Introductions Are In Order I Suppose

I have spent a lot of years sitting around on my ass doing nothing. My body shows it. My heart feels it. Don’t get me wrong..I haven’t really been doing NOTHING. I’ve been raising kids, taking care of a husband and family and numerous pets. I just haven’t been taking care of myself in the process.

I have tried numerous times to START taking care of myself. I’ve just never been able to keep it up really. I guess that there came a time a month and a half ago when I finally got sick of hating..no LOATHING the person I saw in the mirror every morning. Something inside of me SCREAMED that I needed to WAKE UP and smell the coffee. I wasn’t getting any younger, I was slowly killing myself with food, cigarettes, and alcohol. I was nearly 200 pounds. A size 16. Who was this person with the hollow eyes that stared back at me in the mirror?

Today I am at 180 pounds. That’s right in just over a month I have dropped almost 20 pounds.

It’s not been easy.

I’ve quit smoking..

Quit drinking..

And stopped poisoning myself with foods that do not FUEL and NOURISH my body.

I’ve begun again. And I feel so much better than I did a month ago. I feel actually ALIVE for the first time in probably 11 years.

I started this blog to journal my progress as I go through this journey.

I probably won’t give the link to anyone, but if you find it please feel free to drop an encouraging word. It would mean so much.

~ by catwmn on July 17, 2008.