week 2

For 2 weeks I have been sweatin', dyin' and starvin'...all for 2 friggin LBS?? So, I say to myself (looking at my reflection in the mirror trying manipulate myself into believing I'm not crazy for talking to my reflection.. besides I should only be concerned if/when I start answering myself, right?)...Jeanna, Jeanna...you're getting older, you're a mom of two, your hips are wider, your metabolism has slowed or nearly stopped and you're never, ever, EVER going to look like you did in your 20's or for that matter, like the cute receptionist that was just hired! ... With that I reply... What the F**k, this gettin older shit is for the birds! (oops, I answered myself) ...So now that my mini episode of schizophrenia is over... I can say my diet is going well.

I decided along with the new year, I would try a new form of exercise and started taking water aerobics. Whoever said that this was nothing more than splashing around in a pool with a bunch of geriatrics, should try one hour of it. Its amazing!! Its the best low impact, best burn of the hips/thighs, butt and abs I have ever had. I am addicted. If you've never tried it, I highly recommend taking a class... you too will be amazed. God, I sound like a infomercial... I definitely need to eat more chocolate.. I mean carrots.. :)

I also started getting up early , 5 am early, to workout.. this is definitely work in progress..since I've only managed to do this maybe 5/6 times since the 1st of the year... but its hard.. thats time I could be resting away the fine lines that have decided to appear around my eyes... Did I say getting older was for the birds??? At any rate..(oppressing a potential meltdown), my goal is to get up and exercise at least 2 days a week, and then go to the gym 2 days a week. Sounds good if thats what I'm doing.... I said it was a goal! In all seriousness... I'm actually working out at least 4 days a week, sometime more.

So what about my diet you ask.. well I am following the South Beach diet. It's easy..but takes a lot of preparation, especially when you plan to be out all afternoon. I can't wait to eat chocolate... OMG!!!! I just figured it out.. I'm PMS'ing... No wonder my husband is avoiding me like the plague..He actually prayed at dinner last night that I become anorexic so that I would shut up about losing weight.. I concurred his request.. :)

Here's to the journey

I've never been a huge fan of making New Year resolutions. My thought pattern has always been if you want to start/stop something, anytime of the year should be a perfect time; so why wait until the New Year? Well, as much as I hate to admit it.. I've jumped on the bandwagon. Since I got married some 2 1/2 years ago, my diet and exercise routine has gone a bit south, and I have since developed junk-n-d-trunk-itis! I've always been so careful with my weight, considering I come from a family where the fat gene runs rampant...and now I have 20 pounds to shake off my ass. How depressing.Whats even worse is the fact that it's plainly noticeable...but to my husband I still look the same. Hmmm let me think on this a bit...Who in the hell told men that to be politically correct, they must lie to their wives?? That's why so many married woman are so overweight these days. If men would be honest and say, "you know honey, um maybe you should start hitting the gym a little more", instead of "baby, you look as hot as the day we got married, even if you are 10 sizes larger." Or even better yet.. and I love this one.. "I'll love you no matter how you look"...while their salivating at anorexic porn stars!! Somebody throw us a bone here.
So yes.. I have finally taken upon myself to do what so many American do and make it my New Year resolution to lose the weight I have gained.. and what better way to keep a person from reneging on their promise, than to blog the journey.