This blog is a commitment to myself, and has a three fold purpose:
1) To track my weight loss journey
2) To do something I enjoy doing, and that is writing, and to discipline myself to do it consistently
3) To inspire and encourage others to take their own personal self-improvement journey
The movie, “Julie and Julia” was the inspiration for this project. In the movie the main character, Julie Powell is encouraged by her husband to cook her way through Julia Childs’ first book, “Mastering the Art of French Cooking”, and blog about her experience for a year. Although I will occasionally blog about my plights in the kitchen (confession – I am not a big fan of cooking), my 365 day project will chronicle the lifestyle changes that I must make in order to reach my weight loss goal. I’m excited about this endeavor! Who knows, maybe this could lead to me accomplishing another goal of mine, which is to write a book. I’m definitely excited about the me I knew I could be that will emerge at the end of this personal challenge.
My goal is not to be perfect. I will undoubtedly miss the mark on posting “everyday”, and because of the sheer nature of what I am trying to accomplish in losing weight, I am sure to experience not only successes, but also a few failures (or should I say setbacks), which I will have to bounce back from. The ultimate goal however, is to use this as a vehicle to keep me focused, to help me to persevere, and to be honest and transparent in my struggles to inspire others to do the same.
I’m pretty confident in my ability to do this. In fact I’m off to a pretty good start. Since March of this year I’ve been consistent in maintaining a regular exercise regimen. I would even venture to say that I’ve grown to enjoy exercising, especially Zumba! I’ve dropped 25lbs, 8 inches, and 2 dress sizes. With that, I am definitely motivated to keep going, but now it’s time to kick it up a notch, and this blog will help me to do that. It will be part motivation, part personal journal, part self-help inspiration book, and 100% ME!
Starting today, October 7, 2011 straight through October 7, 2012, I invite you to join me. I’m asking for your support, encouragement and prayers and I welcome your comments, suggestions, advice and feedback. We only get this one life to live and for the next 365 days I’m choosing to live mine out loud.
Much Love
~Stacey
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