My Story

A little background on me- 

---->I am a PreK teacher. I am certified in Childhood education & special education grades 1-6. I still have to get this expensive little thing called a Master's degree. Before I put myself $60,000-$100,000 in debt, I just want to know for SURE what I want my darn degree in (I'll get to the part where I can't seem to ever make decisions later...) I know that I don't want to do Pre-K forever, so Early Childhood is out of the question...that doesn't eliminate much though. Hopefully I can make a decision soon... I think I am close! :)

---->I am dating my absolutely amazing boyfriend Chris. We have been together since December 2008! As corny as it sounds, he completes me (I think of the movie The Ringer every time I say that Ha-Ha!). We have been through both wonderful and rough times & have stayed strong through it all. I couldn't imagine my life without him in it & would be absolutely lost without him. 

 I'm in my mid-almost late 20's (eeek, when did that happen?!?) and I'll admit it, I don't completely know who I am. Does anyone ever really figure this out?....we are creatures of change. One thing I do know is that I am indecisive (I told you I would get to that whole being bad at making a decision thing). It's rare I can make a decision, which drives my boyfriend bat shit crazy. Where do I want to eat?-I don't know. What do I want to do tonight? -I don't know. Which dress out of the three should I buy?-I don't know & will get pissy and put them all back because I can't decide. LITERALLY this is the story of my life....& I've been trying oh so very hard to change this about myself. One decision though that I made not too long ago that I was 100% about, was that I wanted to get healthy inside & out.

When I was student teaching a few years ago, I gained 15 pounds in the ONE semester of student teaching. Yes, that was 15 pounds of emotional, stress eating chub that I added on in those short 3 months. I didn't even realize it was happening until one day one of my 1st grade students walked up to me, poked my gut & said "Hey Miss Murphy, you got a baby in there?". I about died....I went home that night & stood on the scale...Sweet Jesus, I had gained 15 lbs! How did I let that happen in such a short amount of time? I bawled my eyes out....I mean, I literally ugly cried for most of the night. I was disgusted with myself. There are no excuses, but between stress, eating my emotions, student teaching & working 30-40 hours a week waitressing....it added up quick. 

I knew I had to change something. I started eating "healthy "....by healthy I thought this was eating Lean Cuisines & other garbage and sodium filled foods. I also tried using a few cheap at home workout dvd's that I found at Target. Needless to say, I lost a pound or two, but not much changed & I went back to my old junk food ways and gave up. That next summer I saw p90x commercials and knew it looked tough, but I was ready for change. I also started hearing about Shakeology...I did my research & although I wasn't sure if I could afford it, I saved up a little $$ and made the commitment to both. I also decided to become a coach so that I could get the 25% discount to save myself a little moola since I didn't have much of it! 

My results were good, but I didn't finish the program completely...here's where that indecisiveness comes in...also I get bored easy. I then tried BBL, ChaLean extreme, Insanity & turbofire. I didn't complete ANY of them totally...FINALLY I completed a whole program--->T25. I loved all of the other programs, but I REALLY loved this one. It was only 25 minutes a day, which was perfect for my busy Teacher lifestyle. 

After T25, the holidays came and I was extremely lax with what I ate & was hardly exercising...I was SO busy (which when I look back, I realize it's not a good enough of an excuse). Sooo those 60 days of busting my butt with Shaun T & T25 was gone.. that's where the 21 day fix came in.  The past is in the past & I can't change that. I started over NEW with the 21 day fix... completed the whole program to this, lost 5-6 lbs & have now moved onto p90x3 which I am loving!

So that's my story.... here I am. Am I perfect? AB-SO-LUTE-LY not! Let's be real, nobody is. I eat clean most of the time, but jeez...sometimes I just want a piece of pizza, a chocolate chip cookie or a twist w/ Rainbow sprinkles & I let myself have it. Nobody is perfect, but I have been working my butt of lately, following the 21 day Fix nutrition plan & have goals set. 

My purpose for this blog is to help others like myself realize that they can become healthy, active and happy too!!!!I hope you find this blog useful:)