Happy New Year and Happy Birthday to me!

Hey Friends,
Long time not chat, huh? Well, as was said in my last post, I was having a little rougher time dealing with the holidays than I expected. I just simply had to get them out of the way, focusing on the meaning behind them rather than what I want them to be, and forging ahead.
I have been doing pretty good with my eating habits, and semi decent on my workouts. I must admit, back a few weeks ago when I had decided that I was ready to change my mediocre weight loss progress into something awesome, I failed to be realistic about the  holidays that were sure to come no matter what my plan. I did ok, skipped some outings, picked and chose which ones were important, and had an amazing and carefree time on my birthday (which was Saturday, in case you didn’t know).

This week I plan to recap the past few weeks for you guys including:

• what made the holidays so hard for me…
• the awesome things I got for Christmas
• the EVEN MORE awesome things I got for my birthday seven days later
• how I had the best birthday I have ever had this year
• how I did on my chart that I started about a month ago
• where I am at emotionally with some stuff in my life about my weigh loss.
• how I want to help support all of you in your weight loss goals, and start some accountability chains

I really have to get you guys caught up before my Spring semester starts next Monday! Then I will be able to post regularly about twice a week. I have a plan!

For awhile, my blog may seem mostly like a weight loss (and sometimes food) blog, and for awhile, it sort of will be. This is just what I am choosing to focus on more right now in my life.

Also, if you have noticed Finding the Courage to Change got a HUGE facelift! I have also been spending my time (A LOT OF TIME) working on this. I really needed a better place to keep track of my workouts and such to help me stay focused. Please take some time to look around, and comment if you want to know more about something. Stop by and say hello! :-)

Thanks for reading,
  Monique