1 day to launch: The 25 Pound Box

My headaches and jaw clenching have sent me over the edge this month due to the wear and tear of adulthood, college, and my job. Yoga and running aren't putting me into a 'woosaaah' state like they should and my chiropractor told me that I am something along the lines of a train wreck. I am tossing and turning throughout the night, and I have caught every single bug between the 4 schools I work at even though I wash my hands about a hundred times a day and basically bathe in hand sanitizer. I crawl through my front door around 5 o'clock and don't make it too far from there.

A few weeks ago, I decided I needed to make a change for the better and wanted to start paying it forward.  I have an excellent resource, as my sister and brother-in-law are health coaches for Take Shape For Life. They gave me the skinny about the company and I decided "What do I have to lose?" Seriously guys, I had no extra energy, my skin looked unhealthy, my mind was out of whack, my scale was rising like the sun and it wasn't healthy muscle I was building since I rarely make it to the gym.

So here we are! Me and this 25 pound box. My UPS driver husband personally delivered it to our doorstep today. I start program tomorrow. Baby steps right? I crack it open and see the meals that I'll be spending the next month with. Clinically proven. Developed by a physician, recommended by more than 20,000 doctors since 1980. Alright then. I also ordered my health coaching kit because I know that I will want to pay it forward and I will not end my journey after I finish this first month.  I am a nurse after all and we as nurses know that there is NEVER a stopping point to transformation.  So I sift through the lovely coaching kit and then go back to deciding which 5 meals I will eat tomorrow. Ooook I decided: a cookie dough bar, strawberry shake, ziti marinara, oatmeal raisin bar, and a brownie. I can deal with that.

On to Day 1!