Where We Have Come From

For those of you who don't already know, here is a little background on how we have gotten to this point in our lives.

It all started in February with a program called...

Rob saw an infomercial for Insanity, so we checked it out online, and decided if anything was going to get us into shape this was it! We started and finished the 60-day program together, and, as if that wasn't enough, we decided to do another 60 days of the program. We loved the results from it so much that doing the program only once wasn't enough.

Here are our before pictures...taken February 22, 2010

203 pounds and size 38

168.5 pounds and size 14/16

Here are our after pictures...taken July 10, 2010 after 2 rounds

196 pounds and size 34

150.5 pounds and size 8/10

At some point during our two round of Insanity, we thought it would be awesome to run a half-marathon. So, I looked up the Baltimore Running Festival and saw that it was only $10 more to run the full marathon, and we decided that we might as well run a full marathon. We both had always wanted to run a marathon, but knew we needed to get into shape first, and Insanity helped us both to feel in good enough shape to start training for our first marathon. We started training for our first marathon on July 12, 2010 and ran our first marathon October 16, 2010. What an incredible experience! Read all about it here: http://brookesmarathontrainingpage.blogspot.com/2010/10/bittersweet-tears-of-joy-our-first.html

If it wasn't for Insanity, which as totally changed our lives, we would not have completed our first marathon, nor would we be in the best shape of our lives. While Insanity got us started on our weight loss journey, marathon training has helped us to continue on our weight loss journey.

Here are our current pictures...taken October 2010

186 pounds and size 32

138 pounds and size 2/4

It has been an amazing journey and we can't wait for our next adventure! Whatever that may be!