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

No Time Like the Present: Day 211

Tue. June 12, 2012 2:24 pm

I’m fighting back to regain my momentum. I gave myself one year to make positive changes with both my weight and my health. While my health is still good, if I don’t change, it won’t be for long. Any positive change will work! I have eaten well and for my health the last 5 days and I already feel better. I still have a long way to go but I am not giving up. Just in case you think you’ve heard this before on this blog… you have. If I have to start over everyday, I will! 🙂

Today’s inspiration came from a women in Ohio who I met at a “Women on Fire” Tea in NYC. She blogs every day! Kim McBriarty Dettmer. “In Search Of Me in Mommy”.

I can’t wait to post pictures of my vegetable gardens. I haven’t had time to keep you updated but I have lots of great stuff growing. Tomato’s, peppers, cucumbers, brussels sprouts, zucchini, broccoli, lettuce, beets, basil and parsley. Hopefully the deer will leave some of it for us. I didn’t have a problem last year with the deer, but I had a 120lb. German Shepherd patrolling. Now he is patrolling the gardens in ‘doggie heaven’.

I made Chicken breast last night over salad with asparagus. I used the left over chicken breast in a salad with field greens, cucumber, strawberries and blueberries for lunch today. Dinner will be Ground Turkey with cabbage, peas and ginger and garlic. If it doesn’t sound really good, it is!