My New Life Mission - Get Healthy, Foodie Style

I know it's been awhile since I have posted to my blog. I could make up a million excuses, but the truth is I've just been lazy. Why? I'm just totally exhausted all the time. When I come home from work, I really just don't feel like doing much of anything. It might have something to do with carrying an extra 50 lbs of weight around. YOU THINK? I mean yes, I've had some health issues. AGAIN, It might have something to do with carrying an extra 50 lbs of weight around. YOU THINK? I know it does. Losing weight may not cure my health issues, but it will certainly help me feel a whole lot better. Enough of being hard on myself, let's get to the inspiration behind all of this. Besides feeling better, let me tell you the reason behind this mission. I am dedicating this journey to my mom. I am doing this for her. She has enough to worry about without worrying about me too. I want to do this for her. They say you can only lose weight or better yourself if you are doing it for yourself. WRONG! I've tried doing it for me. It's so much easier to let myself down than to let my mom down. How can I not stay true to the journey that I have dedicated to my mom? So here it goes, let me explain my new mission.

I consider myself a foodie. Why? Because I love food. Not just eating it, but cooking, preparing and learning about food. Once I got this passion to cook? I've tried to soak up as much knowledge as I could. I'm still learning. If I hear about any ingredient or dish that I've never heard of, I look it up. Obviously I'll be learning for the rest of my life, because there is a lot of food. Luckily, I like almost everything, there is very few things that I do not like. Previously, that has not been good because I'll eat most anything. But think about this. Since I like so much, I can find plenty of ways to make food that is good for me, yet I'll still enjoy it. I like veggies more than meat. I love fish, cooked and/or raw. I'm going to experiment. Try and flavor my food with seasonings and fresh herbs instead of butter and other fats. So I am going to share my weight, my food and my daily exercise with all of you. I welcome anyone to come on this journey with me. Share on my blog, recipes, inspiration and goals you have met along the way. This is NOT a diet. This is a new way of eating and living to become healthy and happy.

I am not going to lie to you. I know there are going to be bumps along the way. That is life. I am not going to deprive myself from eating out or going to a food and wine festival. I'll try and make good choices when I eat out and work extra hard to burn off the guilty pleasures. Tomorrow I will weigh myself. And as much as I hate to, I will let you know what that weight is and give updates to my weight loss. I promise to try and make this blog entertaining. And I will try and give as much information I can about what is working and what is not. I'm going to do this for you Mommy!