healthy is the new skinny.

i have been contemplating this blog for months now but as my journey continues, i am constantly thinking and feeling things that i just need to write down.  maybe it will help you, maybe it will just be interesting to read... but i need to do this for me.


i currently have a wedding blog where i have jotted down a few things concerning my weight loss journey so i will attach the first entry in this blog so you can get an idea on how this all started. 


its been a very tough journey for me. i have a lot of support through friends and family but i also have been teased by them too... "why do you need to lose weight? how come you can't come out to dinner with us?  just cheat this one time. why are you being so strict with yourself? just have one bite." and it goes on and on.  you name it, i've heard it.  all those unwanted pressures have only pushed me harder at getting to my goals. i am achieving this for me, not for you or anyone else.  


i have never been "skinny".  always wanted to be but never was.  even at my "skinniest" i was still a bigger size for my height and age.  after the past 7 months i have learned that it isn't about being "skinny" its about being fit and being healthy.  

i am getting married October 20th 2012 to a wonderful man who has always loved me for me. some people say this is wedding dress motivated... no, life motivated me.  he is definitely the type of person who looks beyond the flesh.  i need to get married when i am happy with myself.  i need to love myself.  

cheers to sharing my journey with friends, family and strangers. cheers to my new leaning lifestyle.