Take it away, Leigh Anne!
Hello
readers! It is so good to be blogging over here at Bnfunky! Brooke is
seriously the sweetest thing and I just love reading her blog, so when
she asked if I'd like to guest post I said OF COURSE!
(:
When
it comes to guest blogging I always get overwhelmed with the questions
of... what should I write about?... will the readers like it?.. etc.
etc. but I did know that I want you all to realize what I am passionate
about!
My
blog Hart to
Heart is a variation of health and fitness,
crafting, cooking and all the other random thoughts in my life. However
through all the chaos of my blog posts, I want readers to realize the
passion I have for the importance of maintaining a healthy lifestyle. So
I figured why not share with you all a little bit of my background on
how health and fitness became so important in my
life!
I
began dancing when I was 4 years old and began taking it to a
competitive/serious level when I was 11 years old. Dance
consumed my life until this past year when I got
married! My husband is in the Army which led us to make the great move
from Ohio to Alaska. Unfortunately we only got a 'taste' of Alaska
before my husband got orders to deploy to Afghanistan. So I guess you
could say we made a 4 month visit to Alaska before he headed to the big
sand box, and I headed back to Ohio to spend time with family and go
back to school.
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| See-- there I am, dancin' away.. |
For
the 4 months we were in Alaska, all physical activity that I had been
participating in ceased. Literally I didn't dance, run, swim, or even
power walk for 4 months. This might not seem like a big deal to you, but
when the past 16 years of your life were consumed with physical
activity this 4 months of nothingness takes a tole on the body. Now I
didn't gain a ton of weight, but I'd say the repercussions were worse. I
was exhausted all the time, I had no endurance when it came to doing
anything physical(like walking up stairs), I was moody, and I overall
felt like crap. Yep the first 4 months of marriage I felt like I had hit
a physical low. Oh and did I mention that my awesome husband and I
spent those 4 glorious months in Alaska eating out all the
time, drinking amazing Alaskan brewed beer, and essentially caring less
about what we put in our body.
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| My wonderful other half and I doing some Alaskan sight seeing |
Needless
to say, when it was time to come home for the deployment, I had to get
some goals together for myself, because if I kept things up they way
they had been going-- the next time my husband saw me, I'd be 900 LBS.
Okay, I kid.. but seriously, when you don't see your husband for months
at a time you want to be smokin' hot for the next time he sees you! So
my motivation came from various places: wanting to pass time while my
husband is gone,
wanting to get an awesome beach bod for our honeymoon in the fall, and
most importantly so I could feel better!
So
on January 1st I mentally smacked myself across the face and decided it
was go time. 7 days a week... 60 minutes of physical activity... no
excuses. I dropped the pop, I kicked the delicious cookies and candy to
the curb, and ultimately I cut out processed food almost
100%.
It's
now March and I am feeling FANTASTIC. After 16 years
of dance, I am finally feeling like I am on my way to being in my
absolute prime condition.
Now
the point
of sharing my story with you all, is so you understand when you come to
my blog that I haven't been a workout fanatic my whole life. It is
something very recent to me, and I am learning on a daily basis; however
it is truly my passion! If I can help just one person find their
motivation to change their lives for the better, than
I have accomplished something great.
Thank
you to Brooke who so kindly asked me to guest blog, and thank you all
for reading! I hope to see each and every one of you over at Hart to
Heart!
xo
Leigh Anne
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