November 14, 2012
I'm Josie,
Mom, daughter, sister, friend, business owner, and sugar addicted stress eater..
I was 38 when I got pregnant with my daughter. The same week I got pregnant I had a skiing accident which led to a total ACL reconstruction of my left knee. The rigorous exercise program and healthy eating habits that I had followed for ten years was put on hold. In the years that followed, my fairy tale life of love, marriage, family, health and fitness, began to unravel around me. With that, I became a stress eater and sugar my culprit.

Fast forward … My daughter is 14 and I am 80 pounds over weight, I have tried every diet including the “Raw” diet without success. Today I am challenging myself to change; change my eating habits, change the way I feel about myself, CHANGE.... I will be blogging daily, starting with today, my 53rd birthday. I will share with you my challenges, some solutions I come up with, photos, recipes and each success. It is my hope and desire to make a difference in my life as well as the lives of everyone that visits me here. Thank you for supporting me. I am now publicly accountable to myself and each of my readers. Come back often to read and see how I evolve. My goal for this year is weight loss and wellness. My diet is simple, whole foods and nothing artificial! I am using experience, logic and you to keep me going.

A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step. – Lao Tzu

Finally Made it to the Gym: Day 57

Mon. January 9, 2012 10:06 pm

It always helps to have a buddy to cheer us on. I have always been fortunate to be blessed with wonderful people in my life. I was on Martha’s Vineyard on a photography job last summer and I met Debbie Phillips, founder of “Women on Fire” . Through her, I have met so many supportive women the last several months. Supporting friends and family is so important and I have been on the receiving end of that support often. Like today, I have been struggling to get back to the gym and I made a commitment with a friend to go work out this morning. I would never have gone without that commitment. I got over that “first day back” hurdle. I feel like I’m ready to get back to work on my body, thanks for the support of a wonderful friend.

While chatting with one of the women I’ve been getting close to because of this blog, I found myself suggesting that we always have healthy snacks around so that we can choose to eat the right foods always. One of my favorite choices is the LarBar. I am so excited, I wrote to LaraBar and asked their permission to blog about them (you know you need permission to display logos too etc) anyway, I got an email back from LarBar today and here is what they said..

“I checked out your blog – way to go! We are cheering you on in your journey, and would *love* to contribute some bars for you to review on your site. I’ll get those in the mail to you this week.”

I can’t wait to see what they send and I can’t wait to try them and share all about them with you; they have so many amazing new flavors.

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Debbie Phillips - January 12, 2012 - 7:06 pm

I am so proud to know you and my lucky fortune to have met you, Ms. Josie!!!
I can’t imagine the world of Women on Fire now without your many gifts. Fortunately, I don’t have to! Thank you for being the ultimate Woman on Fire.ReplyCancel
Anna - January 11, 2012 - 9:56 pm

I remember those Larbars. They are delicious!
And how many of us, women, have to go to the gym, really?…
Very happy you made it, Josie. Hopefully, I’m next)ReplyCancel
Rosalie Donatelli - January 9, 2012 - 11:10 pm

That’s great Josie.
I can’t wait to hear about what they send you.
congratulations on the gym too. We just joined ours too
and i started by joining the belly dancing class. what fun! 🙂ReplyCancel