Do What Makes You Happy

This was my motto for the weekend. Friday was my night off from everything. Corey and I headed over to a friends, got pretty shitty, slept till 11am, vegged out, I went shopping with my girlfriend, got some more drinks and fell asleep to netflix around 11:30. DeAnna made me laugh the entire day and knocked down my anxiety. She cracks me up. We bought matching shirts, but shes tan and I freckle.

Corey got home around 7am the next morning and woke me up (just getting home because he also needed a let-loose weekend), we got ready and headed to the beach for the day.

Had a good time, spent it with the guys, they made me laugh and forget what Monday was going to be like. We sat in the sun, talked, went out for lunch, and then did OBSTACLE TRAINING!

Little update, I officially gave my current job my notice! It was a super hard decision, but I made peace with it and it needed to be done. At this point in my life, I’m young, I’m 22 and I don’t have to be settled into this office life if I don’t want to. I always thought that as long as I had financial stability, life would come together. But after my father passed away, things changed. Everyone knows life is short, we hear it everyday, but when something like that happens so fast, you wake up. Shit is WAAAAY too short to be sitting in an office everyday and working towards something you’re only half way okay with. I love the people and the brand, but sometimes things don’t always end up the way you initially thought they would.

Some people have different opinions, but the people around me, who love and support me is really what matters. I love my time with family and friends and I’m not going to sacrifice it all for a career.
People will have their opinions, but I’m going to love my life, not spend every moment of 8-10 hours a day wishing I was somewhere else.

On a sort of different note, I’m following my passion: fitness. I’m nervous and excited at the same time.

I don’t know what I’m going to do or how, but I’m going to start by getting my personal training certs, then go from there.

Amelia Boone

So I love the Spartan Race lifestyle. I love reading about these people’s journeys through 24-48 hour races. One woman in particular blows me away because of her work ethic. Not only does she work 12-14 hours a day in downtown Chicago, but she also does marathon, adventure racing, obstacle races, you name it.

She just finished in 3rd place in the Spartan Winter Death Race. 3RD PLACE!! Out of males and females!!

http://raceipsa.blogspot.com/

Her name is Amelia Boone! Check her blog out above to see more on what she has planned and read about her experiences.

She’s awesome, you won’t regret checking her out!

Interviews

I’m always interested in hearing peoples stories of growing up and how weight affected their life. I have a couple interviews here from some friends that I’d like to share. If you are interested in sharing, let me know, comments are private until I approve them. Also you can choose to keep your name private and it is always confidential.

Everyweek I’ll try and get one or two up from different people. I think it’s very inpirational to see how different people are affected by weight issues, especially growing up.
Here are two people that wanted to share their side: