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

Trigger Foods: Day 83

Sat. February 4, 2012 10:36 pm

AVOID at all cost. I need to avoid foods that set me off. I have company for the weekend and everyone wanted Chinese tonight. They have a healthy menu but I have learned during this process not to tempt myself and I don’t order a dish for myself. I’ll eat one of my healthy stand by dishes or a bowl of home made soup. I was weak tonight. I ordered a steamed dish but I ended up tasting everyone else’s dishes. It’s been a mild disaster. With a house full of company and Super Bowl Sunday tomorrow I have to do damage control in the morning and prepare carefully so that I have enough of the right food for my self tomorrow. It’s a good thing this is a process.