Hi everyone, @courtney_beth here. I bet you can guess what my name is?
I joined these challenges for accountability in Q3 of 2015 and am going to stick with it through all of 2016. I'll be your host for February and, once again,
@JacknSally will leave big shoes to fill when this fabulous month is up! I've lost more than 65 pounds this past year and actually achieved goal weight on December 18, 2015. It was also the week I concluded my MBA program and went to Disney World... so a lot of changes have been taking place for me in the last couple of weeks.
My goal right now is to learn how to eat and maintain my weight. My goal is to stay around 150, so +/- about 2 pounds. If I can stay within the 148-150 range, then I'll consider myself at 100% of goal.
This will be especially challenging as
I am beginning the first of 21 half marathons planned for 2016 this month. No, that is
not a typo... I signed up for Rock n Roll's Global Tour Pass and I'll be traveling the country this year running in the USA and Canada... and maybe Mexico and Dublin should the opportunity present itself and my budget allows for some wiggle room. So I'm sure training, running and increased metabolism will tweak my progress.
My reason for all of this? I attended the wedding of an MBA classmate in June 2014, saw myself in pictures... and didn't recognize myself. Who was that fat woman next to that beautiful woman in the white gown? It was
me! Yikes! So I made a goal that I didn't want to be fat at my graduation ceremony in May... so here I am. At goal weight, 5 months until graduation and I did it
I look forward to sharing in your stories and journey through this month. We are all going to rise up to the challenge and defeat our inner demons, or as appropriately themed, THE HUNS.