And so it begins!

As of right now, I’m overweight. Very much so. Although I wanted to change how I looked, my love of food and loathing of exercise made that desire completely unrealistic. And yes, at this point I admit that my lack of willpower is both embarrassing and concerning.

However, in January of 2013, I became inspired and found a new willingness to change my life. And of course this transformation begins with the place where all dreams come true: Disneyland.
I’ve been a big fan of all things Disney since childhood. Disney symbolizes so much: innocence, fantasy, hope, love, dreams… So it’s no surprise that while visiting Disneyland with my best friend in January, and we stumbled across the Tinker Bell Half Marathon and the related health expo, I had a “lightbulb moment.”

It started with a pair of New Balance runDisney shoes. And a Sparkle Skirt. I wasn’t entirely sure at the time why I bought running shoes and clothes, but they came home with me anyways. Two days later, I went for my first run. After all, I hated running. The difficulty breathing, the pain in my legs, the undying boredom… However, something about that first run was different. I didn’t have trouble breathing; I enjoyed the burning in my lungs. I didn’t feel pain in my legs; I  felt just a little bit more powerful than before. I wasn’t bored; I was amazed.

This was the beginning of a new journey, and it was due to these first steps that I decided to document my successes and failures. Besides, nothing motivates like facing the scrutiny of people on the internet!