A New Beginning

Hi.  My name is Mellissa and I am fat.  I love to eat and I don't mean carrots.  Bread, cheese sticks, cupcakes, I never met a carb I didn't like.  Over the past year I have made a lot of good changes in my life by removing myself from a stressful relationship that I was in for 14 years.  Throughout that 14 years I gained over 100 pounds.  When I first moved out in March of 2010 I immediately started loosing weight.  Over the next few months I lost 30 pounds by creating good habits to replace my old bad ones.  I started walking 3 miles at least 3 times a week and journaling my food intake while counting calories.  I was feeling really good about it and getting a lot of compliments but in November another change hit me on the home front and forced me in a way back into a part of that relationship.  At the end of April I will be free of it for good but I know that life will always throw me curveballs and I need to learn to deal with them without involving food. 

So that is where this blog idea came from.  In 30 days I will be moving across the country to a city I have always wanted to live in and I really feel that this is my time to start actually living my life and not just hide behind the garlic naan.  To some of you 30 pounds in 30 days may seem a little extreme but its really more about the challenge than the actual number for me.  I want to know that I can beat this on my own and be prepared for whatever Chicago brings me.

Here is my plan to do it......

1. Blog every day.  Even if I am having the worst day and have eaten everything in my path I will write it all down and be honest about it.

2.  Journal my food and calories.  My goal is to be under 1200 calories a day and keep my carbs in check.

3.  Exercise :(  I HATE exercising so this will probably be the biggest challenge for me.  I did just buy a treadmill so I'm hoping it will be delivered in the next couple days so I really don't have any excuses to not do this.

Other than loosing weight and feeling good when I move I'm really hoping that blogging about it will help me to pick up on my eating or stress triggers before the binge starts.  Please feel free to give me hell with your comments.  Especially if I start making excuses or don't follow my 3 rules above.  Thanks for joining me on this journey.  Here we go.........

Mellissa