Food for the Soul

You know when you start a journey like this to better your health you think things will be so much more different than they actually are.  I find myself missing so many things, like biscuits I never knew how good they really tasted until I could not have them anymore.  Sweet Tea one of my many life altering forfeits, yes I said forfeit...I love Sweet Tea uh DUH HELLO I am from South Mississippi it's kind of a religious thing LOL I didn't ever really care for fast food so that is not really being missed at all, but pizza, brownies, chips...gah the wonders.  Funny enough but I have been in to my kitchen 16 times today just to look in the pantry.  If I wanted to give up I could I have brownies, muffins, cookie, you name it I can make it right now and just eat it; But I can't at the same time.  I want to be healthy, I want to go for a late afternoon run with my husband and dogs.  I just want to be normal, and here in good ole America obese is not normal, nor is it accepted.

On a side note, thank you all for being supportive.

Today was a bad day

I totally lost track today and ate at Arby's.  I cheated. :[  I need to better focus on my goal and what is better for me.  Today's blog wont be long for it has been a stressful day check out my daily blog to see why..  http://southernbellesouthernliving.blogspot.com/2011/09/today.html

Reasoning Behind this Journey

This was me on July 5th, 2011.  GROSS Right.  Besides the fact that it doesn't look attractive to have rolls, I am choosing to do this mainly for my health.  I am 22 and the doctors already telling me I have high cholesterol, and my liver is showing slight problems.  22 Y'all not 77... I tend to be asking myself how did I allow myself to get this way..well honestly the only answer I have come up with is I stopped letting what my mother and everyone else had to say about my appearance matter.  I used to look so good, and I just dropped the ball. Now I have to do this for myself, I made myself this way, so now I have to change for the better.  I had started this journey originally on Jan 1 2011 but in April we moved to Kansas and I have gained all of it back and then some.  So if you aren't with me on this journey to help see yourself to the door.  I am not letting anything stand in my way.  Any questions please feel free to email me at SouthernBelleLiving@live.com or just want to follow my every move follow me on Twitter @SouthernBelleJJ

New Weight Start: 273.4 lb
Goal Weight: 155 lb (what the DR. says I should weigh)
Hopeful loss: 118.4

Now I do know it will take sometime but I hope to do this in 365 days time :D

have a good day y'all

weight loss beginning again

So earlier this year I had taken a vow to lose 50 pounds this year, and I was so close.  Then we moved to Kansas and I just sort of lost touch with my energetic side, So a couple of weeks ago I started P90X AGAIN!  Well let me just say it was so much easier before LOL.  This weekend I did so well though I actually cleaned the entire house and FINISHED it in one day :D  I have to say I am pretty proud of myself.  I have made a list of daily activities that need to get done EVERYDAY so I have been waking up at 7am.  I have to say I feel so refreshed now.  The only thing that becomes hard is when I start to get bored during the day while my husband is at work, so every time I catch my self drifting away thinking about what I am going to eat next I Drink a glass of water.

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