Feelin good

Why hello there!

So I thought I'd give a little update as to how I'm doing with this whole losing weight thing. 

It's about 11 days in and I've dropped 3 pounds. Now, to some that may seem like a defeat, I should have atleast dropped 30 by now? (Well, that's how I feel anyway..) haha no! I'm so excited about this! Three pounds in 11 days is good. I'm being healthy and I'm getting into the swing of working out. The adjustment to my diet has been good. However I am craving Chick-fil-a like it is nobody's business. I am also getting tired of eating water-based foods like vegetables and fruit, but it's still going well. 

I've realized that these past couple weeks have been sorta like a detox from fat. My whole life I have loved fatty foods. Anything loaded with grease and cheese- ohhhh man gimme dat. So I have certainly been going through withdrawal. I get cravings, I'm cranky, and all I want is an oatmeal cream pie. Like an addict in rehab, I am detoxing my body. I know that sounds nuts, but I imagine that's exactly how it feels

 I will say this though, I feel so good. My body isn't as tired, I don't feel achy or weighed down. I am getting natural sugars and actual real vitamins. 

Now I would like to talk about something else... Change. This has been a very very big theme so far in 2014. I have gone most of my life eating crappy, not really exercising, and indulging in other immediate "highs" (I think that's the best word to describe it). 

I have personally seen the affects of pour health. When I was in high school my uncle died of lung cancer, my granny had diabetes, and currently my grandma hacks up a lung everytime she coughs. There is one more change I need to make this year, and I am going to confess it, right here, right now. I am going to quit one more thing. Some of you do not know this about me, so it's hard for me to write it out. But since I was 12 years old, I have been smoking cigarettes. Yes, nasty habit, I know (I said that in an English accent btdubs). But like I wrote before, I did what I want when I wanted. And I have seen the terrible affects smoking has on health. So please, no lectures- I know. I know. I grew up around it and it has never bothered me. But I am quitting. 

So, like I said, Change is going to kick my butt this year, but it is time. 

Y'all are great! And thanks for stopping by!