HI!

My first post I thought should be a little getting to know me! I'm Kari, I play too much World of Warcraft, exercise too much, love to cook, have a great nerdy husband, and two fabulous kids. I started a journey to help myself feel better in the fall of 2010. I had battled depression and anxiety for the better part of a decade. I was literally sick and tired of being sick and tired! I'd go to bed tired, and wake up tired, I could barely leave my own house. Welp, that got pretty darn old, and one day after reading about an online friend feeling so great with her daily running, I decided to go to Kohl's and I purchased some new snazzy trainers and running clothes. That very next morning I woke up at 6am, put on my trainers, new clothes, and hopped out the door with my mp3 player. Whew, that was a very rough day! I got a rude awakening. I found out that day that a 200lb girl at 5'2" could NOT go running very easy. I didn't give up though! I wanted this for me, and that whole first day I was full of energy and wanted more and more.

It started getting cold out that fall and I quit running because I was a weenie. I had lost about 20lbs or so, was down a size in pants, and was feeling pretty good. Then when I stopped getting out to get some exercise I started feeling cruddy again. The new year rolled around and I decided in February to get a couple Jillian Michael's DVDs from Netflix. Boy those were hard back then! I was still about 180lbs, so I really needed to lose some major inches. In May 2011 I started feeling stronger, leaner, more confident. So I ordered Insanity from Beachbody and got to moving. I wasn't sure exactly what my weight was at the time I started Insanity. I'm going to guess about 160lbs. I did one full round of Insanity and then I got a herniated disc in my lower back 1 week from the end!! I fet so deflated, but I vowed to do Yoga and keep up with my strength and that I WOULD finish that first round. The day I went to the chiro for that herniated disc I weighed 142lbs, I had lost 18lbs in 60 days and boy was I proud of myself!! I will add I also started drinking Shakeology around the same time as I started Insanity. Remember earlier I said I battled depression and anxiety, yeah, Shakeology in addition to exercise has helped more than I can even begin to describe with those ailments! Shakeology gives you SO much energy, if you want more info, be sure to hit me up about it!!

After about a month of doing only Yoga, I was finally able to finish my last week of Insanity. I got my t-shirt for finishing too!!

Then I did some P90X. Around Christmas 2011 I weighed myself and was at 130. So without even trying I had lost another 12lbs with P90X! Now in 2012 I'm doing P90X2 (and that is with a bad back, folks!) Excuses are void to me! Herniated disc and all, I modify anything that puts too much pressure on that lower back area, but in general I do everything as intended.

So that is my success story (ongoing). About 70lbs lost in a little over a year just by being consistent and eating clean! Keep digging deeper, and push play!

Oops. Here are a before and after of me :)

August 2010, 1 month before I started. I felt so gross, this is all I have for before photos.

This is me about 5 days ago. January 25, 2012.