Spring Fever/Cabin Fever

Spring is here! I love when the weather changes.  I love the transitions of each season.  It makes my heart sing and, for some reason, relaxes me.  I love bringing out my wardrobe for the season and buying new things for it. But most of all, I love the smells that go along with weather change. 

I have been doing well over the last month.  No weight loss, but no weight gain.  My eating is under control for the most part and I'm pushing myself through exercising again.  I swear, one way or another I'm going to make myself like it.  I want to lose another 12-15lbs by April 20th, which is when I do the Electric Run.  My friends have talked me into doing it with them.  Although it is only a 5k, which seems small to me in comparison to half/full marathons, I think it is definitely one I can handle.  It looks like a lot of fun too!

Last night I tried this work out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5nyrD4eM64 .  Jillian Michaels is a bad ass.  It was tough.  I am going to power through it again tonight as well.  This time, I'm going to try doing it before I hop on the bike and I'm going to try to make sure I get all the way through it.  I am sore today from it, but I like the idea of using your own body weight to build strength.  Sometime this weekend or next I am going to post some before and after pictures.  I am hoping to see a difference, even if it is small. 

I think that is all I have to write about today.  Hope you enjoy your day!! I'm off to write. I hope. Fingers crossed. 

Back on the wagon

So, I have been totally falling off of the wagon lately.  I haven't exercised in like a week and a half/2 weeks, and I haven't been tracking my eating. As usual though, my eating hasn't been too bad but the exercising has been, since I haven't been doing it.  I have had a rough couple of days. My favorite-ist aunt had surgery on Monday and I was at the hospital with her for part of it (although I had to leave because we had dogs to feed and a grumpy 5 year old with us) and my brother had surgery yesterday.  I am a worrier, (also a warrier, but that's for another time) so my mind was preoccupied with them.  Both are doing well, although sore. 

I am back on the wagon, eating healthily and exercising.  Best part is regardless, I haven't gained any weight.  I actually lost 1lb.  So YAY!!!

It's been a while...

So I haven't posted in like, what, a week?  I feel terrible about it, but I am back.  I haven't been doing too great on the whole exercise front.  Again, the exhaustion is winning out and I'm asleep before I even realize it.  I'd get up and work out at 2-3 in the morning, when I wake up and realize I had been sleeping, if I didn't think I'd wake the whole family up, including the dogs.  So my goal starting tonight, is to set my alarm for 9:00 p.m. That way, if I fall asleep, I'll wake back up and go do my workout. 

My eating has been pretty good, aside from Superbowl Sunday.  I feel like I pigged the F**k out, but its possible I didn't.  I love how my stomach has shrunk, so I am not able to consume as much food as I once had.  Its a great feeling.  Now I get a stomachache when I eat too much and it helps me to stop.

The other day my best friend Tricia posted her blog about her feelings and outlook on her body.  It was very emotional for her to write and it was emotional for me to read. I understand how she feels completely and it is hard to express that for the world to see.  I may have written a bit about it a while back, but she really touched on it. 

I have been trapped in this body for so long that there are many days where I feel like I just want to give up on it.  Then I read her posts, or Snowda's posts and I realize that I can't give up.  We are in this together, even if we don't talk every day. 

I am getting back on the wagon, so to speak, with regards to exercising and I am still hoping to be down at least 30lbs by summer.  I'm almost 1/2 way there anyway, so that's got to be motivating, right?

I am a lazy girl....

So the weekend has ended and it is Monday again! YAY (that was super sarcastic, by the way).  My weekend was decent, my eating was not.  Something took over and I used every excuse I could think of as to why I should eat whatever I wanted, it went from "cheat meal" to "cheat meals" to "cheat day" to "cheat weekend".  I don't know what made me just completely give up counting my calories and watching what I was eating. I just wanted to.  I decided that I was going to indulge in whatever I wanted. 

I am making it sound like i totally pigged out on whatever, which, to me, I had, but still, I am not completely sure that it was as bad as it was prior to me starting this challenge.  The first thing I wanted when I woke up Saturday morning was chocolate.  Then, when I was looking around for some, I decided it didn't really sound too great.  So I skipped it.  I had oatmeal instead.  I did end up having chocolate, and meatloaf and mashed potatoes, and something else unhealthy for lunch that wasn't memorable enough for me to even remember.  That is pretty much how my weekend went.  I tried to slow down my eating.  The only thing I even bothered controlling were my portions.

