It's all part of the Journey..

This blog was inspired by a hike that I recently took with friends when we were up in Lake Superior. We had some smoked salmon, cheese and bread meal before we set up to hike to the sea caves... (in the tourist attraction booklets they looked like massive crystal caves-but only in the wintertime-still it was worth a visit). My husband and I went with our 4 friends. His older friends K & J and K's daughter T and her boyfriend Jo. When we set out on the path T and Jo just booked it, they were gone within 5 minutes. K and J were older and on the heavier side and so we stayed with them, just to make sure they were okay and well, to enjoy. We (well me) ended up battling menacing trees and weeds, tripping over bird farts-they were invisible, and basically having a great time bantering back and forth. It was great fun for everyone... until we made too many steep downs and up, K and J decided to head back since it was getting dark. Since it was only 1.7 miles and we felt that we were probably to the end of it, we kept going. We did reach the sea caves and they were beautiful. But on the way back we met up with T and Jo and followed them back. They were setting a pace and it was fast and quick, there were times I had to run up, but we did get out of the forest before it got too dark. The sun had just set. Later that night my husband and I talked about how much we enjoyed the journey a lot more than the destination. That's something that I hope to not forget in this journey of fat lost and health. My sisters and I have started a biggest loser for the winter, so far I've lost 10 lbs... in the last month. But it's starting to be a struggle now because all those cravings are coming back. It doesn't help that I shop after work cause I'm hungry.... Perhaps I should start leaving a can of nuts to keep me from temping my waist and my wallet. I just messaged my accountability friend J... and I basically told him if it was still accountable for me to tell him what I was going to fail at this week. (Fails: going out tomorrow with friend to eat some pho, and this weekend with sisters making some sushi). Maybe I need more accountable people who are gonna give me some tough lovin' like: "sure you can eat crap but remember it's your decision to choose to feel like crap and to not meet that goals of weight loss for this month... so your choice... " AH! It makes me feel guilty but I'm still going to eat crap. >.> BAH!! But then next week is thanksgiving...oooooh what to do. Maybe I can bring some sauteed green beans to my husbands family's thanksgiving dinner and just eat that with the turkey....

Welcome!

Welcome~! Decided to start a blog to raise personal accountability and keep track of my journey of health! So thank you for coming along on the ride! Later I'll write a better introductory.