It's time to begin.....

In case you were wondering this blog is going to be about my journey losing weight. Something to keep me on task and accountable to something even if no one ever reads this on a regular basis.

I got the idea from this guy: onetongorilla.com and he did such a fantastic job with his weight loss and the blog about said weight loss. It was quite inspirational. Now, I won’t be going about it the same way but I thought the whole blog, facebook page idea was brilliant. He is so right about it being hard to tell family what you are up to for fear of letting them down if you fail…that is rough and keeps me from trying in the first place.

Now, my story of how I got here is rather long and I don’t want to bore anyone to death. I will try to put bits of my story and personal experience in without giving you a whole autobiography for you to read right off the bat.

Let’s just start with the simple facts. I am 27, turning 28 in October. I am much larger than I would like to be and I have no excuse not to be slim seeing as I have lost weight in the past and kept it off until a tragedy in my life. After that I turned into an emotional eater. It took me two years to realize what I was doing to myself and an entire year after realizing my problem to stop eating every time I was upset. I have made many improvements, even lost a few sizes. But it has been slow going, I’m not willing to just wander along this path any more, time to step it up a notch!

I have never completely ceased my exercise program but haven’t been consistent enough either. But, thankfully, what I did do kept me from gaining back any of those sizes I managed to lose after my 3rd pregnancy.

So, three years after a stressful (to say the least), tragedy in my life I am ready, ready to make this thing happen. I am ready to lose weight and live more like I used to 3 years ago; 3 years and 4 months to be exact.

In the morning the healthy way of eating will commence. I will vow to do my workout three times per week at least. Consistency is key! I will make sure I have my prayer time and take my supplements. I’m a little afraid, eating is….well something I have been doing for fun too often and for a long time. But, I am also really fired up and maybe even downright mad at this fat that is keeping me from being my best for my family and myself. I can do better, I know I can. I have before and I will again. So, here I go.