Oh, just saying HEY.

My name is Shelby. I'm 18 years old, and I am a freshman at Utah Valley University. I live with ...crazy roommates, sometimes I feel like I have to try harder at school than the average person to achieve the same results, and I'm tired 85% of the time when I'm doing school. However, none of these reasons excuse the solid fact that good habits take a long time to form, and better nutrition = better quality of life. I also heard somewhere that those who run have better time management skills, and honestly, who couldn't go for that?

I'm not looking to "get skinny" or reach a certain weight. I'd be fine if my weight stayed exactly the same, or went up, due to muscle (eh. Cross your fingers). My goal is to get stronger. I've decided to define stronger as being able to run the Kaysville 4th of July 10k with my sister, Brittany. She's kind of a big deal. I found a really good training outline that I will share in a later post.

Anyway. I know a big part of being able to exercise successfully is the fuel you put into your body - just like a car being able to make it to its destination - so I'm going to really make the effort to make healthy choices in my eating. I'll share good tips as I find them!

Another thing is, I'm really looking forward to pushing myself. I'm really bad at that - at trusting myself, and believing that I truly am capable of things. I want to prove to myself that I can hit a point that feels like the end, and push past it. I can keep going. I want to learn to trust myself more, and I hope this goal will help me to do so!

And most of all, I want to support our amazing family as we start this thing together. Let's hop on this healthy train!

BRING IT ON, GUYS!