It has left me with a bloated, full, icky belly today and I am fairly certain I will never do it again.  I know that part of the problem is that I am an emotional eater.  My emotions have been up and down lately and I think it put me in to the "I don't give a F**k" mood.  I'm still trying to figure things out and all in all, today is a new day.  I will have to continue working towards my goal, no matter if I have a problem weekend, or day, or week. 

I've been afraid to weigh myself. I don't want to see the pounds I have gained.  It will probably just make me spiral further away from where I want to be.  My ultimate goal, aside from being at a healthy weight, is to be HAPPY.  100%, no matter what, HAPPY, happy with myself, happy with my body, happy inside and out.  Sometimes I feel I'm straying from that goal and have to constantly remind myself of it.

One day soon, ALL will be accomplished!!

Sick...Again

I am off of work today and home sick.  The second time I have been sick this winter.  It really sucks.  I went at least 3 years without getting sick. Then last year I got a doozy, strep, bronchitis and a sinus infection all in one. This year it has just been a minor chest cold, x 2. 

My blogging always lacks when I am home. My kiddo wants all of my attention and I give it to her.  She usually gets whatever she wants.  I even feel like my eating sucks when I am home, but I still track it and I am starting to find that I am eating okay.  I do feel much fuller now, which is good.  However, I have been taking that feeling as if I am overeating at lunch, when I am home.  I need to get used to it.

Good news, aside from being sick, I have lost 12.6 lbs! YAY!!!!! I also made my "Lbs lost" and "Lbs to lose" jars.  I like being able to move the marbles over!! It is a great feeling.  I fit into a dress that I haven't been able to zip up in years.  I have been wanting to wear it, so I wore it to work.  I have since decided that It isn't a real pretty dress so I am going to dump it.  I have lots of other clothes in my closet I'd like to fit into again!

Well,I need to go rest while I can.  I have a few hours before the kiddo gets home from school, which means I will not be able to get much rest, even though I'm sick, once she is here.

The Bitch ALWAYS Wins...maybe.

I have been up and down lately.  I am not sure if it is hormonal or if it is from interrupted workouts, or if it is from something entirely different.  The last few days I have been feeling really lonely.  I miss being in a relationship and having someone there for me that is not family.  That sounds really bad, especially because my family is my biggest support system, but I like the feeling of having and being in a relationship.  I didn't have one for a very long time, not since my daughter was born.  Then I reluctantly got into one about the end of March 2012.  I fell in love with him, against my better judgment.  I say this because for some reason, (and maybe I jinxed myself) I knew he was going to break my heart.  We broke up but we are still really good friends, which is nice, but not the same. 

The loneliness is making me want to eat. I hate being an emotional eater.  I have been doing good ignoring the urge to just binge out on whatever I want, and I am not gonna lie, it is hard.  My co-worker is getting the habit today for lunch because she wants a burger.  Since the thought has been implanted in my head, I haven't stopped thinking about it. I might get a lettuce wrapped veggie burger and hope it cures the craving. 

As for the title of today's blog, well yesterday my co-worker and I had a discussion about how it is always the bitch that wins, that gets what they want.  You can take any situation you'd like, but our discussion was about relationships.  Our theory, and please, tell me if we are wrong, but it is always the needy, whiny, mean girl that gets/keeps the guy.  Nice girls, like me, tend to get overlooked after awhile.  I don't know, maybe in some weird way, guys want that. I know I don't. I don't want some asshole who treats me like shit. I can't imagine a guy wanting a bitch for a girlfriend who treats you like dirt.  I don't know.  My argument sounds weird and belligerent even to me. And I apologize.  Again, I'm still feeling oddly lonely and that is probably the reason for the rant.  My theory works everywhere though. The bitches move up in the companies they work for, they get the guy, etc.  It is weird.  I wish I could say it is because they are determined, but I don't believe that is true in all cases. I've met very lazy people out there, that get the same outcome.  I don't know.

I apologize in advance for the ranting and stuff. I think I just needed to get it out. 

On a much more positive note, I have been able to stay under calories, get my exercise in (although a few of my workouts were interrupted by a not so happy 5 year old) and I am wearing a dress today that I couldn't even zip up a few weeks ago.  Ecstatic isn't even a good enough word to explain how good that feels.  I really want to weigh myself, so I might do that tomorrow morning. 

