Today is The Day!

Today is the day!
I have pondered the idea of starting a new blog just for this journey.  Mulling the idea over and over and finally today, I just DID. IT!  Sometimes in life, you just gotta grab ahold and D.O. I.T.  Ya' know?
A little about me:  I have struggled my whole adult life with my weight.  I've never been a "perfect 10" but at some points in my life I was happy enough in my skin.  Somehow I let my state of happiness/contentment get the better of me and my weight issues would take over once again and it balloons out of control.

I got married at 220 lbs. The most I have weighed was 280.  The least was about 2 years ago and with a Low Carb diet, exercise and a change in my medication, I lost 90 pounds and was at 195.  I still thought I was SO overweight....  Now, when Facebook has so "kindly" shown me my photos from last year and the year before, I realize that I was only 20 pounds or so away from my goal!  I want that person back!  She was becoming happy in her own skin!

With menopause and hormone replacement therapy, along with an ongoing allergy issue that needed a steroid nasal spray, I regained about 30 pounds.  No matter what I did with my diet and exercise it kept creeping on.  Finally, I gave in and ate what I wanted, when I wanted.  (That helped a lot, right??) Now, I am currently sitting at 242.

I enjoyed the holiday season.  Baking to my hearts content.  Knowing that come 2017 I WAS going to find a new sense of inspiration from somewhere to get serious and get back to a regular routine of exercise and meal planning.

I convinced my dear Hubs to join me in Low Carb, as well as walking for 30 minutes 5 days a week.  So far, all is well.  He has lost 8 and I've lost 5.

I hope that you'll join in with me and find your own inspiration for your journey to find the Real You!