My name is Babs and I am an Independent Coach for Beachbody. The biggest part of my life I have been a mother and wife. My children have grown and now I have more time on my hands and I can focus more on myself. This is a strange concept to me. I started going to Fit Club with Mike and Mica Edenfield in May 2010. I will NEVER forget that day...we did P90X Plyometrics and I made it through the warm up and went straight to the bathroom for fear of throwing up! I kept going back and Fit Club continued to grow and by July, I became a coach. I fell in love with the workouts because I saw real results. My arms and legs have actually toned up!!! I have also taking to running...something I had loathed. I love the way it makes me feel afterwards...energized and that I have accomplished something. Exercising also makes me feel so much better about myself and I feel clearer and happier. Now I am ready to go to the next level of fitness... I know this will not be the easiest thing to do, but I know it will be so rewarding. I am thrilled that my darling daughter, Kristen and my best friend and sister, Terra will be joining me on this journey. I hope we inspire people.
So today it starts! I am Terra and this is a little about me and why I am doing the P90X challenge. I just turned 40. Seriously just yesterday. So this is my gift to me. I have never liked how I looked and have never been comfortable in my own skin. I want to change all that. I need to do this for me and my family. I have 3 kids and a husband in grad school. Pretty much says it all right there, but...I want to have more energy and like how I look in clothes and out of them! I do exercise but not at this level and I want to challenge myself and see what I can do. I am happy that I am doing this with my bestie (sister too) Babs and Kristen my niece. I am going to get this thing moving and grooving and see where it takes me.
And rounding out the trio will be me, Kristen.
This month, I’ll be starting the P90X program for the first time. I know it’s going to be a lot of hard work and a major pain to keep myself motivated, but I know I can do it. Plus, I won’t be doing it alone, which works out great for me. My mom and aunt will be taking the journey with me, each of us with slightly different reasons. For over a year now, my mom has been utilizing P90X workouts and generally becoming more active. She’s even changed up her diet, severely cutting down her red meat intake and adding in lots of turkey instead, eating more fresh fruits, and she swears by Shakeology. She’s a big fan of the whole P90X system and the company, so much so that she became a Beachbody Coach. Seeing her make such a huge decision about her health and lifestyle has inspired me to make a change, too.
Well, no more excuses and taking it easy for me. I want to get back in shape. I don’t necessarily want to lose any weight, but I want to feel healthy again. I want to run everyday again. I want to be able to do push-ups, pull-ups and sit-ups like I used to be able to do. Those are my goals for starting this journey and with a little help from my family I know I can do it.
This blog is going to be our little project to keep our friends and family updated on our progress. Thanks for reading and supporting us on the way!
I’ve always been an active child; I took ballet lessons for 9 years and ran track and cross country in high school. The past couple years have been a different story. I went off to college and got lazy. I stopped running and exercising completely. And this has been my habit for the last 5 years. The only thing stopping me from remaining healthy and in shape has been me. I just put it off and make excuses. “Oh, I’ll run after work.” “I’m too tired today, I’ll do it tomorrow.” As a 23-year-old college student with a part-time job, carving out a little time to exercise shouldn’t be a problem.
~ Babs, Terra and Kristen