If I don't blog at all this weekend, you can expect a long one come Monday!

I hope you have a great one!!!

I've been lagging

It is Thursday and my mind is still telling me it is Friday.  I feel like I am coming down with something, but its on the periphial and not quite there, so I am not sure if I am getting sick or if I am just really tired.  Aside from that, I've been lagging in my blogging, which sucks. The good part to all of this, I've been doing really well with my eating and staying under calories.  My exhaustion has hit a peak though and I am not sure why, so I have had two nights off of exercise (although I can still feel the workout from Monday night). 

No matter how tired I am tonight, I'm dragging my fat butt into the living room and working out. A little yoga, a little biking, a little something else. Don't know. I am down a total of 10 lbs though and that makes me very happy! If i kept it up, I'd reach my goal in no time! But I know the reality of it and I will slow down the weight loss. My real goal is 1.5 to 2lbs a week til i reach my goal.

That's all for now, gotta get to work! Have a great day!

It's Monday!! A new week!! =)

Happy Monday everybody!!!!!

I had a really really great weekend. Saturday I had my cheat meal (I was politely informed by Snowda that it is a meal, not a day. I was disappointed for about a minute).  I spent the day with a friend of mine. He is my ex-boyfriend, but I still consider him to be one of my closest friends and he is very supportive of what I am doing. We went to breakfast at Stagecoach in Elk Grove. One of my favorite places and breakfast is my favorite meal.  The menu for this place is ridiculous. 4 egg omelets. It doesn't even mention a smaller one. I waivered back and forth between chicken fried steak and eggs and an omelet. I finally decided I would not be able to even put a dent in the chicken fried steak and would feel bad not being able to eat it, so I had a bacon, avocado and cheese omelet.  When the waitress arrived I asked her if I could have a smaller omelet and she said they could do a 2 egg omelet. I was happy and ordered that. It came with potatoes and toast.  Normally, I would be able to clean my plate like there was no tomorrow. Not this time. I had half my potatoes, a little over half of the omelet and my toast. I was so very full that I wasn't hungry for the rest of the day. 

After breakfast we went to target and to best buy. He was looking for a new computer, then we saw "Promisedland" with Matt Damon. It was a movie about fracking. I suggest looking it up. Very serious business.  The movie was alright. It was a little uneventful and the ending was not great. It was a good story though, I will give it that. 

After the movie we went back to my house and watched the Baltimore/Denver game. After he left I went to dinner with my grandma.  We had Mexican, and again, I barely touched my plate. I was so proud of myself. I was able to stay under 500 calories for dinner and that made me happy.

I finally made it home to stay and read while I waited for my little girl to get home. I had missed her greatly. She went to San Francisco with my parents and brother and my brothers girlfriend.

Yesterday, aside from working out, was a lazy day. I did good on my eating and just hung around the house.  It was probably one of the best weekends I've had in a long time.

Also, on another note, I was feeling bloated and fat Friday night and Saturday morning, so before I got in the shower I weighed myself, thinking, I bet i've gained weight back. I found I had lost another 2.5 lbs, making, so far, my grand total 10lbs lost! I was so happy. I put on a pair of jeans I bought around Christmas, that were a little snug, leaving a muffin top, if I wore them. This time, they not only fit without a muffin top, but they were even a little loose!! I was ecstatic. 

My official weigh in day is tomorrow though, so I am not sure if I was able to keep off those extra two pounds or not. We will know tomorrow! My fingers are crossed!!!!

Panic Attack or Low Blood Sugar? Who knows...

So I had to take a day off of blogging. Wednesday was a bad day for me. I started out good, as I had said in my previous blog, but as the day progressed I became more and more frustrated and upset. Along with that I had a panic attack, or maybe it was low blood sugar. My dad says sometimes it feels like the same thing. I had to take a step back and take a look at what I was eating for the day.  Although I am supposed to take in about 1440 calories, I've mentioned before I've been having a hard time meeting that goal.  I noticed that my biggest meal tends to be dinner, so I try to save my calories for it. So I guess I am not eating enough during the day. Yesterday I did my best to even it out but went over my daily intake by 40 calories. I was a little bit disappointed.

Wednesday I was so stressed, I even had a beer. A Corona Extra to be exact. I still managed to keep under my calorie intake, but it totally messed up my plans of working out.  I laid down with my baby, my head hit the pillow and next thing I knew it was 11:00. I will not be doing that again. The beer gave me just the right amound of relaxation, but it screwed me all up when it came to workouts.

