Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Hello. My name is Alexis. And I'm....a chocoholic.

OKAY. So here I am. I'm a thirty-something mother of some little "younguns" and I've been asked to be in a wedding for my childhood best friend. I am so very thrilled about this except....GASP!!! I haven't lost my mushroom top from having a baby more than 2-years-ago. I am an emotional eater, and complete sucker for chocolate, and for some reason no matter how much I would love to be fit and hot again, I can't seem to turn that switch on in my brain.... The one that keeps me motivated...The one that helps me shove away the bedtime snacks especially the chocolate....

So here I am loaded with convenient excuses. I have a gym membership but I have a toddler who cries and screams at the gym child care until they come get me and send me on my way. Same kid isn't a fan of the stroller. Husband's jobs makes it where I can't rely on his help. So it becomes a little easier for me to evade exercise.

So here I am, thinking...perhaps... if I write about my journey, maybe I can get the motivation heightened and get things into motion!!!

So there is this little dress I am expected to wear at the wedding. And it zips all right. But I look like Humpty Dumpty's dream in it....

Countdown = 9 weeks before the big wedding.
Weight loss goal = 18 lbs.

If I lose 2lbs a week, I *can* do this!