To all my friends who have asked me to document this new journey in my life, I am going to do the best that I can. Many of you all know how I joke about not being very technologically sound and how I am computer well to be honest my typing isn't much better but I am going to make an attempt to document my journey.
To bring you all up to speed I recently decided that I needed to get my life together. The last few years have been very rough for me with the loss of my father but in general I've always been fighting the battle of the bulge. I come from a family that does not have great health genes but at 45 I am blessed as I have no high blood pressure, no heart problems, no diabetes and I take no medications. The only thing I suffer from is the inability to keep my mouth shut. Many of you know that I recently auditioned for the reality television show "The Biggest Loser" and unfortunately made it to the one of the last cuts but did not make the television show as a contestant. However, I decided that it was time to make some positive changes in my life.

In doing some internet research I located an extreme fitness boot camp gym that will help me get started in achieving some of my goals. I am very, very fortunate that I have colleagues that I work with who understand the importance of my health and without them I would be unable to complete this journey. That includes my colleagues and my staff for which I am eternally grateful.

On Monday, June 1st, I will be flying into Tampa, Florida to sign up and register for fitness boot camp Core Solutions. My understanding of this program is that I will be working out six hours a day, I will be educated on nutrition and how to eat healthy, both by cooking for myself and when I eat out. I will also be educated on how to shop for healthy food and also how to continue to exercise and eat healthy after I complete the boot camp and return home.

For those of you I have known for my whole life and to those of you whom I have known a short period of time I am sure you can tell that I am very driven in things I do and I am grateful to have you in my life. For me, this is one of the most important journeys I will make because I know I will be a happier person than I am now. As I have eluded the past few years have not been the best for me, but I will say that with the love and support of family and friends I am in the best place in my life, mentally, spiritually, emotionally and physically that I have been in in a very long time.

In closing, for those of you not interested in receiving the blog you will be able to, I believe, delete it or block it. As I said earlier I am not technologically inclined and with the help of a very dear friend Dr. Mary Beth Crane has helped me make my own personal blog of this journey. I am anticipating that I will be so physically weak that my little fingers will not be able to type for the first couple of days, please feel free to send any words of encouragement. My blog address is www.irasadventure.blogspot.com I look forward to this challenging journey and once again thank you to all of my fellow colleagues and employees for helping to make this journey possible. Please keep me in your thoughts and prayers and let's see where this goes. Wish me luck!

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