Here We Go

Well here we go. I have signed up to the Michelle Bridges 12 Week Body Transformation (12WBT). I am hoping to share my journey with you with this blog, and fingers crossed that in doing so I am kept motivated.

First I will tell you all a little about myself. My name is Sarah and I am 32 years old, although during the 12WBT I will turn 33. I am married to a wonderful man C and we have two young boys W and S who are 4 and 3. I had my boys 13 months apart which at the time seemed crazy but as they grow they are really becoming the best of friends.

After having S I joined the local gym and loved it. I loved having me time while the kids really enjoyed the gym creche. I was in a great routine with the gym and was also following the Celebrity Slim shake diet. Over a period of around 6 months I managed to lose 18kilos. I got down to 65 kilos and I felt fabulous. It was so nice to walk into a shop and buy a size 12 pair of jeans and look good in them. Before this I never even dared to wear denim.

About 12 months ago my husband and I decided to open a hairdressing salon. I had been working from home for 6 years and was ready to get the salon and the clients out of my home. So the week before Christmas 2010 my salon opened. I love it! Being away from the home to work is fabulous. Working with other hairdressers again is the best part. the inspiration we can give each other is the reason I love it so much.

Downside to opening the salon is over the 12-18 months it took to prepare and set up the new business I became so involved that I stopped going to the gym and the weight crept back on. 14 kilos to be exact. I am so angry at myself for letting it back. I feel yuck. My beautiful size 12 jeans are way too tight and I refuse to buy the next size, well it would probably be 2 sizes up by now and I am sure as hell not buying 2 sizes larger. The weight simply must come off.

So in saying this I have signed up to do the 12 Week Body Transformation. It doesn't begin until May 23 so for now I am in pre season training mode. I could have used the few weeks to roll around in junk food and eat as much chocolate as possible but it would only give me more to lose and make me hate the mirror even more, and mirrors are kind of hard to avoid when you spend your days in a hairdressing salon!

I have been having my shakes once again for breakfast and lunch, although I am a little over them so today I might go and buy Michelle Bridges Crunch Time cook book. I never canceled my gym membership so I might get value for money once again. I have been to a couple of classes over the last few days and although I am VERY sore, at least I should be back into full swing by the time the challenge starts.

So here I am. A wife, a mother, a business owner and now a 12 WBTer. I look forward to sharing this journey with you all and hope not to bore you too much with my first ever blog :)