I have been spending my lunches at work writing my current novel. (Story, book, whatever you want to call it.) As I do this, I picture the characters and i've noticed that I try to make all the girl characters out to be how I want to look, at least by body type. I always change the haircolor, eyes, etc. All in all I want to be healthy, but I can't help but think that I might be disappointed if I never have the ideal body I see in my head.  Any ideas on how to overcome that and just be happy no matter what?

Along with Snowda and Trish, I am going to make the weight loss jars so I can see the progress. Because I felt guilty about the beer I decided to weigh myself (bad idea I know. I am really trying to keep it at once a week) and instead of gaining a pound or two like I thought, I had actually lost 3 more from the two days before when I did my weekly weigh in. I am not sure if that is going to stick, but I was happy and relieved to see that I had not gained anything. 

On another note, I am noticing that my pants are fitting looser. I can't wait until I am down one full size. It will be a reason to celebrate!

So glad it is Friday. I am ready for my weekend. I may be blessed with one full day of relaxation. My parents and brother are going to San Francisco tomorrow and may take my little one.  I will do my workout early, then spend the day watching movies, writing and reading.

I hope everyone has a great weekend!

Tough tests

So today I was in a wonderful mood, happy, carefree, then someone went and deflated it, making me irritable and frustrated. Whenever I feel like that I really really want to eat. I even debated on having my snack early, because I was so very upset. I am an emotional eater, like my friend Trish, we eat when we're happy, sad, upset, frustrated, etc. It was so hard for me to not rush into our office kitchen and find the nearest sweet to eat. I did really good though. I stopped for a second and thought about where I want to be and decided it wasn't worth it. An hour or so later, I had my snack, which is the usual, cottage cheese and blueberries (I think next week I am going to have yogurt, granola and strawberries, its super yummy).  It was a really good snack and held me over til lunch.

When I pulled out my lunch, which is 1/2 a can of canned chicken with 1/2 tbs of mayo and 5 club crackers and applesauce, I realized that I had not brought applesauce, we were out of it and for the life of me I couldn't figure out what was missing this morning. So I ate my afternoon snack with my lunch, which is "ants on a log" and I am crossing my fingers that the 3 bottles of water on my desk will hold me over til dinner.

I am having a serious problem of not meeting my calorie intake for the day.  From my understanding, you should come as close to the calorie limit as possible. My limit happens to be 1440. I have noticed, since Monday, I am falling 300-400 calories under. I find myself searching my house for a snack to have, or something extra to add to dinner, just so I can be just a little closer to it. I am happy though that I am still on track.

Last night was my rest night for exercise. I thought about writing some more or editing my book for Amazon, but I decided to stay up and watch a movie, while chatting with a friend and reading a little bit. I am still so sore from my workouts, but I am going to work my ass off tonight though.

Have a great one and stay tuned for more tomorrow!

Weight Lost, Ideas and a Bit of Discouragement

Well, first things first, I weighed myself this morning and I am sooo happy to say, I have lost 5 lbs!!! I am so excited to see progress on the scale.

I had a few ideas to motivate me to exercise (in general, longer and more often) and to try to stay more full in between meals. I have a huge problem with reading. I love getting lost in a book and tend to not put it down until I have finished it. Its like my mind won't allow me to focus on anything else. So, as an incentive to exercise, I am only allowing myself to read while I do cardio (I ride an aerodyne bike for 20-40 minutes, depending on what else I do for exercise, at a moderate to fast pace).  Aside from motivating me to exercise, this also helps me to continue on the bike longer than I normally would. I love music when I work out, but it doesn't hold my attention and I get bored, so reading is really helping. Also, the bike is really loud, so I can't hear the TV without waking up every other occupant in the house.

I also have been focusing on chewing my food more thoroughly and slowing down on eating. I am finding that I tend to just eat as fast as I could, and then I don't even really taste it. I think that if I slow down, I'll not only feel full quicker, but hopefully will stay fuller longer, because I'm finding I am starving by the time dinner comes, and I'm getting more hungry in between meals. I'm eating things that should keep me full, so I don't know what is going on. Metabolism speeding up maybe?

