This is MY Year!

It is about time.  It is long overdue.  It is past time for me to focus on me.  And that is exactly what I'm doing in 2014.  With age comes wisdom and most recently what I've learned is that you cannot put the key to your happiness in someone else's pocket.  "Can't nobody make me happy; can't nobody make me sad."  So, with that being said, I decided to quit trying to look for happiness somewhere else. I need to make me happy and to be happy, I need to look better and feel better.

I have been overweight my whole life.  My sister would say that I was even an usually fat baby.  (I cannot believe I am going to type this).  I just reached the point where I was miserable.  I knew that I had to change.  So, starting January 1st,  I started eating better--no soft drinks, more whole grains, more veggies, and things I thought I'd never eat regularly like hummus, Greek yogurt, and turkey burgers/turkey sausage.  Aaaaannnnnnddddd...I bought an elliptical machine so I've been exercising.  The first day I got on I thought I might have a stroke. I honestly thought I could hop on and immediately start back where I left off years ago when I frequented the gym and did 5 miles in 45 minutes.  Wrong.  Very wrong.  The good news was, I had some amazing motivation.  First, there were some people in my own family who laughed at me when I told them of my plan for a healthier me.  I will prove them wrong.  Then, there was motivation of which we will not speak as it goes back to putting the key to my happiness in someone else's pocket.  Never again, but most mornings it does drive me to sweat it out. 

Now, I'm not saying I'm Jillian Michaels, but I do feel better and have lost a little weight to boot.  It's going to be a long, slow process, but I will do it.  I have to do it.  I have amazing friends who have been my cheerleaders--I can't thank them enough.  Who knows, by the time I blog again, you might not even recognize me.