Well....Hello there dearies!

I decided that I needed to start chronicling my journey on my way to a better me. Sometimes life gets really crazy, and my thoughts need to come out....what better place than in a blog?!?!  I've read several over the course of the last few years (and a few I still read daily), and most of the time I go away thinking, "I feel the same way!"  So, here I am sharing my journey with you all.

My turning point for losing weight started July 29th, 2015...well, not really.  See, I've been here before.  Several times.  The cycle just kept repeating itself.  

Weigh =  Ugh....something's gotta change

Diet = I can do this.  

Weigh in = Yay! I lost some weight!

Diet = I'll just eat this and get back to it tomorrow

Day after = Ugh...not a good food choice, but I'll get back

Day after that = oh what the heck I've blown it anyway

Weigh = UGH! What the heck! I've been doing this for xx weeks and nothing?!

Now....repeat that over and over and over.  See?  But July 29 really opened my eyes.  I fell.  HARD. My flip flop caught the end of the sidewalk going into Chick-Fil-A, and boom.  Down I went. HARD.  I had a bruise on my right leg from about 2-3 inches above the top of my knee to about 2-3 inches below my knee.  It was ridiculously colored and painful.  That just kind of flipped a switch for me.  Plus, I have a husband, and a daughter, and they both need me around.  Especially my daughter -- I mean I want to be able to play with her.  Run with her.  Not always be the mom that has to sit down because my weight blocks me from doing things.   I am currently 54 lbs down from my highest recorded weight.  Will I share that at some point....probably.  Just not yet.   I try to walk at least 2 miles a day - look - that doesn't always happen.  Just straight up - sometimes I do not want to go.  Now, my daughter is pretty instrumental with getting me out.  She wants to go when I don't.   

Now, onto the goals -- this girl's got goals ;)
My friend, Wendy (hi Wendy!!) and I have set some goals for July.   We're separated by miles, but both have goals. 

Here are mine:

1. Stay off the scale for the month of July.  (This is a hard one for me...I have a love/hate relationship with my scale).

2. At least 64 oz of water a day.  I will try for more than that, but at least that much.

3.  Eat at home more and take a healthy lunch for work. 

4.  50 miles completed by the end of July. 

So...there they are in black and white.  Keep checking back for more thoughts on my journey!

-Shel