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

Happy Easter: Day 147

Sun. April 8, 2012 11:34 am

Happy Easter! I won’t be blogging today about how strong I stayed through this holiday like I did the previous ones this year. I anticipate blogging about recovering from today with my juicer tomorrow. Maybe I should rename my blog: “confessions of a sugar addict”. 🙂

I’m making chocolate covered strawberries. I’ll add pictures in a Part 2 post later today. It won’t be too bad. Mixed fresh pineapple and strawberries on a platter lined with chocolate dipped ones.

I’m working on them now so I’ll post part 2 later.

PART 2

What a beautiful day. I took a vacation from life for a few hours. A small family gathering with 11 people.

My daughter dipped the Strawberries. I love any excuse to spend time with her.