She let herself go...

It was a simple statement from my husband, about a girl he knew in junior high.  It wasn't meant to be mean, he was just stating his surprise in how different the girl looked.  That simple statement got me to thinking about how different I look from a few years ago, say about 6 years ago, on my 21st Birthday.

Yup, that's me with my mom just under 6 years ago on my 21st birthday.  This is me now.

Personally, I look at the two pictures and I can see a difference, but not a huge difference.  Which makes me think that if I were to just exercise more and eat less during this next year I could look more like the top picture.  When I was at my parents for the holidays they had a picture on their fridge of me when I was thinner.  It helped me to think twice before I ate junk food.  I will be posting the first picture on the fridge at home as possible motivation.

Here's looking forward to a healthy 2012!

2011-The year of achievement

Do you ever have those years when you look back and just think, "This was a really good year"? A year where you can only think of the positive things that happened in your life?  As an optimistic person I'm usually able to always look at the bright side of life, but there are just some years that are better than others, years that had a lot less struggle and a lot more achievement.  The last year I can remember like that is 1997.  I know, it has been a long time, but every year since then has seen some sort of serious sickness in my family or even in my own life.  Or else there have been car accidents, break ups, poor decisions, just random negative things.  This year has been a positive year though.  I feel like there has been so much that I have been able to accomplish and it has all been because I've learned to totally rely on God again.  When I look at the turning point in the year when the achievements started, it was when I finally got the guts to do what God had been asking me to do.

Since I am coming from a year of accomplishments I want to continue on the positive path that was started.  I want to accomplish so much more in this next year.  I have laid out goals for my crafting, Etsy shop, and revamping Mr. Badango and I's eating to a healthy lifestyle.