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

A Perfect Day For a Tea Party: Day 131

Fri. March 23, 2012 9:54 am

When I started this blog back in November 2011, I had so much inspiration and enthusiasm and commitment. Nothing could stop me. I soared through the first 2 – 3 months without a hitch or without a cheat or without a deviation from my self proscribed life change. Fast forward to today… My 3rd month was a struggle. We had a family death, my mom got sick, (whom I care for) my brother was in the hospital, I was having financial stress and on and on. Suddenly I couldn’t draw what I needed from within myself to stay the course. Just having this blog has kept me going but I have allowed myself to be human and make mistakes. Inspiring people and being inspired is a gift that this blog brings me. A few months ago, one of the women who was following me here told me that she was going back to the gym and choosing healthier foods because of what she was reading here. She emailed me last week and told me she is down 17 pounds and enjoying life. She actually did a two mile run with her daughter and left her daughter in the dust. Now she is inspiring me.

My inspiration for my blog originated with Jamie Eslinger. I met her through the “Women on Fire” group. She made a one year commitment and blogged about it everyday.

I am so excited to be attending my third “Women on Fire” Tea at Lady Mendls in Gramercy Park, NYC . I’m going to get one big beautiful dose of inspiration today at Debbie Phillip’s “Women on Fire” Tea and I am so fortunate to be documenting the Tea with my little camera.

Here are a few images I captured from the “Mother Daugther Tea” in Dec. 2011.

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Loreen - March 23, 2012 - 3:00 pm

Beautiful pictures, Jo! However, I think it’s the other way around. You are inspiring me!! I could never do what you did those first couple of months. We’re all human and must allow ourselves some slack, especially when times get tough. I can’t wait until we celebrate over lunch someday soon!! ♥♥♥ReplyCancel
Debbie Phillips - March 23, 2012 - 10:36 am

oh, my gosh, Josie!! I love this and the pictures so much. Plus, you are such an inspiration … doesn’t matter about perfection. You are Changing It Now … what are the differences from last year to this?? I bet MANY! (and thank you for sharing many of them with us on your blog!!)ReplyCancel