Lastly, there is always a point in my diet/lifestyle change/etc where I start to get super discouraged because I am not physically seeing a difference, you know, in a mirror. I didn't expect to see a difference with only 5lbs lost, and I am feeling a difference, just from that little bit, but I really want to see something. This feeling usually comes early for me in the process and this is the point where I say F**K it and binge. I am not going to do that, however, because I have a lot of good support this time.  It is hard for me because I'm visual. Seeing the scale change is awesome and I'm hoping that once I've lost about 20lbs I'll see a difference.  I think I read it takes about 10 weeks to physically see the difference. I hope so.

I started doing Yoga last night. I decided I will alternate yoga with other strength building exercises. I like that it helps to stretch out my sore muscles but also builds strength and muscle. I think my next goal, after getting some yoga poses down, is to try Pilates. If you haven't tried either, you should. Yoga was super relaxing, and a long time ago, prior to my baby being born, I did Pilates and it felt great.

Well, I'm off to write some more on the current book I'm writing: "A Girls Guide to Surviving a Zombie Apocalypse, or Some Other Disaster" (I'll probably change the title because it is going in a different way then I originally thought)

I hope you have a great day, eat well, have fun exercising and do something great for your body.

A little sore....and car sick

Good Morning and Happy Monday!!!

I had a great weekend. I finished a book (reading, not writing, I write as well, even have one published), I stayed under my calories both days and got in a majorly great workout yesterday.  I was finally able to do a complete workout...then I had an impromptu dance party with my little one. We danced and jumped around vigorously for over an hour, non-stop.  She even wore out before I did. =)

I decided to start reading a new book this morning, while my dad drove us in to work.  Needless to say, I didn't get too far before I started feeling nauseous.  It did help take away any morning hunger I may have felt between my breakfast and my morning snack, which I just ate (a half cup of 1% fat cottage cheese and about 10 blueberries). 

I am continuing on my good eating. I'm very proud of myself.  Even on my cheat day, which was Saturday, I only went over my daily calorie limit by 49 calories.  Really, the only thing I "cheated" when it came to eating were the cookies my mom made.  They were soooo very good. I only had 2 though.

Tonights plan is to work out again, but this time after my child is asleep. Hopefully I'm going to get some yoga in as well. I'm very sore from the 50 rep challenge that I did, Mountain Climbers are a b**ch and so are push-ups. 

I was getting a headache the first few days of doing it. Not sure if it was from a small lack of caffiene or if it was from less sugar, or if it was just from that time of the month, but it has finally subsided as well.  So I'm starting this week off right, happy and healthy.

The dirty that is my mom...

This will be a short blog, because I am doing this from my phone. I promise to write a more thorough one tonight after my mini me goes to bed. I'm doing good for a Saturday, even with my mom making these chocolate crackle cookies, pictured below.

So I have had one. She really is supportive of me doing this, but at the same time she can't help but bake.

I am proud to say I gave in and weighed myself out of curiosity. I have lost 3.7lbs. I'm ecstatic, even if it may have been water weight.

I decided to post a before photo for you, pictured below, before the cookies

That is me now. My goal, as I have said, is to be 60lbs down by July 23rd 2013. Keeping my fingers crossed.

Ugh, 2 Days, No Full Workout!

So, it is day 3.  I've had a few ups and a few downs. Well, one down really. I'll start with the ups: I managed to stay under my calorie intake yesterday by 49 calories. I was very happy about that. All three of my meals were healthy, another good thing.  Just because I was under the calorie limit, does not mean that I had to eat healthy, but this is what I had: for breakfast I had 2 slices of whole wheat toast and as a snack I had a carrot.  For lunch I had tuna with 5 crackers and applesauce. My next snack was an orange. For dinner, I had turkey tacos. I stopped eating by 6:15, which was another accomplishment. I tend to go for dessert at about 7:00.  My breakfast, lunch and snacks are the same for today, minus the orange.  I kept the applesauce for my snack instead.

Now the down: I fell asleep at 8:00, while waiting for my little girl to go to sleep. I was exhausted from not sleeping the night before and from being sick. I had a pretty bad headache and so I decided to close my eyes for just a minute. Next thing I knew, it was 10:10 p.m, head ache still there. Then I must have went back to sleep pretty quick because the next time I woke up, it was 2:00 a.m. Because of this, I did not get my workout in.  The night before I didn't manage a full workout, so now I am two days behind.

