December 28

Hey folks today was a good day. went walking this mornimg with my friend les again. We walked from tortola wharf to yacht haven grande and back. on our route, pass Joe Biden yes vice president elect Joe Biden, exercising with his secret servie agents in fulll force. Just walking along the waterfront pretty cool.

Anyway, after walking, went to church with my son and cousins. The message was right on point. One thing the pastor spoke about tht stuck out to me was "Getting rid of the weight of 2008". he spoke about making changes as we head into the new year. I was really saturated with the word of God.

After church took a trip to the bordeaux market. had a wonderful lunch. The food was off the chain. i wish i could cook natural healthy food like what I had today. Maybe i will try a few recipes. We will see. Well tomorrow starts my 30 day green smoothie challenge. I have not gotten all the ingredients I thought I would have gotten today but I will venture to fruit bowl and get what i need. I have to start this thing tomorrow. Well thats it for tonight. i have to weight myself and see where I am. Gotta keep on pushing. Be blessed!!!

keeping it moving

Well today was the first day I have been able to exercise since i started on this new journey. I have been attempting to go since monday but it has been raining every mornig.I am a morning person so I like to walk around 5 or so in the morning. Anyway, i did it, I got up and started walking. I walked from tortola wharf to the police station. my goal was to go up to wendy's in havnesight but unfortunately i was being followed by some crazy man and I thought it was best if I turned around. Looks like I am going to have to walk with some protection, lol. I use to walk on the track because there were more people but i just find walking around in circles to become boring after a while. Anyways, I was quite upset after this. My damn routine was disrupted by this fool but i managed to get thirty minutes in.

Well thank God for my friend Lester. He accompanied me on my walk tonight. We walked from my house in polyberg down to tortola wharf, back up to havensight via yacht haven grande and then back up to polyberg. I made it. I was a bit tired but I kept on pushing. The mind is so funny, to me it was nothing during this walk tonight but to be honest during the day, i take it hard to walk from my house to CAHS. I always say, oh the sun is too hot blah blah. oh well enough excuses.

For this week so far, I have cut out night time eaten. I have eaten dinner before 630 pm most nights, 7:30 christmas night. I have also made it my business to drink tea and eat breakfast. I am not a breakfast person but I am making sure I get that done now. Its just been five days but I feel good. I just have to keep this momentum going. I often tend to start off good and then slack off. Anyways, keep me in your prayers and thanks for the support.

oh yeah, starting next monday, I will be going on a green smoothie 30 day challenge. i will be drinking a quart of green smoothie every day. I have learned abou this by reading Victoria Boutenko's book, Green for Life. I bought that book last year and read it but never fully pursued what it said. There are a lot of benefits in incorporating greens in your diet as i am sure everyone knows. Victoria's books focus on the benefits and also includes a study that was done with participants that drank green smoothies. if you have time to read, get the book or do a search on her or green smoothies. These smoothies are typically made of green vegetables and fruit. I started doing it earlier this year after i read the book but that lasted for a very short time. The only combo i did was kale, pears, bananas, and ginger, very delicious. I think this time aroiund I am going to try a variety of combinations but with less fruit. Anyway, that will be a new post.

december 23-starting out

Well today was day two of my journey. today i ate breakfast something that I have not done in a long time. It felt good. I had a hot bowl of cream of wheat for breakfast anad for my mid morning snack. I have to beginning planning my menu. I carried my own lunch today also. I have not done this in a long time. I have decided to take things slow so this can be a permanent change. I am feeling really excited about this journey. I have been on this roller coaster for too long. I ask for your prayerrs as I go on this journey. Oh yeah i weighed myself yesterday and it looks like i am 270> i am going to weigh myself on another scale and see what that says. I think 270 is about right though. Right now my goal is to lose 33 pounds by my 33rd bday in march. My ultimate goal is to get down to 150. Please do keep me in your prayers.

thanks
reema

About ME

I am a 32 year old mother of a three year old son. i am a school counselor and a native of the US Virgin islands. I enjoying reading, chatting with friends, surfing the net and spending time with my son. I love life and want to live life to the fullest. I am the oldest of six children by my mom andthe second of three girls by my dad. Life has not always been a bed of roses but whose life is?I am grateful for the life I have lived thus far. I thank God for the ups and downs and for the lessons learn. For this new year, God spare my life I am dilligently seeking transformation from the the inside out. I love life.

A New Beginning

Well let me first start by saying that I am creating this blog as a tool to aid me in achieving my gaol of weight loss. For most of my life I have been obese. This has been due to steroids I have been taking for my asthma and i believe also emotional eating. At this point in my life , I am sick and tired of being sick and tired. I have lost weight many times before but I have always gained it back. This is the last time and i am getting off this weight loss roller coaster. I am going to use this blog to track my journey. your comments are welcome.