Its been a minute

Sorry its been so long between posts. Midterms were this week so I've been swamped studying but its almost over. Woohoo! Just one more day:) Anyways, I haven't been able to work out much but I have been extremely creative with my diet lately. Don't worry there is no starving this girl. I might kill someone if I didn't get to eat. I have just been cutting way back on bread and drinking A LOT of water. I feel great and have lost three more pounds! So far I'm down thirteen pounds and my pants are fitting much more comfortably. During spring break I plan to be out at little Mulberry quite a bit. If anyone wants to join in please let me know! Well I'm off to have some sushi with my family. We'll talk again soon.

valentines shmalentines!!!

Ok so valentines day is not the most conducive holiday for someone who is trying to lose weight. I allowed some cheating to happen yesterday (darn you dark chocolate truffles!!!) mainly because it was my dads birthday and my mom made ALL my favorite foods. On the upside though, I discovered that I could push back from the table even with all of my favorite things on it. Its hard for me to have that kind of will power. I don't know why but when it comes to really rich and fattening foods I just can't leave well enough alone! Well I did yesterday. WooHoo! I told myself that I had enough on my plate and there were to be no seconds and remarkably I listened to myself. I kind of know how my kids feel now though. I heard my own motherly voice and I just wanted to yell at it to stop nagging! I will have to take that into consideration the next time I get onto my children about cleaning or homework. Anyways, just thought I would share my little victory with the cookie (truffle, pie, cake) monster! Thanks for following along:)

Confessions of a "Foodaholic"

All right here it is. I have recently made up my mind to get healthy. Not the whole eat a carrot stick and dream of carrot cake while you're doing it thing. I mean just eating right and exercising. I have pretty decent motivation but I need some accountability. So I thought what better way to keep one accountable than by making the journey viewable to the WHOLE WORLD via the internet. I will be checking in several times a week through out the next few months and journaling the process. With God, (seriously, cause there are gonna be days I will be calling his name from want of chocolate!) a good diet and an exercise regimen I plan to lose 50-60 pounds. I know thats a lot but it puts me within my "healthy" weight range. (Which is between 160-170 pounds). I will be posting pictures of my scale, tags from smaller clothes, the finished minutes on the treadmill, etc.. each week so that you can see how I'm doing. If by chance I start to slack off then you can kick my sorry behind online. I don't take the whole failing publicly thing well so I will be taking everything you guys say seriously! Please join me on this journey and thank you for your support!!!

Jess