A Creamery, A Bakery, and a Winery..an unlikely place to start a health journey!!

Most people think they have to wait for the perfect time to start something new. As you may have already figured out in life, waiting for the perfect time doesn't usually work out…because something will always get in the way of finding that "perfect time." I can be guilty of that with my marriage. I want to bring up a topic I think may not be received so well with my husband, and I don't because, it's just not the right time….see what I mean? It just is uncomfortable…and getting me out of my comfort zone..it's not that the timing is really that wrong!!

Last year we had sold our home. The buyers wanted to move in immediately because they had been living with family for a long time, and they were ready to have their own place. We really, really wanted to sell, but had no place to go because we were building.  We didn't want to go out of our school district (where I worked and my kids attended), so we searched for an apartment we could afford that would house all 5 of us. (kids aged 7,8, and 10 at the time).  Well, turns out most places won't rent for just 3 months..and none would take our dog. We found a loving family to take our dog while we rented, and we rented a ONE BEDROOM apartment for all of us to squeeze into for the 3 months it would take to build our new home.

Sounds like the perfect time to start a journey to health right? Well, maybe not, but it gets better. This apartment was attached to my all time favorite ice cream shop, and it shared a parking lot with a bakery and winery. Across the street was a pizza shop as well.

Now you are thinking, well that is just plain CRAZY!!  I think these circumstances pushed us right into NEEDING this step toward health.

My husband was working a VERY stressful job that had him working tons of hours, and most of them in his car.  Drive ins were too easy. I had been trying to get the last of the weight I had gained off since a hysterectomy in 2009, and the last of it just wouldn't budge.

It was time for my 40th birthday and my husband KNEW I wanted a big party. (I may have mentioned it to him a few hundred times!), but here we were sqooshed into this one bedroom apartment and he couldn't see how this party would come to be.

He also knew I wanted to get our family healthy.
He may  have seen a few brochures lying around about the program that my friend had lost 86 lbs with..and my other friend over 100 lbs!!

He sat me down and asked if it was unromantic for us to do this program together!! NO WAY!! This is great, my husband is going to do this journey with me!! I knew at that moment this was going to change our lives..and the lives of our 3 kids.

I'm so excited to now be a health coach giving hope to others on THEIR journey.  Paying it forward.

Stay tuned to see how it went for us!!

Here is a sneak peek!