Thank You Ronda Rousey
There are so many ways to start this blog post, and I apologize for posting twice in one day, but just as I respond to the American Nurses Association's legislature emails, I feel that I must pay respects when due. Ronda Rousey was my original inspiration to the creation of the New Me. Even my trainer jokes, to this day, 2 years later, of when we first met. He asked me what my fitness goals were, and I told him, "make me look like Ronda Rousey". Now, I cannot lie to you. I have evolved and her fighter body is no longer the look I want to achieve. But in the beginning, whenever I thought about quitting, I remembered the videos of Ronda training and her dedication to her sport, which was always apparent, and it gave me strength to tell my mind to tell my body to shut up. If I wanted to look like a bada** mofo, I was going to have to put in the work and if I complained, kept it out of the gym. I still remember about 9 months in, someone told me I looked like Ronda,...