My Declaration

I started this blog with a very overwhelming, daunting, terrifying goal in mind. I want to suck the marrow out of life!!! I have lived my last 36 years having my share of adventures mind you but have always been ok with just coasting by. I want to be able to accomplish more because I believe God has great things planned for me... for all of us! Just writing this first entry gives me goosebumps, butterflies in my stomach and sends a chill down my spine... WAAAA!!! To some it might be a ho-hum task but I have been "trying" to lose weight eversince I was in high school where I was only 128 lbs. I was made to feel that I was fat... my face to round, arms too plump, hips to wide, my legs were called logs... lets not talk about my breasts. Now am 240 plus pounds and everything really became round , plump, wide. This was not my heaviest though. I was pushing 280 lbs about four years ago, this was when my husband suddenly passed away from complications due to sleep apnea. It really woke me up, I lost 30 pounds since then and have been pushing myself to do more and be more. This time am aiming for a goal which I intend to keep I hope to be able to lose at least 6 pounds every month until I get back to my ideal weight which was around the 128lbs I was in 1989. So how long should that take? If I lose an average of six pounds a month, which I hear is pretty healthy I should be around 126 lbs by February 2010. So far I have cut down my intake and have been eating five times a day (3 meals and two snacks) opting for healthier food. I have also enrolled in a thrice weekly belly dancing class as well as a yoga class every saturday. I have also been telling my friends to support me by having more ACTIV-ities rather than just sit around and hang out. I would also like to blog regularly about my progress ansd especially the fun things I have been doing to lose weight...woking on a better quality of life day after day. There are so many things I want to do, places I want to be and I believe a healthier me will get me there faster :) I would appreciate your happy thoughts for me and others struggling with their own issues, ideas as well as tips. Here's to all of us!!! God bless us all!!