Goals and Abzzz and Some Probably Nots

2 months ago, I came to this realization that I am almost 30 (gasp. barf. yay. sex and the city.).  That's it- end of realization.  Actually, I got to thinking about some friends of mine who never took the time to take care of their bodies before they had littles.  And then they had littles.  And then their bodies were even harder to take care of.  And I realized that if I were to have a little soon (IF!!), I would want to have a seriously solid body beforehand.  And thus, a goal was born.

For the past 8 weeks, I have submerged myself deep into a nutrition/workout/clean eating/learn about yourself (what do you guys even describe it as?) program with Pump and Shred here in Austin.  Melisa is a friend from college and obviously legit (see pictures here).  When I  had a bit of a light-bulb moment one day, I called her up for a little chat about abs and things.

And thus, my journey began with P&S! 
I started as someone who worked out all the time.  And D and I were eating about as "clean" we thought it could get- fruits, veggies, proteins, no gluten or dairy in our diets.  But I was never seeing any progress or change and, in fact, never feeling any stronger. 
I would love to tell you it has been easy and everyone should absolutely do it, but it hasn't always been easy.
It takes preparation, discipline, WILL POWER.
And sometimes you don't see or feel results you thought you would and you have to tweak and change and figure out what's missing.
But it has been the BEST thing I have EVER done for myself and if you're driven and committed, you should absolutely look into Melisa and Jess helping you out.
I am 8 weeks in and signed up for 4 more so I can start learning how to do it all on my own.  I have seen so much change and I feel better to the point where I don't even want the junk for fear of how it will make me feel. 

I am at that fairly crucial moment when you are going for a goal and you decide whether you really want it or if it's not truly what you desired. 

And THAT has taught me so much in the past 8 weeks- really looking at goals for my/our life and deciding if it's truly what we want or just what we feel like we should do...

We've been there before when we almost moved to Colorado and just weeks before realized we didn't like so much cold weather. 
I've been there in my career years ago and am there again now.  It's a tipping point of sorts where you get to decide to keep going for something or reconsider your heart and take another path. 
So we're probably not going to travel to 9305738202 places because our hearts truly want to be in our beautifully furnished, decorated home full of the people we love. 
I'm probably not going to teach people how to cook/bake for a living someday because my heart loves to do that alone. 
I probably will move toward a writing career. 
I probably AM going to get another puppy because I need it.