Good morning, everyone!

So a short time ago (a few months I believe) there were a good portion of people coming around talking about wanting to lose weight, get back in shape and generally get back into a better active routine. I was one of those people who stopped into those topics, because I was in the same boat. Wanted to make some heavy changes and really jump back into things.

I started seeing a personal trainer a few months ago now. We've had 16 sessions together so far and things have been going swell. Learning a lot from her, and learning how to build my own program. She's been a huge help in getting me over my anxiety of working out at the gym. So much so that I've even been going on my own lately! What a huge difference. Before I could not do my own work-outs, simply due to anxiety with being around so many people.

When I first started my program, I was 158lbs. A scary, scary number for me. Just two years ago I was a comfortable 132lbs. What happened?! Haha. I started a desk job is what happened, leaving my active job for something with better job security.

Well now I'm around 153lbs, which isn't bad at all. I've been doing weight training to tone, so my ratio of body fat to muscle has vastly improved.

When I first started, I couldn't do tricep pull-overs with a 5lb weight! Last night, I was doing them with 12.5lbs, at 25 reps for 4 sets (in a circuit program, not back to back).

I'm so happy with the changes now. My trainer will tell me what we're doing that day, and I can't wait to tackle it. Even if it seems hard, I know my body can handle at least the first 2 sets. Then the push will be the last two sets. But when I first started, I would struggle with even the first set.

I feel like I'm definitely getting there. My joints feel better. My back is stronger. I can do a push-up now, despite my shoulder injury (which has stabilized and no longer gives me chronic pain throughout the day).

Now we're getting more into the fat loss so that I can start showing off this awesome definition. So we're doing super sets and cardio circuits now too. Gosh, those cardio circuits still kick my butt. But I know they're so worth it. Even if a few of them make me want to toss my cookies with the effort, haha.

My goal is to get down to 140-142lbs by November, which I feel is a reasonable goal at this point.

So I guess I'm wondering who else has been pushing it lately like they said they wanted to, and what you've been up to. Results? Changes? Let us know!

Wish I'd taken a 'Before' picture, but to be honest, I was just too embarassed to even do that. So hopefully I'll have a nice 'After' to show off instead