Faulty Wagon

Hello fellow fit-freaks! My deepest apologies for the long hiatus from all things fitness, but have no fear! We are back! Let me catch you up on recent events!

ANNA MOVED:Yes, it's true. She's long gone, far away from civilization, and basically left me here in Arlington to die a slow death while she lives it up in The Big D. As her workout partner, her good friend, and the best thing that has ever happened to her, I should just be ecstatic for this new chapter in her life, but I'm not. Nope. Not one bit. I think I cried for two days after the actual packing and moving. Now it's like I'm the love-sick freshman who's senior boyfriend broke it off after I prematurely professed my love for him in the lunch room, or at least that is what I've read into the pity glances I get at the gym...either way. I'm not happy. But, I'm thrilled for Anna and her new life and it's definitely going to be interesting to see how we work without each other.

• UPDATE: WE CANT WORK WITHOUT EACH OTHER! So, ladies and gents, we are about as useful as a screen door on a submarine apart from each other. The month of May basically just was the black hole of reality and let us realize we are only human! We make mistakes, we skipped our workouts, we drank copious amounts of alcohol, and we survived. We kept making excuses for ourselves as to why we couldn't get to the gym, but once we had our first swimsuit date by the pool, we went directly to BWW, indulged in some hot wings (gasp) and toasted to how far we've come with some ice cold beers. And then we toasted to how far we still have to go. We are both realists, and we both agreed that we are so proud of what we have accomplished, but we are not finished yet. I also promised to allow Anna to workout with other people, but only if its a casual thing and she thinks about me the whole time she's doing it

OUR WAGONS ARE RICKETY: Like I just stated, we are only human. We jumped on the fitness bandwagon and let everyone know about it. It made us feel better about ourselves that we had people that were watching us, both with positive and negative feedback. We were dedicated. We were driven. We were ready to take the bull by the horns...and then life happened. While I was prepping for finals in a zombie-like state due to the lack of sleep and large amounts of redbull, Anna was partying like a rockstar at the Texas Rangers Stadium, moving, and changing careers. Life happened. Our rituals became nonexistent, and we were putting crap into our bodies. We fell off our wagons, but I'm claiming that our wagon had a rickety wheel or something! We are back at it though, so have no fear we are back in action and thirsty for blood, sweat, and tears. Summer is here and all these teeny bikinis seem to keep us pretty motivated to keep up the hard work.

WE ARE ON OUR SIXTH MONTH: That's right, we have started our sixth month of our 2014 resolution and I'm pretty sure we can say we have beaten the odds! Most people don't last a few weeks, much less half of the year. It's officially official-it's not longer a phase that we might get over, we are fitchicks and we are here to stay! As we both sat by the pool in our bikinis pointing out every little thing we still wanted to change about our bodies we both couldn't help but point out to each other "Could you imagine if we never started this? Could you imagine how unhappy we would still be with the bodies we thought we were okay with?" Do not get me wrong, I am not into body shaming, I do not believe there is a "perfect woman" or that we should all look the same. I believe in being healthy and comfortable in your own skin, regardless of what anyone else thinks. Anna and I are perfect examples of two women with completely different goal images in our minds, because we are two completely different women! But we are both thankful for the progress we made and we are proud of ourselves and each other for coming this far, but we are both committed to getting to where we want to be, even if one of us gets there faster. We are here to motivate and push each other, and I can't wait to see what the next six months has in store for us!

XOXO,SHERIDAN