What a difference a year makes!

Before Pictures Taken Dec.28th 2013                                           After Pictures Taken Feb. 18th 2015

A little over a year ago this was me...You can be the judge if a year has changed my shape, style, and whole outlook on life. I think it has! Its amazing how much our Father in Heaven looks after us. When we pray for help it comes by small and simple means and only when we are ready.

I had dabbled with being a vegetarian a few years ago, I never lost any weight, but it came in handy later when one day I discovered the Nutritarian Lifestyle. It was late December 2013 and I had heard if you start a goal before the end of the year you are more likely to achieve it. I saw an ad for T25 on the TV and thought  "this is the answer I will be slim and ripped in a month!" I ordered quickly and couldn't wait to start. On Dec. 28th I took the above before photos and started my first T25 workout. I did the Diet it came with to a T! I started losing weight and was very excited. A couple of weeks into it, I found a small paper in a desk drawer (I scribble notes on anything close by) it said "Joel Furhman-Book" So I looked it up (Eat to Live) and it was one I had wanted to look into a year earlier after watching "Forks over Knives" a documentary on Netflix. I looked it up on my kindle and bought it. After reading it haphazardly I began his diet immediately. I stopped counting calories, eating meat or dairy and exercising so much. (T25 was a little hard on my back) The weight began to come off just like he said it would. The more Beans and Greens I ate the better.

Then in February I got a book from a sister in law, it was "Dressing Your Truth" by Carol Tuttle. She had all ready been doing the program for nearly a year I had never really paid attention to what she was trying to convey. I obviously wasn't ready at that point in my life. By this time though I truly wanted to improve myself for my husband and family. There are to many divorces these days and I wanted to do everything in my power to make my marriage last forever. That means I should do what I can to take care of my body-IT will improve your relationship to do so :).

 The first day of DYT I was staying at my parents home and I bought the online course. These pictures are a couple of days into DYT and only one Month after starting ETL. My skin and face became much smoother and firmer.

Next Post...The rest of the story!