First Post

When sitting down to write your first blog, it becomes hard to figure out who you are actually typing and talking to. Who would even read something that a stranger wrote about their lives. I think that blogging, or the idea of blogging, became interesting to me when I first started watching Julie and Julia. 
If only I could
a) have the money to cook my way through a delicious cookbook
b)have the time (and skill for that matter)
c) be able to not worry about the weight gain
The entire reason why I started to blog, of type to myself I guess, is because of the fact that I decided (along with some savvy MD's) that I need to lose a few extra lb's. Weight loss is such a touchy topic and that baffles me. Whenever a girl says that she needs to lose weight, friends and family roll their eyes and say something along the lines of "she's just being a typical girl". But what about those of us that truly do feel trapped in their body and when they express this feeling to friends they actually mean it. Words of encouragement are a great thing and should be said more often.

Getting off topic here. Where were we? Ah yes the reason why I decided to start to blog. Weight loss. Still recovering from a surgery that literally sucked the life out of me has made it quite hard to get into a routine of working out and being in shape. Surgery was like a "get out of jail free card". You feel as if you are allowed to eat what you want since you are confined to the fluffy down filled pillows on the couch, and, if you are anything like me, have developed a severe case of the munchies due to the oh-so-amazing forget the pain pills that were prescribed to me. So using the surgery and my couch as an excuse I decided it was OK to stuff my face with Velveeta Rotel Shells and Cheese macaroni and those heavenly Magnum ice cream bars (which is you haven't tried I highly recommend just once). Two months later I am sadly sadly 10 lbs heavier. Sure, 10 lbs should be easy to lose and I am ready to give it a go, but every time I am getting dressed and look into my disastrous full length mirrors which are my closet doors, I feel like I am a sumo wrestler that just stepped into their diaper before a big match. I hope that others can relate and I am not just crazy here....

Naturally I decide to ask around and Google different cleanses and diets and choose the must absurd cleanse out there and decide to give it a whirl. How hard can it be, right? Turns out very. I am currently ending day 2 of the genius "Master Cleanse Diet" and all I can think about while writing this blog and watching T.V. is eating a large meat lovers pizza with a side of ranch. I think I NEED to blog about this experience so that I can write down my experiences this crazy cleanse so that I, myself, do not turn crazy in return. I first got the idea of starting out with a cleanse from my beautiful dear friend who recently finished a juice cleanse with her husband. We were on our way to a tailgate and all she was saying was how cranky she had been for 3 days because all she had to eat was juice and that the idea of a hotdog was like heaven to her. So naturally, like any sane person would do, I thought to myself that I could easily do a cleanse and be totally cranky for 3 days and not eat food. Let me tell you something, this whole experience is completely about willpower, which on days 1 and 2 I have realized that I lack a large amount of. Note to self: must work on willpower. 

Going into day 3 tomorrow and when I post, I will take you through a run-down of my experience thus far. Tomorrow should definitely be interesting since it is the fantastic 2013 NFL season opener and my one and only #1 team is headlining. The exhaustive phase of this cleanse has set in and sadly, at 8:45, my tired brain needs to call it a night. I think its a mixture of the cleanse, 4 hrs of sleep last night (up talking to an oh-so-dreamy man), and helping my Grandma who suffers from Alzheimer's (many stories on that to come), but I am totally wiped out. Until tomorrow all!

Stay happy and healthy. Smile and Laugh.