On a Mission of Health...

[starry_eyed_me]

Allright so I have been very very slowly losing weight since this summer but I know that I wasn't being very intentional about it until the past two months. My jeans are all too big which is good, and between ladies my age at church and the ones I work with I have had the support and accountability to keep it up. But I want to make sure that everyone knows I am on this mission because I will have an added blanket of accountability and support. It's wild. through most of high school I was the same size a 9/10 until right before college and was then an 11. I gained two more sized in college (which considering my horrible eating and exercise habbits then I am surprised it wasn't more) but when I left college moved out on my own, it is as if my waist line exploded! I was working out nearly every day and eating light healthy meals and still put on not muscle but plain old fat!! WHile I fluxuated week by week in the months to follow and had been losing a fair amount leading up to the wedding, the last two months of stress derstroyed the previous 6 of loss. So after our first year of marriage, the massive changes of job and home location finally settled down it's time to stop making excuses and do something about it! I have lost since I moved down here. Light lunches, balenced dinners (not counting the last week or so) and a balence of cardio and weight exercises in and out of the pool have made a difference. My jeans are all too big, my dress pants are comfortable again, and here we have the holiday season. The best thing is that I bought a leather jacket that I loved at Wilson's even though it didn't really zip around my waist pterry much at all and now it does! So now I will be using this journal not just as a life update center, but more as my space to talk about my journey. The groups on LJ all seemed lame, and besides I'd rather have my friends all helping me out rather than strangers! I love you all!

Happy Thanksgiving (wish me luck in enjoying a few days of treats without completely losing control!)

~Me