The First Day

Hi, I'm Tami and I'm not sure if anything I have to say is important or interesting to people out there, but here is where I'll record the next 365 days of my life and my new journey.  You may ask what is my journey; well simply put 'To become a healthier person'; both physically and emotionally.  In my opinion emotions play a huge part of why people are over weight, make bad money choices, divert blame to others, have chaos in their lives, etc, etc.  I'm not saying that my goal is to become Spock from Star Trek, you have to have emotions, but if you can learn to realize that emotions are controlling your life, then maybe just maybe you can learn to control the impulses or actions you do to relieve the overwhelming feelings that are enveloping you.


I start this journey at a weight of 276.0 according to my scale and a picture taken on a cell phone Christmas morning.  I looked at the picture and say, My God, what has happened to me.  I have become my own worst nightmare!  My first goal is move the above number to 270 by the 1st of February. That's a lost of nearly 6 pounds.  My biggest hurled is going to be giving up soda, as I truly believe that is the number one contributor of my weight gain.  I only had 1 soda yesterday and my weight is already down to 274.8, now I know that weight fluctuates so I'm not going to weigh myself everyday; only on the 1st of each month from here on out.  I just needed to confirm that I did good yesterday and that it DID make a difference. 

Losing weight is only part of my journey, the other part is to become more Steady with Who I Am, part of which is building a stronger relationship with my family.  Overall tho, I have to say I'm pretty happy with my life; I have a nice house, wonderful children, a job I LOVE, but there are parts that need improvement and it is those parts that I'm going to focus on this year.  I'm also a list kind of person, so plan to see many list on this blog.  I'll be posting 'The List' later on today. 

I hope to make lots of new 'cyber' friends whose own journey's could help me reach my goals.  Please feel free to comment on anything I post and all advice is welcome.  I do ask that we be respectful of each other's opinions tho.

My husband Mike and I at Locust Grove Re-enactment