fit by 40!!!!

once again i start the battle of my weight. it's getting so old and frustrating. on 7/10/2010 i started herbalife. i'm hoping this will jump start me weight loss {again!} gaining and losing is so exhausting. the good news is that i really do feel satisfied and surprisingly not hungry. the big day is 10/16. i'm losing weight for not only myself but because i'm standing up in a wedding on that date. my new mantra is fit by 40! no more excuses, no more wasting time, no more b.s., no more yo yo'ing.

Goal is at least 30 pounds!!!

3/7/2010

tomorrow:
breakfast w/the ladies
grocery shop
get my dress for the wedding
workout!!!

i think that i'm not going to weigh myself until 4/1. i'm so sick of dreading the scale every morning. ugh! got some scary before pics to post soon. i need to get back to menu planning and not buying any junk that comes out of a box or a bag. i need to start taking vitamins daily again. why do i do so good for so long and then fall off the wagon?! makes me crazy!



 

2/8/10

up @ 4:20 this a.m. for a date w/ the treadmill. get the kiddios off to school and then a breakfast date w/ my peeps from work.

I'm a guinea pig

Well as of June 1st i'll be a guinea pig. i'm taking part in a raw food cleanse, detox, diet experiment. for the next 10 weeks i'll juice make smoothies and eat raw food. i'm super excited because i really need this. i need to start eating healthy and exercising again. i fell off the wagon people. it's gonna be a good thing. my 20 year high school reunion is in 10 weeks so it's perfect timing.

wish me luck
eat your veggies :)

My morning * mojo *

This is just a sample of my morning * mojo *. You'd be surprised how long this keeps me going.

It's a banana, a handful of spinach, a peach and some water. Mmm Mmm good!

I'd like to say it replaces my morning coffee...but let's not get crazy now! I loves me some coffee in the morning.

RawWho?? Raw Fu

Well, I did it! That's right. Last night I signed up for the Raw Fu Holiday Challenge.

I'm excited. Go check out their website. I'm so done with eating cooked, processed, dead, etc, etc, etc food. I've already been avoiding (for the most part) bread, flour, pasta, sugar, potatoes, most meat, and anything that comes packaged. I've been doing green smoothies in the morning. Sometimes in the evening too. But gosh darn it all to heck :) I'm soo sick of eating just for the sake of eating or just because the time on the clock says so.

I'm excited to be part of a group that thinks and feels the same way about food that I do. That's how I lost 31.2 lbs on Weight Watchers. Maybe in my mind I need to be held accountable for my choices. I'm hoping my cyber raw foodies will help me do that. I start on the 15th of November and continue until the 24th of December. (hopefully longer)

Wish me luck!

My New *Friend*

Okay so Layla is my new BFF. She doesn't know it. She doesn't even know me!! But I stalk her blog obsessively!! She has awesome style and taste. I want to pack my bags and move into her cute guestroom.

She's going to try out for HGTV's Design Star. Vote for her so we can see more of her creativity.

Go check her out at The Lettered Cottage

My new cup of coffee

I'm kind of a coffee snob. I love coffee. I don't mean I *love* it, I mean I ** LOVE LOVE ** it!!! Well...I have a new love...

GREEN SMOOTHIES

They are my new coffee! I jumped on the green smoothie band wagon a few weeks ago. Since I've lost 31.2 lbs (yes that .2 matters!), I've been on a health kick. I no longer eat meat and I CAN'T eat dairy. I mostly eat raw fruit, vegetables, nuts and seeds. Can you say energy?! I feel great. I no longer get that full feeling. My skin is clearing up. I have a good attitude. I haven't had a headache in a while. I feel so much better about myself knowing that I'm not eating crap out of a box anymore. I'm not saying that I haven't indulged in the occasional treat :o but I don't have the cravings that much anymore. If I had chips in the cabinet before, I would have an overwhelming urge to eat them. Seriously, it was all consuming! I couldn't concentrate or stay on task because I was thinking about those darn chips!!

We'll see what happens with weight loss. That would just be an added benefit at this point. Even if I don't lose a pound, this is still gonna be my new way of eating.