Well it has been over a year since I have posted anything. To be honest, I really haven’t felt much like being very social. I have been in and out of a funk for two years and it sucks.
Currently, I am down 17-20 pounds depending on the day. I started walking 3 miles a day and and going to run stairs with my husband to try to get into shape. Once it started getting colder and darker early I started to use my punch card for some cardio and strength training classes. My awesome friend Keri bought it for me for my birthday last year and I a truly enjoying the classes. In January, I start crossfit bootcamp. I am super excited to start and see some more changes in my body. I haven’t been eating all that great since Thanksgiving but that is about to change as well. The last thing I want is to gain any of the weight back. It feels so good to be able to buy smaller clothes. My goal is to lose at least another 20 pounds but I am trying to watch my shape more than be a slave to the number on the scale. I would love to be bikini weather by this summer.
Not quite sure why I have felt so antisocial lately but I know that a few of my closest friends think I have fallen off the planet. I am still here but I am just working through a lot of crap in my head. I guess I tend to be like a turtle and hide in my shell at times. It’s funny because I just realized that part of the reason that I love dance music is for the fact that it doesn’t make me think. It isn’t deep or emotional and sometimes I want to be free of thinking and emotion. It also makes me want to shake what my momma gave me!
In October, I got 5 new tattoos. Three total on my inner wrists and 2 on the back of my neck. They all have deep meaning to me. I have plans to get several more with the next one I want being a Phoenix which happens to be my dancer name I am using at the place where I am taking the cardio classes. The Phoenix symbolizes REBIRTH. Over the last two years I feel like I have been through a sort of rebirth. I love tattoos. Not everyone would agree but that is ok. Everyone has their own ideas of beauty but they make me feel sexy. I feel like my body is a canvas that needs to be decorated and celebrated.
Happy New Year, Shelly! Like you, I was pretty much completely absent from blogging for the past year. My resolution is to be more blog-social this year. Hopefully we can both stick to it.
Great job on the weight loss!
Hi, Shelly! I am sorry to hear about your funk. I have had my share of them, and they’re not fun. Glad that you are feeling better, and congratulations on the weight loss! I know you have been working hard at it. Try to keep blogging about boot camp, and your whole rebirth.
And how about some pics of the tattoos? Love ya!