Coming Home

Wow!! What a whirlwind the last few months have been! In March Jason found out he would be transferring to Traverse City for work.... At the beginning of April!! In that two month period we managed to move out of our home for the last four years, transfer schools for Dylan, find a new preschool for Ava, leave a workplace that I love, find a new job, find new housing, and face just a few challenges along the way. It's been a wild ride, and now that we have been settled in to our new home for a few weeks -- yes a few weeks-- We had a brief but much-enjoyed period of moving in with my parents between homes-- I finally feel like I can sit back and catch my breath.

The chaos of the last few months took a toll on a lot of things in our life. Transition is hard, and we all felt the weight of this HUGE transition. My workouts fell to the side, and my food choices played the role of comfort and convenience rather than fuel and nutrition. It was tough, I didn't feel like myself and my body felt the effect of those choices. 

Even though I wasn't progressing towards my health and fitness goals I was at peace with it, because I was doing what I needed to do to keep myself  and my family afloat. I was dealing with the curveballs life threw at me, and ya know what? That's okay! My health and fitness goals are part of my LIFEstyle, and that means that they have to roll with the ups and downs of my LIFE. 

Getting back in to the routine of cooking nutritious meals and waking up early to workout has been refreshing and fulfilling, it's like coming back home after a long trip away. I am excited to be working toward my goals again, by mostly I am thankful that this lifestyle has been just that-- a lifestyle, the place I return to rather than a fad that I start and stop as I so often used to do. 

During the transitions I really limited adding new people in to my challenge group so that I could make sure I could provide enough support and accountability to those who were already in the group, but now that life is settled I am opening up a few more spots for people who are ready to commit to a life change and work at identifying and reaching their fitness goals. If you want to see if this is a good fit for you, send me a message!