Days like this I really wish I took a "Before Picture.“ I think I was too afraid to see what I looked like and then would have had "proof” that I was that unfit.

Regardless I’m on my path to fitness and I can’t believe the confidence that has come with it.

I actually bought this dress in DECEMBER (I know random) and planned on wearing it with like leggings and a long sleeve shirt underneath. Well I never did. The dress hung in my closet for months, I even packed it to wear on my DC trip, but never wore it. When I packed for this trip I put it in my suitcase because it was red, white and blue. I showed my friend the dress and she told me to try it on. I warned her that it was too short and I wasn’t going to wear it, but I put on the dress for the first time in months and I didn’t hate how I looked in it. The dress was actually a normal length and looked cute. I didn’t feel self-conscious wearing it. I don’t know what got into me, but at one bar I decided to do karaoke. Ummm I’ve only done that once and I was BEYOND drunk. However I only had one beer and thought why the heck not. Was my singing terrible…I’m sure, but I had fun and got lots of claps and high fives after.

All of this really makes me think of the posters in my gym that says:

Change your body. Change your life.

Those words are becoming truer than I ever could have imagined.