Saturday, June 15, 2013

Is this thing on?

I wonder if I even remember how to work this thing. Can you guys hear me? Is this thing on? .... Yes? Oh, okay, hi!

Guess what... I'm not dead! I seem to have taken a tumble head first out of the blogosphere, but all is well in my real life world.

I knew at the beginning of this year that something new was on my horizon, I just didn't quite know what it was yet. I felt like I was at a turning point and I had to figure out which way was I was going to turn. As it happens, my life directed me straight into a new thing called coaching. I've never seen myself as a coach. Maybe a cheerleader, but never the one in charge.

However, as I lost so much weight last year, without having surgery or using any fancy pills or fad diets, more and more people started asking me how I did it. I didn't realize how many people were watching the changes in my life until it became clear that whatever I was doing was working and it was working extremely well.

Blah, blah, blah. Fast forward, I was asked to become a coach for Beachbody. That's the parent company of P90X, Hip Hop Abs, and Insanity and a whole bunch of other fitness programs and healthy supplements. It's stuff I believe in and products that I've already seen work. I can work from home on my computer or any time I'm out and about. I chose to become a cheerleader for people who need some help or motivation on their own fitness journey. I was doing it already, but now sometimes I get paid if people decide to try out one of the products that this company sells.

I basically have a semi-job that requires me to workout, be dedicated to fitness and a healthy lifestyle, and play on Facebook. Umm... it sounds like what I was doing already, so it's a perfect fit!

I'm also training for a 10K obstacle/mud run. I'm doing it with my mom, sister, cousin, and a friend. We're all going to wear matching Wonder Woman costumes that include tutus, because everyone needs a great costume for racing and slithering through mud! That's next month, so I've spent the past 3 months trying to learn now to run. I've always been one of those spastic, hand-flapping, lurchy sort of runners on the rare occasions when I found myself attempting to go faster than a slowish walk. I'm not much better now, but I can go further distances and I break for walking segments less often. I expect I'll be ready when the big race comes and I'm really excited about being able to do it with my family. I expect it to be one of the more memorable highlights of my life up to this point. I also expect it won't be the last race I run.

Because a lot of what I do now involves posting in groups online that revolve around weight loss and fitness, I like to be creative with my postings. I take a lot of pictures and I thought I'd share a few of them. I'm still doing yoga weekly and sometimes I even branch out and do my yoga in places outside of the house or studio. Those can be fun moments when I suddenly drop to the ground and pop up into a wheel in a random place while my family rolls their eyes and gets out the camera. Or maybe it's only fun for me. Aw, who cares, I'm having a good time!

Royal Dancer pose

Wheeling with friends is wheely fun.

Angry Bird of Paradise

Once in a while Brooke will join me for some yoga.

We have a weekly Flex Friday pic fest.

These used to be my skinny jeans.

"Mom, don't kick the fan!"

I like to call it Moga.

Pushups while balancing on 4 balls.

Ridiculous costume for the race.

Just discovered I can do a full split again!

My mom and I crack ourselves up.

Flex Friday with legs.

I have no idea what this is.

Stacked plank. Also known as kick Mom in the head.

Cartwheels are fun again.


Ready for a run!

Crane/crow pose

I don't know what this is called, but it felt great on my back.

I'm learning how to do headstands this weekend.

It was my 15th wedding anniversary this week. I love this guy!


I hope you're all doing well! I'd love to catch up with everyone and hear how your lives are going. I'm going to try to make the blog rounds to tell everyone hi. Miss you guys!


19 comments:

  1. You look so tiny and so happy. I was just thinking about you yesterday. I am glad to see you are doing so well! Happy anniversary!

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    1. I'm not sure about the tiny part, but definitely happy. Thanks, Ruth!

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  2. The good thing about Facebook is that we never really lost touch. The bad thing is all those tiresome political rants (of all stripes). Oh, I also like the goofy funny things, too. But, great googlie mooglie, it's good to see you back here.

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  3. Wow Sherry this is amazing, so damn amazing! I can't believe that flex you have going on, it's even more impressive than mine! The photo with you wearing your old skinny jeans is incredible too, you've made an amazing transformation and I'm so proud of you, you were always gorgeous in my opinion but now you look absolutely incredible! Great post Sherry, absolutely love this!

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  4. Holy Heloise! You look fantastic! And I love that you make up poses. :) Congrats on doing your "first" run... you will do amazing! And to start with a 10K obstacle? You and so much braver than I. Youngest and I are training for our first 10k in Sept. But we've been running 5Ks for almost a year already.

    Much luck!! :)

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    1. I know, the plan to start with the 10K wasn't exactly well thought out. But it sounds so fun, I can't pass it up! I did do one 5K this spring since I was already training anyway. It's fun to run with a big group like that!
      Good luck on yours in September! Is it just running or are there obstacles?

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    2. Straight running, but it's a HUGE race. It runs a 5K, 10K and half marathon course, (It's the one we started with last year) so there are usually about 2-3,000 people. The whole town usually turns out in one form or another. And this year we will know many, MANY of them.

      Good times!

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  5. Wow!!! You have just inspired me! I really need to get back to an exercise routine and this post helped to kick me in the butt and just DO IT! Congrats and Happy Anniversary! I bet your hubby is like, 'Woah, hubba hubba!!!' :)

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    1. I'm glad I could be even slightly inspiring! Get to work and you'll never be sorry you did!
      Yeah, the husband likes the new version of me. Wife 4.0 =)

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  6. This post is inspiring, thanks for sharing your journey

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  7. Oh man I sure hope your back for good- I can always count on you for a laugh! Holy cow you look amazing and your COACHING? Awesome!

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  8. Totally amazing! I'm so happy for you.

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  9. Girl, I have been wondering what you have been up to. I'm so glad to hear that it's all good news and that you look amazing and it looks like you feel even better! So happy for you!

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  10. So great! Love the pics. My exercise lately mostly consists of kegals.

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  11. WOW! What an inspiration you are!! You might need to change the name of your blog since it apparently wasn't just laughing, but a whole lot of sweat ;) You look fantastic and SO healthy.

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