451 days …. 64 and a half weeks… 17 months. That is a lot of time, and in that time that I stopped blogging, stopped believing and stopped trying.

More than once over this time I gave up on myself, I truly threw in the towel and resolved that, this weight was not that bad and that running and working out just took a lot of time. But this time and really the first time I think ever I did not fully give up on me.

I have lots to share about the last 451 days and even more to share about the next 365. I am not exaggerating to say that there are big things coming my way, my goal is to not get in my own way and share my journey.

I will share that my first step was hoping to get my blog back up. This was no simple feat and I had no idea where to start. I knew that if I asked my youngest son Nick he would, but I knew that he was off the next couple of days and I hated to take his time. But Nick offered before I could ask and just took over this task. He worked for several days and lots of late nights to get it up and running. This kid is amazing and seems to always know the right time to check in on me. The right time was last week and today he saved my blog. Not only did he save it but he made it even better. He truly is my biggest cheerleader and is always reminding me I can do anything I put my mind to it.

So I hope that you will check back and see where the next year takes me… I think this is going to be a fun ride.