Morning Thoughts

This morning as I sat out on the porch steps smoking my morning cigarette the birds were singing and making all types of noises.  I forgot how peaceful it was out that early in the morning in country and I really thought about some things that I needed to clear up and out of my mind.

The past few days I have been trying to "Think more Positive" and it has really seemed to make my days happier or less stressful, I should say! However, there are parts of my life that I need to work on, as I am sure everyone else could say as well.

• I thought about how these cigarettes need to go, but how hard they are to put down once you have become addicted!
• I thought about the ways that I could become a better mom, wife, daughter, sister, friend, or just the person who walks by you in the store.
• I thought about how I would like to take time to pick up a pencil and draw something every once in a while, before my ability to create something diminishes even more than it has.
• I thought about ways that I could be a better house keeper.
• and I thought about how I could become healthier.

While I listened to the birds chirping, I thought about the different areas in my life that could improve, and I hope to incorporate them into my day one step at a time until I can be a new person in all aspects... A NEW ME! :)

What are the things that you would like to improve on or add into your life to bring happiness?  How would life be different for you if you made these changes?

Think about it all and make that change, become a NEW you!!

A New Me - Here we go

Today is a new day. I have been watching a lot of inspirational videos on you tube over the weekend about weight loss. That is the true meaning of this blog. Becoming that new you that you always knew you could be. I am at a point in my life where I can get off my butt and get it in gear to get this weight off once and for all. I am definitely motivated.

My plan of action is this:

1. I am drinking slim fast and replacing two meals a day with this drink because this has worked for me in the past. I like the juicing that I have tried but some of the concoctions give me really bad indigestion, but slim fast does not do that to me. (I had one shake for breakfast)

2. One mile walk everyday after work this week to rev up my metabolism. I will use the elliptical in the evenings after supper.

3. If I get too hungry in between slim fast meal replacement shakes, then I will snack on fruit or nuts only. It has to be very low calorie. Slim fast now has these meal replacement bars that you can eat while doing the liquid meal replacement, not sure I will utilize those though.

Everyone who reads this blog, leave comments or suggestions about how you have lost weight. Share your story with us, we would be happy to hear it. It may seem that there is no cohesive flow with the way the blog is going, but I promise you there is. All of the new experiences that I have been having the past year like going overseas, going through my second divorce, losing weight and trying to retain my sanity all coincide with A New Me.

Changing Slowly

So I am still getting on the elliptical; I am jokingly telling everybody it is my torture device, but it isn't really. I feel really good after I get on it, like I have accomplished something for the day. I have been using it in the evening after supper so I can take a shower after I work up a sweat on it.

I have not weighed at all this week because of my monthly visitor. I will probably weigh on Monday morning, maybe if I am only weighing once a week it will be easier to see progress. I usually weigh everyday and I have figured out that is not the way to start the day. I know that number is not a reflection of who I am but I have struggled so much in the past that I let the number define me. If it was what I deemed to be high, I would hate myself that whole day and complain about feeling like a fat sausage. But not anymore, I am changing things slowly. Rome wasn't built in a day and I am not going to lose 50 pounds in a day. I am going to have to work for it and I'm okay with that. We tend to appreciate what we work for....hehehe.

JoAnne