The Inspiration behind this adventure: My Thighs!

So... about a week ago, I looked in the mirror and I realized something: Hey- My thighs actually look pretty good! Something you need to understand about me is that I am not 120 lbs and don't have a higher than average appreciation for my own body. This is new! This is exciting!

What exactly lead me there? 

A couple of things. I've just recently had my second baby, so I'm in the process of regaining some sense of my former physical self (read: I would like it if SOME of my clothes fit!). I've been running and trying to eat well, and starting a program called Isagenix to help me out with that. These things are starting to pay off.

Bigger yet, are these Huffington Post articles that keep popping up in my Facebook newsfeed. Moms! Feel proud! Wear your swimsuit! Run around with your kids! Let the jelly jiggle!  Mostly these articles only succeed at annoying the crap out of me (you will soon learn that a lot of things tend to do that...). But, the message is actually starting to hit me: I LOOK OK! And by ok, I don't mean I look like a supermodel. But I can look at my thighs and think: they are strong from bouncing a baby at all hours of the night and dammit, I'm actually going to look at them and love them for a change.

That's what got me thinking! There's actually a whole lot more of myself I should be loving.
Here are a few things I love:

Running! I'm a tad bit of one of those crazy running personalities, when I'm motivated that is!
Photography. I am an OK photographer.
Bargain Shopping: I recently have gotten into the glorious world of coupons! Before you roll your eyes: I have no hoard or stockpile, but I do love getting free things!
Travel
My husband
My kids
Pretty much, my quality of life in general.

...and before you judge me, not in that order.

I want to be better at loving myself and indulging in the things that make me grow as a person, and make me happy. Family will always make me feel happy, it will build me as a person, but I don't want "mom" to be the only thing I can be.

I want to : 

-Have something creative to call my own (this blog... perhaps more... will get into that later.)
-Share my journey as I challenge myself to fit a half marathon training plan into my life.
-Support my friends and others as they strive for positive change in their lives
-Stop complaining about the things in my life that annoy the crap out of me and get rid of them (more on this later also).
-Most of all, I want to add to this list and give myself some accountability to achieve my goals.


Heeere we go! Oh... and here's to my thighs... the inspiration to a better me!

Going forward, I promise I will not fill this blog up with crappy cellphone selfies. PROMISE.