March 6th

So last night I was sad. I was thinking of all the people out there who have only the idea of what is going on around them as reality. That they are stuck in that bad situation of having a J O B they hate, bad relationship, debt to the max and no idea that they can do better in those situations. I am 52 years old and I am not settling for average any more. Not the average J O B that pays me just over broke. Not thinking I will be out of debt when I die. Not thinking I will ever be fit and fab. 

I have had positive thoughts for about a year now and it has changed my life. I think everyone should have positive influence in their lives. If they did, things would be so different for them. They might remember a dream they had when they were younger, a goal they gave up a long time ago. So many people are negative and complacent with their situations. They have resigned themselves to mediocre and that is so sad. 

So with this being a Thursday lets see if I can show some transformation for you. Below are some pictures I found. Anyone who knows me knows I love to wear my overalls. These were tight but I could get them on. We had a great time but in about 3 months Advocare would be introduced to me then my life as I knew it started to change. I was not getting it at first but then went to an event. Advobowl at Kirkwood with Joe Hadachek. Game changer folks I signed up for success school and have not missed one since then. The last pictures I have are from people I have met from the Can you 24 DVD. All very nice people. Willing to take time to hear how having them do a video changed my life. I went from no exercise to exercise 3 times a week or more regularly. Then I had some friends join me. Then the CU 24 II came out and Whitney is on that one. It has bands and balls folks. It is serious workouts. This is not some exercise for grannies it is the real deal and I am doing it. Granted not as well as I want to but I am in the game folks. I am off the bench doing what I need to do to be where I want to be. This morning it was Jodi and Mike and Ty who inspired me. I know that if you fill your life with people who have what you want you will eventually get that too. So when you are hanging out with the wrong crowd of people who want to keep you in a level of mediocrity with them please know this...things can change, you do not have to stay there. We can choose to get off the couch and change our situations. I chose to change. I am a work in progress! I am not where I am going but I am not where I used to be. Do not settle for where you seem to be right now. Take a chance and look over the fence to see what is out there for you. Its a great big world ready for you to take charge. Now go get started. I am rooting for you! 

Mule fest September of 2011

march of 2013 Johnny Loper at KC Spring Breakthrough

I think this was July of 2013 Sara Juve at Kirkwood in Cedar Rapids

Leadership school March 1st 2014 Jenny and Bob Donnelly 

March 1st Leadership school Mike Friedrich 

March 1st Leadership school with Whitney Gladden

March 5th

Well a month has flown by. Has it changed since the last time I wrote?? No not really. It is still sunny but the snow on the ground says it still seems like winter here. It can't last forever. Spring has to get here this month. My calender says so. 

I come to you guys tonight with a heavy heart. Not sad for myself but sad for others that I thought were my friends. 

Seems I have been unfriended. It was hardest when it was my own brother then his son my nephew, his wife and now school friends that I have known my whole life have decided to shut me out. You may be wondering why Kim, why would they do that? The only answer is that I post positive things on my Facebook page. Not smut, not gossip, not vulgar shares from someone elses page that has remarks on it I never want to repeat. 

Instead I post at least 2 or 3 positive things a day. Quotes and such to lift people up not drag them down. I post pictures of people successfully losing weight with an Advocare program. Be it the 24 day challenge or some other plan. I want people to be inspired to make changes in their life. I want to be the person that goes the extra mile to help someone out of a funk. Who has tried everything but failed and sees no hope out there. Believe me the stuff I see posted that I don't care to see makes me glad I post some positives for people to at least glance at. So even though I am sad those people chose to push me out of their line of sight. Guess what? I am still out here doing what I set out to do. Lose weight and get fit by July. I have no way of knowing about all the others who said they would, but I do wish them well. We need to take care of our bodies. We only get one in this lifetime so make it count. 

I am saddened that my being positive was such a turn off to others. People who would rather eat drink and be merry because they live in the "now". People who are drowning in debt working at a J O B that pays them just enough to stay. So the misery loves company line is true. Except I am not miserable. I am happy with my life and where I and my family are going. God has his hand on us and we are blessed because of it. I do not take any credit for my successes. I thank God for great favor. So this is a short but to the point blog entry. Those people who decided I was not worthy of their pages have lost maybe the one person who believed in them. The one person who would have said to them "things are going to be better, keep going and move up the line to find your dreams" I was their biggest supporter. Guess what? I still am.