My 100th post!

For some reason, I am feeling a lot of pressure since this is my 100th post.  So, to say things that I would like to say, I am going to quote Jillian Michales.  This is what she says during the cool down of Shred It With Weights, Level 2, which I tried for the first time today, and loved it!  Very hard, but I will keep at it!

"Mentally, you want to take a minute and give yourself props for focusing on you for a little while out of this day.  We are so busy taking care of everyone else, all the time. Family, friends, kids, spouses.  And, women especially, never take the time to put themselves first.  And that is what working out is really about.  It's about taking that time, focusing on you, being the best you can be, making sure that you are strong, and you are confident, and you are healthy.  Because when YOU are good, everyone else will be good around you.  When you focus on you, and you make your health a priority, there will be more of you to give for more years to come...  All of this spiritual talk is great and everything, but at the end of the day, there is nothing like a pair of Skinny Jeans!"  And this is why I love Jillian Michaels so much!

I am doing this for my kids, the loves of my life, the reason I wake up in the morning, my whole world!  I lost my father when I was 16, and honestly, it is not something I will ever get over.  I don't want my kids to cry at any important event in their lives because I am not there to share it with them.  I want to be here for them as long a possible.  I want to be a role model for them, especially for Joce.  I don't ever want her to feel about herself the way I have at points in my life.  I want to show them that being healthy is good!  That working out is fun, and necessary!  That you have to put work into things that you want to be good.  I hope that my kids look up to me.  I hope that I am around for a long time, to be there for them.  So I will keep getting back up when I fall down.  I will never give up.  I will be the best mother, wife, friend, sister and daughter that I can be.  Everyday.