Watch my belly go! (away!)

So as most of you know I have struggled with my weight my whole life. I finally lost 50 lbs after I graduated high school and was the healthiest and most active I had ever been. I managed to keep the weight off for about a year then, I started to have problems with my gal bladder and had to have surgery to take it out. After the surgery I got kind of lazy and wasn't very active any more and managed to gain ALL the weight I had worked so hard to take off back (give or take a few more pounds)! Over the last few years I had played the roller coaster dieting game and lost some and then gained some. But now I have decided to get really serious and bold and do something that I hope will motivate me (and hopefully not embarrass me too much!). I figured that maybe by posting this I can give myself some motivation and maybe others as well. I have decided to start the "Watch My Belly Go" side bar on my blog and every two weeks I will post pics ( and some healthy tips) of my weight loss. I would love feed back too of healthy tips that all of you have done to stay motivated! Hopefully by doing this I can help inspire others to take a challenge of a healthier lifestyle too!

Now, the first tip I need is how to get up earlier to work out!

Its done!

I am SOOO HAPPY to report that I have officially passed ALL of my state exams and am now waiting for my licence to come! The bummer part is that it takes 6-8 weeks to receive it! Good thing I am still busy for those weeks doing the internship!

Happy Mothers Day!

I think this video says it all!



I LOVE YOU MOM AND ELAINE!

P.S. Please pause my music player to listen to the video! It is well worth it!

Graduation!

Last saturday the 2nd of May I finally Graduated! Yay! I am so happy to be done, yet somewhat sad :(. 8 months went by really really fast! I feel so lucky that I have finally found a career that I am good at! It makes all the difference in the world! Graduation day was fun! We took our exit exam in the morning and then went home to get changed, and then had lunch with just our class and the staff (which I love them all! they are the ones who inspiered me to get my instructors lisence!) This is the majority of the Skin Science Staff!
This is one of my instructors Susan!

Then we had our graduation ceremony. We each had our own little cap and gown! I didn't want to really wear them at first, but after I had it on, it all felt so official! I am so lucky to have met and become friends with Kari! We met the first day of school, and have been attatched at the hip ever since! We are even doing the internship together! Thank you Kari for keeping me sane throughout the school year! I honestly don't think I would have been able to survive without you! Me and Kari!



This is my class. We are a little unorganized, but it is the only pic I have of all of us!
Me and Ry!
Me and my parents! (I have a pic of me with Ry's parents too, but it turned out really really blury :()

Later that evening Ry took my up to a really cute Bed and breakfast in Huntsville (by pineview res.)! I loved it up their! I want to live their now!
The drive up was especially beautiful!


Thank you Ryan for the WONDERFUL DAY! I LOVE YOU! Thank you especially for all of your support during school. If it wasn't for you I would not have been able to suceed!