Intro

After 9 years of working in post-production for movie trailers and TV promos I decided to take a much needed sabbatical.  I'm very proud of all the accomplishments I've made in my career.  I started out as a receptionist, moved up to become a production coordinator and junior producer, went on to being a post-production supervisor and then ended up as the director of post-production heading the department at a successful trailer company.  The hours were very long and the work required a lot of dedication.  I'm thankful and happy for the experience but it really wore me down.  I started feeling burnt out from working all the time.  The company I worked for was pretty far from where I lived and with traffic in LA, my commute was an hour and a half each way.  Commuting three hours a day on top of the workload just exhausted me too much.  I wasn't sleeping well or eating healthy.  I didn't have time to cook or workout.  I was just tired all the time.  I gained a lot of weight from sitting at a desk and eating out daily.  I knew I couldn't do that job until retirement and I'd eventually need to take a break.  I decided that it was finally time for a change and to take a leave of absence from the trailer industry.

Which brings me to this blog.  I decided that I wanted to take three months off from working.  I wanted to use that time to clean my house, cook healthy meals, work on my side projects and most importantly get in shape by pursuing my passion.  I started taking aerial classes over a year ago but I haven't been consistent.  It was impossible to take weekday classes with my work schedule so I could only do weekends.  If you really want to get good at something, practice really does make perfect.  You have to keep going to class and practice consistently.  And I just wasn't getting the practice in.  So I decided that every single day during my time off I would do some form of working out, whether that's an aerial class or a treadmill run or a set of ab crunches.  I'm dedicated and determined to get in shape and now I have no excuses.  My husband and I are planning to start trying for a baby in June when we go on our one year anniversary trip and it was always on my Cradle List to work out consistently for three months before trying.  Plus, I plan to start looking for a new job at the end of June after we get back (I know it can take up to a year to get pregnant but even if it happens right away I'm planning to work during my pregnancy).  That gives me roughly 100 days.  This blog is for me to track my progress.  I think posting pictures/videos of each work out is going to help keep me motivated.  So let's see how it goes.


Starting Weight: 138lbs