ADVENTURE AWAITS

Why Not Make It An Extraordinary Life?

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I’ve had this page for 4 years today...how time flies...I should update it!

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Good luck to those going back to school

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Happy Sunday! Be spontaneous!!

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Great set match with X10Archers had Sean as my team mate and we won both matches but the other team did a great job!! Can't wait to play again!! The top left is Sean and mine's best round!

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Time to get up and start the day! Be bold, confident and daring! Do something extraordinary and be brilliant!

Ashley De Jesus

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Don't wait, be bold, be brave and go with your heart.

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"To See Things Thousands Of Miles Away, Things Hidden Behind Walls And Within Rooms, Things Dangerous To Come, To Draw Closer, To See And Be Amazed. That Is The Purpose Of Life"

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

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The Journey Begins

This is my first post and I just want to introduce what my journey so far.

Since I was in high school I struggled with my weight and it only got worse after I got out of high school. I gained so much weight I capped off at 325 lbs. I was going into my last semesters in college and about to face the real world. I was accepted into the Disney College Program at the Walt Disney World in the fall of 2009. I walked and worked a lot on my college program. I started dropping weight and I started to notice that I was more confident in myself, from June 2009 to January 2010 I lost a total of 60lbs.

You figure that would be a great start to weight loss and it would be a cake walk from there right? Nope. Once I got back home I went from being really active to being stationary. I started to gain weight back quickly and I could figure out how to stop it because like most people I like food but I wasn’t walking as much as I was. I gained back to where when I graduated from SHSU in May 2011 I weighed 280. Once again I got a chance to go back to Disney as an intern and I knew this was my last chance to get the weight under control. I walked a lot again and got down to 243. End of weight going back up? Nope.

When I came back home in 2012 from my internship I didn’t have a job still, I was stressed out and the only option was to go back to school and start the process of going for my Masters. I decided to switch from being a Communication background to going for Business. I went to get a 2 year degree at a local community college and that summer I weighed in at 262.

One day my mom comes to me and says, “I signed us up for a two mile race.” I honestly thought my mom was crazy. Me walk two miles? It seemed impossible. July 4th came and so did the race. I walked a 18 min/mil. I was in pain, out of breath and I never felt so good in my life. Announcements for awards were made and we were referred to as athletes. I never thought of myself as an athlete, yet here was this person saying I was. The rest is history. I completed over 20 - 5Ks, 2 - 10Ks and in Feb of 2015 I completed the Austin Half Marathon...I was slower than a turtle in peanut butter in winter time but I ran it all. I got more daring and completed my first Spartan Race in May 2015. They say at the end of the race “you’ll know,” and I know what I am capable of. After all that I’m thankful for that first race. My weight has been going up and down since and right now I am at 228. I have a goal by the end of this year to be under 200lbs.

Last year in April I picked up Archery to help with stress from getting into Grad School and I started competing. I worked hard and won Gold that August at the Games of Texas which qualified me for the State Games of America in Nebraska, which I recently completed and came home with a Gold and Silver medal.

This blog will follow me on my weight loss and archery journey. The road is going to be tough and nothing is certain but I know it will be full of adventure.