February Update...

OK - the first month of a diet is always bitter sweet! Changing your eating is SO difficult. Cleaning out the house of all the bad stuff... HARD AS HELL! Throwing away a bag of hershey's kisses is like asking me to cut off my hand! haha -- But I did it! I'm doing well... and the "sweet" part would be the reward we receive from all the hard work and sacrifice: So far I've lost 19 lbs.

Instead of taking the same old pics in the same old way... this month I had a friend who has photoshop, do an overlay for me. So this is February's side comparison (where I noticed changed) on top of December's "before" pic. It's nice to see progress already!!!!! That will certainly excite me to keep going.............

New Year... New Me!

Ok... so I am almost 30 years old... I have a feeling an engagement is closely around a corner & I don't want to be a fat bride... And even if I don't have a wedding soon, my sister's is this September, and I'd like to look good for that! SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO, time to get serious about dieting! In 2007, I am going to watch my carb and sugar intake and try to stay low fat and high protein. I started in December and have been doing pretty good.

In 2007, I will make a more conserted effort to workout regularly, as well as eat right. And I will track my progress here! To you all, I welcome any tips on recipes or workouts! And of course any encouragement you have to offer!!! :)

I do not feel comfortable posting my weight tracker - however, I will let you all know I have 145.5 lbs. to lose to hit my ultimate goal. (I know I have a long way to go.. but you have to start somewhere, right?)

Although up and down and crazy inbetween, I've lost 16lbs. this year. I am going to count my weight loss from my highest ever weight (just a month or so ago) to my ultimate goal! :)

So, update 1: Jessica down 16 lbs. and counting.........................................

The beginning of Jessica's Journey...

OK - here I sit on December 10th, 2006. Sick and tired of feeling sick and tired. I am out of breath when I walk up the stairs into my apartment. I no longer look in the mirror and see a beautiful girl. I try and try to find "postitive" things to think about myself... but it is becoming more and more difficult because I am just unhappy with ME.

I keep bugging my boyfriend, Vinny, about why he won't have the "marriage" conversation with. But if I don't like myself --- how can I expect him to want to talk about spending the rest of his life with me?

So today, I commit to changing my lifestyle. Changing the way I eat forever. Changing ME! Finding ME! So, this is why I named the blog what I did... The journey of finding Jessica... I'd like to thank all my friends and family in advance for their support and encouragement as I move forward. I won't be able to do it without you.

Much love, Jess

Here are my first official "before" pictures... I read somewhere that you should take pictures once a month in the same clothes to view your changes... so we'll try that out for continued motivation!!!