Dear Diary I am making changes for the better!!!!

Well not all at once but one step at a time.  I am excited about trying to lose 10 lbs in 12 weeks!   First off when I started this challege, I learned my favorite southern buttery goodness cook has Diabeetus (posting coming soon!), so of course that motivated me more to challenge myself to not only lose weight but live a healthier lifestyle.  I decided not to just sit down and give up.  I am making more meals and looking at what I am eating and LISTENING TO MY BODY.  I am moving now, whether it be Zumba or Circuit Training (hilarious post coming) or walking, its important to move.  Damn you sedentary lifestyle!!! Anyways just letting people know I am very serious about this.  So check out the little ways I am switching up my food intake. I will post recipes soon!

Chicken, Spinach and Garlic Curry so good!

Homemade Granola! 

Dear Diary I joined the 10-pound Challenge, hosted by Newlyweds on a Budget.

Thanks to my friend Carol, I decided to join a contest for losing weight and nothing like prizes to get you going. We are all still kids at heart wanting to get our gold stars.  (Now it makes sense why at weight watchers meetings they literally gave you stars when you lost weight.)  So I hope I got in on time, even if I didn't make the cut for entry I am still going to do it so I can keep myself motivated!  Wish me luck folks! I joined the 10-pound Challenge hosted by Newlyweds on a Budget. Lose 10 pounds in 12 weeks, win $$$. Are you in?

Dear Diary A License to be Fat...

Why do they put your weight on the Georgia's drivers license?  As if the mirror and scale doesn't remind me of how I am overweight or wait sorry OBESE.  Ugh now I won't be offended when they don't ask for my ID at a bar.  I will refuse if they do, What what I am 32, I was born in ugh 1979 or so..... and this is the part where I put up my ID to show you where they put the weight but nope not going to because I was having a bad hair day and no make up.  So no more!  Yeah thanks for those who have stuck with me during this time of me not getting anywhere with weight loss, notice My Fitness Pal weight tracker has not changed!  Ha so you know I was  trying. Anyways, I am back and ready to (insert cliches).  To let you know I am serious:

Dear Diary Do I wanna be super fat?

You know the pictures of morbidly obese people, yeah they tend to scare me.  I need to lose weight seriously.  I will reiterate once again someone with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) has a higher chance of getting diabeetus and/or heart disease.  Well, my mother has diabeetus and my father had heart disease.  Yeah so chances are I will be getting those if I don't lose this weight.  I went to my Reproductive Endocrinologist last week and my results for my insulin and blood sugar were great but he said to watch what I eat and exercise at least 30 minutes a day.  Sounds easy right.  Wrong, I love food and I love Netflix Watch Instantly.  (Curses Mad Men why are you so good!)  Well I asked my husband last night what can I do to keep me motivated.  Here is what he said:

"My plan is to keep a picture of a super fat person in my wallet so that way when I am about to eat I can look at it and then look at my food and maybe not want to eat as much"

Wow thanks oh great sage of weight loss you are a real Bob Harper.

Yeah so I googled pics of "super fat" people and wow.  It's not pretty and it is sad seeing how bad some people get.  I don't want to be that way.  Maybe that will work for Jonathan but it will just depress me looking at fat people ahem fatter people then me.  So what are you ideas to keep you motivated to lose weight?  Hopefully its better then this:

Although it looks like my butt its not...or is it?