I'm BACK!!! LOL Took a break from blogging.   I know that its just for me but it still required focus that I didn't have.   When I started my weightloss journey I was at my highest weight of 181.6 lbs.  Today I can gladly say I weigh in at 168.6 lbs.  I started (re-started) my journey on Jan 10. 2014  I have been dedicated to eating healthy and exercising as much as possible.  I started with the 30 day ab/ squat/ and arm challenges but now im on level 3 of the Jillian Michaels 30 day shred.  I LOVE it! ! I'm down so many inches!! I have decided to keep away from the scale and focus on progress pics. I still have my days when I give in to temptation and even weeks when I slack off and don't work out the wa I should but I'm still going.  I'm restarting my weight loss journey tomorrow and plan on hitting the workouts ard.  I hope to upload progress pictures by the end of June.   I'm a mom and a wife with a full time job and many other obstacles that life throws my way but I think its still possible at any age to reinvent yourself and continue improving oneself.  Lets see if I can. ...

A new me!

So it's about that time of year when my clothes are getting tighter, my skin is breaking out from eczema, my asthma is at its worst.  I'm just unhappy with my weight all around.  Yes,  I've tried it all....master cleanse, eating healthy with exercise, weight loss pills, no carb all protein,  you name it I've probably tried it.  Now I will be completely honest...I've gotten great results...but as all the critics will be sure to say the "fad diets" don't work...at least not permanently.  What I will say is that they can be a great starting off point.  My problem is that I never continue eating healthy.  I am either at one extreme or the other.  I'm either super healthy and wont indulge in any treats at all and I'm MISERABLE or I'm binging out on bags of chips, packs of cookies, slices of cakes, a multitude of donuts...you catch my drift right?  (nom nom nom)   Oh yea...and STILL MISERABLE.

Now that I'm blogging I feel that its the perfect time to re-start with my weight loss.  I'm going to document this venture and hopefully this will keep me accountable and motivate me to stick to the program.  I'll check in after a week and list what I've done and any progress.  I'm going to try just eating healthy(healthier) not over doing it with the junk but not being a total scrooge either. Just portion control and being smarter about my choices.  No starving. No skipping meals.  I'll combine this with the 30 day ab/arm/squat challenges.  Wish me Luck!!

Starting Stats

Height 5'6"
Weight 179.2 lbs - OMG :/
Goal Weight  155 lbs