I know it has been awhile since I last posted, but things are about to change. Lately writing my thoughts and aspirations out has been so therapeutic. As an update to my friends and family who are afar, my family and I recently moved from Sunny California to questionable Provo, Utah. At first I thought I would do great here. We came up last year in August, and I must say it wasn't as easy as I thought it would be. I left the majority of my friends and acquaintances behind, and with that left the comfort of my home town behind. Now I am starting a new beginning with my husband and son, and know absolutely no one. Building new relationships have been hard, especially in a college town. My husband who hopes to reach his career in Landscaping management was offered a job last year at BYU ( Brigham Young University) in the grounds department for Baseball. Nothing was panning out for us in California, so we took a leap of faith, and followed our hopes and dreams to start up in a new place with the possibility to find a full time position eventually with the college. A year has almost approached since our move up here, and it has been rough living on a part time job that only allows you to work 28 hours. Without the love of my extended family on my Dad's side, I do not think we would be surviving this long.
With this said, yesterday was a really bad day. I chose to be sad, wollow in my depression, and not do anything about it. This year my New Years Resolution has been helping me so much with finding happiness. I chose to make my resolution to always choose to push myself forwards no matter what. Since my move up here, it has been difficult finding good relationships in a college town that is constantly changing. It is hard to form a buisness, hard to find others that will be here long term, and also finding others that connect with me on the same level. I am a SAHM, and at times with a low income, I do not get out much and can not take pleasure in the recreation that others are allowed. I do try my best to spend my money wisely and save what is left over. To be honest though, there is nothing left over. We are simply not making enough to live off of. There is always a shortage in one of our departments of survival. We are as frugal as we can be, and there is no change there.
As the title of my blog post today, I am writing that today there is a time for a change. I am going to choose to push forward like my resolution stated. I am going to keep going, because the choices I make tooday are either going to make or break me. For the higher possibility of finding happiness along the way, and a balance of peace and serenity in my life, I am going to keep pushing myself forward.
Some of you may know that in the past 20 months of my sons birth, I have lost a significant amount of weight. I have done this by choosing to become better in my health and fitness. My pregnancy with my son was hard being out of shape, and retaining a lot of water weight. At the end of my pregnancy with him I was a total of 270 lbs. I didn't understand what else I could do to keep from gaining so much weight, and the doctors were constantly making recommendations as to what I could do. Yet no matter what I did, I couldn't change anything. Once I had my son Charles, I was cleared to start working out again. It has changed my life. I do not ever want to go back to the way I was, and in the past 20 months I have cleansed the way I eat, live, and now feel healthier, stronger, and more equipped to take on more than I was able to before.
What was my secret? My sister Laura introduced me to a program through a company called Beachbody. I started working out to a cardio kickboxing class called Turbo Jam and not only lost a great amount of weight, but also got my mobility and health back. It was hard starting out, but I knew that each day I did something, I was one day closer to my goal. To this day, I am still pushing forward. I am back from my vacation, and am ready to start another program. I hope to find others to join me. I am a beachbody coach. This is where I help train, inform and help motivate others in their health and fitness goals with and without beachbody programs. I am starting up a new program with beachbody which I love. It is called The 21 Day Fix, and with the simplicity of the workouts, Shakeology, and the portion control system, I have not only lost weight, but have gained strength in parts of my body I didn't think exsisted. Shakeology is a product through beachbody that I started up in October, with it, it has helped me curb my cravings, loose up to 30 lbs with my diet and exercise, and helps me be more regular. It has been a huge benefit in my weight loss and health journey.
I am looking for others to join my in this program. First you will need to make me your coach by creating a free account with teambeachbody. By using the link below, I will become your coach, and then you will be able to purchase their products through me and receive bonus's to your purchases by having me as your coach.
Visit: https://www.teambeachbody.com/tbbsignup/-/tbbsignup/free/327007
to make me your coach if you do not have a coach already.
If you do have a coach this is what you will need to do to switch to me:
Email: CoachRelations@TeamBeachBody.com and in the CC: put in my email, which I will give to you privately. Then in your email say: Hi I would like to switch my coach to Kari Parish Coach ID: 327007 email: (insert the email I tell you), Please let Kari and I know when this transfer is complete. Thank You
Let me know if you have any questions, I would love to have more people in my fitness circle, become your coach so we can help keep each other motivated, and help each other reach our goals :)
