Diet Kicks Into High Gear Shortly!!

My diet will kick into high gear on Sunday, in less than 48 hours. I'm excited. I anticipate getting down to about 145-150. Not sure as to what the exact number will be, but I will know once I get there. Very excited about things.

Not much else to report about the diet. I will write once I start to update on how things are going.

Almost Time!!

It is almost time for me to kick my diet into high gear. I am excited and anticipating the new look. I have decided to put off shopping for any new clothes until I reach a decent weight. Right now, I am at about 180 pounds. My goal is like 150, maybe even 145. We will see once I start to get to a decent size.

I'm excited about actually going to the grocery store now. I know exactly what I want to get now and cannot wait. I know that it's going to be hard passing by the Home Run Inn pizzas, but I have to do it.

I'm pretty tired now, so I'm about to call it a night. Not really call it a night...but get in the bed and look at t.v until I pass out. I have a pretty busy day tommorrow, so I need to be pretty alert.

TTYL

Started Early

I have started my diet a tad bit early, well ok....I've changed my eating habits a bit. Instead of snacking all day and night. I only snack at night!! I know...I know....that's not good. But my diet officially starts on Sunday. So I may as well enjoy myself. I'm going to allow myself 1 "Me" day every week, probably on Saturday. That is the day when I am going to just eat like I want, no restrictions.

I don't have a problem eating healthy, it is just that I run out of ideas. I like baked chicken and baked fish, but how many times in a week can you eat that. I have to find some meal plans that incorporate other things. I think my major problem is the snacking. If I can stop that, then I should be okay. I also "Stress Eat". By my life is really stress filled right now, but I have to learn how to stop that. I also can't exercise or let alone go for a simple walk right now, so that is an issue as well. I hope in 6 days I get something so that I can walk on this leg, this not being able to exercise like I want is killing me.

I also want to buy a new wardrobe, but everytime I shop right now at my fave online store. I have to think "There is no way I am getting into this right now!". So I hold off. I think I am going to wait until I lose at least 10 pounds then buy the new wardrobe. Who knows? We will see.

Update!!

It has been a little over 2 months since I've blogged. There have been so many things, both positive and negative that have gone on and I had to step aside and focus on them. I temporarily stopped my diet. The new start date is March 1, 2009, for some odd reason...I cannot start anything in the middle of a month or middle of a week. It has to be on the 1st day of the week or month. I have no idea how much I weigh now, as there isn't a scale in the house. Will be purchasing one today. Numbers cannot be good at all!! LOL!! Since breaking my leg back on Jan 20th, 2009, I have been at home on bed rest and have been doing nothing but snacking and snacking. It doesn't help that Papa Joe is always asking me "What do you want to eat?". I will say nothing and he will respond back with "I can get you a Bacon-Nater". I say no again and he'll go "Are you sure?". Then I cave in, but the funny thing is, I never finish eating it. That thing is massive and was perfect when I was pregnant, heck, I would get up and go get one and the closest Wendy's is about a 10 minute drive away. But not being pregnant anymore, that sandwich is good, but I can only get through half of it.

I also think I had to get past the holidays before I started a diet. I'll get back on track starting the 1st.

Will post more later.

Me Now..My Virtual Model!!

I have not started my diet yet. I really don't know what I'm waiting for. But I might want to get started soon.

I've made a virtual model of myself. I'm 5'6 and weigh a whopping 185!!! So here she goes, I'll update her only when I lose weight in 10 pound increments. Doesn't make sense to me to do it for a measly 2 or 3 pounds.

Will check in later:

Why I Have This Blog!!

I decided to have this blog because I see so many others documenting their weight loss journeys and I wanted to be able to do the same. I named it "Journey To A Size 10" because that is the size that I think I would be happy at. I'm not that tall or big framed to begin with, I am really thin and small framed with "extra baggage". By "Extra Baggage" I mean fat!! I've given birth numerous times and never really got my body back to where it was before I had kids. I just let the weight stay there. Also cultural influences dictate that I be "thick". But I'm not happy like that.

Currently I am a size 16. I just gave birth a little over 5 weeks ago. Before birth, I weighed somewhere between 160-165. Which was an okay weight for me. I was about a size 14, still thin enough to be happy and "healthy" enough to be accepted by my people. But really, I wasn't happy. I weighed myself the other day, before eating anything for Thanksgiving and I was a whopping 185 pounds. When I calculate everything, I only lost about 10-13 pounds after having the baby. I might have lost more, but I continued to eat like I was still pregnant, without actually being pregnant. I am now changing my diet and I am actually going to start exercising daily. It will be hard to do at first, but it's something I really want to do.

I think being at a size 10 will keep me happy mentally. Someone I speak to on a daily basis said I should set a goal and by that she means, set something in the future that will force me to wear something that doesn't cover me up and will have me in front of a group of people that will basically judge me based on my physical appearance. A little known secret about me is back in 1998 and 1999, I was fortunate enough to have been selected to audition for the Chicago Luvabulls. If you don't know who or what they are, they are the dance team that performs and represents the Chicago Bulls (Chicago's NBA team). Another more known thing about me is that I absolutely love Pageantry. All aspects of it. From directing (which I haven't done in almost 4 years) to competing. Every aspect of it. I have competed live before, but it's been a few years. So she suggested either I force myself to audition for the Chicago Luvabulls again or compete in a pageant. I'm weighing both options heavily. I want to do both and probably could do both, but I have such a short attention span and so little free time here in the house, that I would only be able to focus on one. But it would be good to do both. Maybe I'll do both. What do you think?

I have put a poll on this blog so that those of you who come here and visit can vote. In the end, it is up to me. But I like to get opinions of others.

And whatever I decide to do. If you vote in the poll and let me know who you are. I promise, that when I make the Luvabulls or win the pageant...you have an autograph coming from me. (I sound really confident, don't I??? :-)