Weight Loss Battle

I'm losing the battle to lose weight. My weight, while it has not gone up, it is not going down. I know exactly what it takes for me to lose the weight: exercising and dieting, but it's becoming evident that this is much harder for me to shed these pounds. It's also hard for me to face the reality that it's going to take me at least a year to get down to the weight I want. As much as I want to lose weight quickly, I know it's not healthy.

It's discouraging, but I'm not going to give up. I'm going to have to work all that much harder to just lose the little bit of weight I plan to lose each week.

I need an accountability/workout buddy. I get frustrated too easily and instead of completing my exercise program, I quit and then get mad. I need outside motivation because it's apparent in my lack of progress that doing this on my own IS NOT WORKING!

Losing Pounds

As I continued to search for a focus for my writing, I've realized that I have a far more serious concern looming.

My weight.

For the majority of my life, I had been slender. I could eat just about anything I wanted and it wouldn't affect me.

Not anymore. Before I gave birth to my daughter, I gained a considerable amount of weight during my junior year of college. When I was expecting my daughter, my weight crept up and stayed up.

Now it's time for it to come down. The irony is not lost on me that as a child, I would comment on the pounds that others would need to lose and quite accurately, according to my mother. Mom marveled at my word choice (for such a young child.)

"We didn't know where you got that from. He or she needs to lose pounds. Most people say weight," she would say to me.

At any rate, whatever you call it, weight or pounds, this chick right here needs to lose them.

Lord help!

Getting it together

Considering it has been months since my last post, before I could complete this posting, I had to go back and re-read what I had written.

Unfortunately, nothing has changed since that "New Year, New Post" post. I still procrastinate and I still have not decided what I want this blog to be about.

The dominant thought I have is to use this blog to share my experiences as a single mother, but that would force me to delve into some issues that are completely unique to single parents and I just don't want to do that. But then again, tackling the tough issues can be beneficial not just to be but to other single parents out there. So, I'll consider that or perhaps I could delve deeper and discuss all family matters; not just those pertaining to single-parent families.

Or I could post samples of my writing and ask you all (haha, I don't have many followers) for feedback. Hmm, that might not be a bad idea.

At any rate, I just hope it won't be another 4 months before I decide to post anything because that is very well possible. I'm getting back into my writing again and this is one way to stay in practice and to stay sharp.

Until next time.

New Year, New Post

I can't believe (well, actually I can) that it has been almost a year since my last blog post. I attribute this delay to of course my propensity to procrastination, laziness and sheer disinterest (like with any new toy, the novelty wears off rather quickly). I also can attribute this to the fact that I am a private person and don't always feel comfortable sharing my thoughts and feelings with strangers.

But, I think all of that is going to change as 2011 marches on. I realize that procrastination has to do with a lack of discipline that snow balls into laziness and then an attitude of eh, well, I wasn't all that into _______________ (insert anything here.) As far as privacy is concerned, I don't necessarily see the floodgates opening anytime soon and a complete outpouring of my soul, but I do see this as an opportunity to express myself. With the way the world is, I'm sure I'll have a lot to talk about. I'm still trying to figure out what I want this blog to be.

That will all have to wait, however as my little one is demanding her mommy's attention, so until next time!