Is the above an excuse for not working out? I don't know. I do know that I fell asleep unintentionally. I can say, however, that I sometimes just go to bed when my child goes to bed, because sleep sounds really good over working out. That was not my intention last night. I really do like working out, and I sleep better after it. I was really hoping to get one in.  The good thing is that my cough has finally died down and is very minimal, and I am not exhausted, so far, because of the 10 hours of sleep.

My goal tonight is to do a full workout. My weekend goal? To continue to eat healthy and get in another 2 workouts.  Weekends are the hardest for me because I tend to eat when I'm bored. I need to condition myself into knowing when my body is hungry and when it is just out of boredom that I'm seeking food.

For now, that is all. =) Enjoy the rest of your day!

No More Excuses!!!

It's a new year...and a new me. At least that is my goal.  I've had many resolutions go through  my mind for 2013, all the usual ones of course, "I'm losing weight, going to be more healthy, save money", blah blah blah. When I started thinking of all of these, the first thought I had was that they were unattainable. I know myself. I procrastinate, I'm lazy, I'm a careless spender. Then my friend Snow introduced me to the "No Excuse" Program that Maria Kang is doing through her website and facebook, etc.  After reading about her and all that she accomplishes I got motivated.  If I really want anything in life, there is no reason why I can't obtain it, just excuses I come up with to stop me from believing. I decided it is time to end my love affair with food and to stop making excuses as to why I'm still fat. (The money thing, I'll have to work on separately)

I changed my way of thinking. Snow and I made a pact. We are doing Maria's program together. We are each others support to stay on track, because truth is, if I didn't have support, I'd lose my steam fast. We started January 1. Yesterday (the second), one of my best friends in the whole wide world, (aside from Snow) sent me a link to her blog that she started.  She started it to document her weight loss and hold herself accountable. I read it and thought...oh my god, this is amazing. Trish is one of the bravest people I know, putting this journey out there for the world to see.  Then she posted it to Facebook and Snow saw the post, got inspired and decided to start her own blog, documenting the same process.  Now what kind of friend would I be, if I didn't jump on the blogging bandwagon and document my weight loss journey with them?  Their blogging is just the support I need and writing about my journey will keep me going longer than I thought possible and hopefully will support them and keep them on the right track as well. At least that is the goal. 

This is going to be a hard journey for me. I won't make any assumption that it will be easy.  I love chips and salsa and mexican food in general.  I love sweets around that time of the month and my mom is a pastry chef who is often catering to those needs, making creme brulee and cheesecakes in abundance (not to mention the cookies).  I grew up on fast food and junk food, as many people my age did when they were kids.  At the time, our family didn't have much time for making dinner, or making sure things were healthy.  Obesity wasn't as big of a problem as it is today also. By the time I was in my teens I was overweight. My weight fluctuated but I have never been a size 3, or a size 5, 7 or 9 for that matter either.  I don't aspire to be those sizes. I would be happy with a 10, I think.

Before I found out I was pregnant I was the thinnest I had been in a long time. I wish I could say I loved my body then, but I still had some issues with accepting it.  I got pregnant and ended up gaining 71 lbs.  (yeah, it was shocking to me too). The funny thing, I barely ate the first and second trimester. The doctor attributed the weight gain to the way my body was accepting the hormones.  After giving birth I had every intention of losing every pound of it through breast feeding. That idea was shot when my baby wouldn't take.  She is 5 years old now and I've only  managed to lose 40 of the 71 lbs gained.  I am currently a size 16 and xl in tops.  Some days, those pants run tight. I weighed in at 229 lbs, upset that I had gained 5 lbs over the holidays.  I am 5'8 and I carry my weight well, but I'm still fat. I still need to lose it.

My goal is to lose 60 lbs by my birthday, July 23, 2013.  If I lose 2-3 lbs a week until then, I should accomplish it in no time.  I am on day 3, trying to get through this with a cough that won't quit (Exercising sucks when you are coughing to the point of wanting to be sick). I have yet to plan out my meals far in advance, but the fact that I have done it 24 hours in advance is impressive for me.

I hope you follow me through my journey, as well as Snow's and Trish's, for our goal is the same, to be healthy and happy with our bodies in 2013.

If you'd like to read Trish's blog, you can find it here 

And

If you'd like to read Snow's blog, go here.

Our goal is to do this daily, even if it is a short blurb.  Have a happy 2013, I hope you achieve all of your goals as well! =)