Find your fitness inspiration

Picture this: 3 year old Jamie(I know, adorable right), circa 1983, a red leotard, and Jane Fonda. Oh, it's true, I've pretty much been a workout addict since donning that red get up and doing leg lifts along side of my long legged mom with a Jane Fonda VHS playing on the television. So began my life long addiction to cardio. Oh, it's true! Cardio is highly addictive to me. Not just any cardio, I'm talking sweat your tail off, huff and puff, and fall out on the floor kind of cardio.

But here's the thing, I don't think it has to be your type of workout unless you want it to be. We all have our own passions that can keep us in shape, and it doesn't always have to fit into a mold. For example, Kyle doesn't really want to have to go upstairs and spend 45 to 60 minutes jumping up and down and doing punches. I have no idea why........ahem.......anyway.......His idea of a good workout is either lifting weights with Tony Horton or going outside and digging up a tree. Yes! Digging up a tree is a VERY good workout. If you come inside sweating like you just took a shower outside and so sore the next day that you can barely squat down, then, yes, I'd say that was a definite extreme workout. My point is, not everyone fits into the regular fitness mold. If you don't like to run......DON'T.....there are plenty of other things out there that can get your heart racing, tone your legs, and make you feel better. The key is just finding out what that is!

And once you find out what that is, you will actually want to work out. Yes yes, I know, you don't have time, blah blah blah........Yes you do! What's that? You have children? Fine! Workout with them. Who says it just has to be you. In fact, that brings me back to the beginning. I found my love at age 3(see picture insert and all the cuteness that it entails), and you can help your children find that love too through example. Bring on the walks, yard work, bike rides, and yes, even cardio :-D

Heels VS Flats

Do you remember that commercial, it was years ago, where the women were playing basketball in high awesome stiletto's? I have absolutely no idea what the product was, probably some kind of insert, but I remember it any way just because they were wearing these wonderful shoes. At first glance you would think, "um, that is not safe. How dare they portray that as a good idea! Heels shouldn't be worn like that." I beg to differ, er, sort of.

 Ok, so maybe I have a bit of a shoe obsession, but that's beside the point. You can probably tell that by the picture I have on my background of this blog. This is a freebie side note too......those were my amazing wedding shoes (a gift from Kyle). They were wonderfully awesome high Christian Louboutin's and they made my feet feel like little goddesses for the day. I wore them most of the day. I never fell, never tripped, and never even wobbled even though I was wearing a gigantic and super heavy dress while standing up for hours on end for pictures and people. The whole point of this post is WHY, in my world, flats can be just as dangerous or more so than heels, and why I have decided that if it weren't for tennis shoes and flip-flops, I'd only wear heels.

Case and point, last week I stood in front of my mirrior trying to decide on two types of shoes. Both were the same color, but the difference was one pair were heels and one were flats. I, much to my chagrin later on, decided on the flats. Have you ever noticed that dress flats don't exactly have the best grip on the bottom? Well, I was reminded of that on my way to lunch. Now, I have walked up and down the concrete staircase at work so many times that it's hard to keep count. I'm often wearing sky high, in your face, stileto's. It was inevitable that what happened next would occur during my employement here, but I would have bet you money that it would NOT have been that day, in flats. I started down the stairs, doing all of the precautionary things that you do when going down staircases, holding the rail, watching my step, etc. Next to the last step came into view, and Bam! I felt my non-friction allowing flats slip out from under me. Now, I am a very stable person, rarely falling or slipping, something about ability to pay attention and lower body whatever. That day, I was bested by none other than a pair of seemingly innocent flats. Luckily there was nothing broken or pulled, just a little bruised and swollen on one ankle. And a new understanding of what a pair of flats can do to a girl!

My mind has been made up. I've decided that due to that one incident, heels are my shoe of choice for every occasion. Well, maybe not basketball like that commercial I mentioned in the beginning of this blog or maybe not for a jog or plyometrics either.... Ok, so maybe it's not a very scientific study or even conclusion, but I have decided that heels not only make your legs look gorgeous, your posture better, and height a few inches taller, but it also makes you safer. I'm only looking out for your well being! So for all that is good, go buy some beautiful long thin high heels. Safety first ladies, safety first! :-D

Start things off!

Ok! So, I'm giving in. Let us blog!

I know my life may not be that interesting in a way, but I also know that this will be an easy way for people to keep up, me to share my heart, and for my interests (mainly fashion, fitness, and music) to be spread for all to see whether you want to or not :)

God has given me a wonderful life and I want to share some of it with you whether for you to see what to do or definitely what not to do ha. It's interesting to see life change so much for a person in just a few years time, and yet you think that it couldn't have possibly been different. Just 3 years ago I would have said that my life was work and.....well work. Now it's a mish-mosh of all kinds of fun things! I have a husband, Kyle, whom I absolutely adore and who will be referenced mucho in these posts. I have a computer job that keeps me on my toes and allows me to play with spreadsheets. I am a fitness coach who desperately wants to help people reach the goals that they set for themselves. And I do music on the side, allowing me to share what God allowed to be my talent.

This blogging thing will NOT be too serious, but just what's going on in my head at the time, which I suppose could be dangerous in a sense. Here's to blogging, and totally giving people too much information :-D