I stopped by Publix on Saturday and glanced at the magazine rack in the checkout line. THERE IT WAS!
I don’t think I’ve ever been so excited to see a new issue of Fitness Magazine. I snatched it up and started frantically flipping through the pages. And I saw THIS:
I threw the open magazine in front of the cashier and said,
“That’s ME!!! I’m in this magazine!!!!!”
She gracefully said her “oohs” and “aahs” as I stood there grinning like a fool. That’s when I realized that everyone else on the page looks gorgeous and I look goofy in my Belle outfit from the Disney Half Marathon. Oh well. Maybe my goofiness will make someone feel like they can relate to me and come check out my blog?
Because that’s what this is all about after all. The cashier is actually the one that reminded me of that. She read the blurb about me and said, “I used to be in good shape, but raising two kids and working full-time just made it impossible for me to stay that way.”
I wanted to hug her and say, “It IS possible! It’s not easy, but it is possible!”
I’m not in Fitness Magazine because I’m the perfect example of fitness and health. In fact, when I found out I would be featured in the magazine, I started freaking out to my husband and said, “BUT I’M NOT FIT!”
But maybe, just maybe, this blog can encourage someone like that cashier. Maybe we can find a community of “wannabe’s” here who support each other in our dreams to do more. Be more.
Thank you all again for voting for me as “Best Inspirational Blog.” It means more to me than you know!
thewannabeathlete@gmail.com
How exciting! Trust me, I’d be just as giddy in the supermarket! Congrats!
Callie – Finding your blog and reading/lurking for awhile was what finally pushed me to start my own blog. I have been reading healthy living blogs for years, and yearned for one of my own. But I never felt fit or healthy enough. You have made me see that health is a journey – and that I should not compare myself to others, but embrace my own story and share it with the world. Thank you for that!
Awesome Callie!! I also began reading Ali’s blog which has also been very helpful and inspiring. By the way, you look so cute in your princess outfit.
I am going to go pick this issue up after work! Can’t wait to brag about you Callie!!
Congratulations! Such an amazing accomplishment!
Congratulations!
congrats that is super cool!
How stinkin’ exciting Callie!! Congrats girl, you deserve it!!!
Congratulations! I made sure to vote for you, because you’ve inspired me in so many ways. I’ve been following your blog for a while and reading your story encouraged me to step outside of my comfort zone and start a blog and set some big goals for myself!
Keep up the great work–you are truly a motivator in my life!
Congrats!!!
Yay Callie! You definitely deserve this!
Good For you! I love people that stand for something genuine and real. With so many health blogs to chose from these days, I go for the ones that offer a true voice and leave the ones behind that lack any individual personality.
YAY, Callie! I am going to go out today and buy Fitness just so that I can show all my friends and be all, “I KNOW her!!” I am so incredibly proud of you. You are certainly an inspiration to me!!
You should be so proud of yourself because you ARE an inspiration! Congrats
Awesome! Congrats to you!
This is awesome! CONGRATULATIONS!!!!! And for the record, I think you look just as beautiful (if not more so) than the other ladies on that page.
Awesome, congratulations!!!
Congrats to you! The fact that you are a real woman with actual life demands (work and family) is what keeps me coming back here! Your dedication and persistence is admirable.
Congrats!! That’s so awesome. I was reading that issue this weekend and saw you in there…sooo exciting! You deserve it-you are so inspirational and relatable…way to go
Woohoo that’s YOU ! I do, actually, love love love that you’re in your Belle costume. Stay true
Callie, Yesterday I was flipping thru my copy of FITNESS and of all of the blogs posted there I was most intrigued by yours. I guess it was because I felt that I could relate to it the most. Congrats to you and I look forward to start reading your blog.
Awesome!!! Congrats on your dreams coming true.
I just logged on bc I read about you in Fitness
I am a working mom of an almost two year old looking for inspiration and I think I’m in the right place.
Thanks for stopping by! Trust me, I get just as much inspiration from my readers. We’re all in this together!
Congrats Callie
You deserved it. You are an inspiration to a lot of moms out there.
Your blog was the first one I went to because I am a mom of one also and started running about 5 months ago. Excited to start following your page! Great job and congrats on getting into the magazine.
Thanks! How old is your child?
That is awesome I’m going to have to pick that magazine up now!! I have one little one and it’s harder than it was to work out but it is doable. Your blog is definitely inspirational