supposed to help you train to run a marathon. Thought it sounded neat so I have signed up (although I signed up for the 10 week, 5K training as the marathon training was 40 weeks and started in Jan!). I have started working out by swimming and walking. Training begins next week for the 5K. My goal is to lose weight the healthy way which is something I have never done before! If you read my blog or know me well, you realize that I have struggled with losing weight the entirely wrong way. This time around I am doing it the right way! I have lost about 15 pounds over the past few months and have set a goal to lose about 40 pounds all together (yes this is my LONG term goal!). I am eating healthier too. I think this will have a great impact on not only me but also it teaching my children to take care of their bodies which is something I want them to learn at an early age and carry into the rest of their lives. I will try to keep updated more on my progression. I have never been a runner but really looking forward to achieving this goal. June 16 is the date of the race that I am aiming for so encouragement is welcome!