Red Peep Toe Pumps

Hello gorgeous! I bet you are wondering what on Earth this blog will be about. It is yet another journey to get skinny, get healthy and feel..well...gorgeous. I had a moment of realization a while ago and ever since that moment, I have wanted to do something about it. I figure that even if no one reads this blog, actually writing it will increase the likelihood that I will, in fact, reduce the size of my booty. And let me tell you that this is no small feat. I need to lose about 70 pounds. Well, part of that amount is for vanity. So for everyone who has ever struggled with weight and body image, please read and struggle along with me. I can assure you that there will be a lot of laughs along the way!
Facts about me:
1. My favorite shoes in the entire world are red peep toe pumps. In fact, I wore them under my wedding dress. I got married to the love of my life on New Year's Eve.
2. These shoes gave me my "aha" moment: I have more shoes than I could ever know what to do with. In fact, when I moved into our home (my first time living with a boy) my husband saw one laundry basket overflowing with shoes and said, "Really Jen?" The problem was that he didn't see the other 3 large overflowing baskets with more shoes! I realized then why I love them so much: you can always fit into shoes! They can make you feel gorgeous! You can have the same adorable and trendy pair of shoes as someone that wears a size 2! IT IS TIME...time to change this. I want to wear CLOTHES that are trendy and that make me feel beautiful. And let me tell you, this doesn't always happen in my size.
3. Yes, I wore the most adorable pair of red peep toe pumps on my wedding day. I did feel absolutely beautiful that day. Now, every time I look at those pictures, I get angry. Why didn't I lose the weight that I had wanted to lose? Yeah, I lost about 25 pounds that year (and a few of those pounds came back with a fabulous honeymoon and the realization that I didn't have to try to fit into a wedding dress) but I still look huge in all of my wedding pictures. Our future children are going to see those pictures. I am ashamed.....but NO MORE!
4. For someone my size, you probably wouldn't think that I have read almost every single diet book in America. No, really. I have some awfully great tips and noticed a lot of consistencies among what I read. It is time to stop reading and start doing! Won't you join me? Or at least encourage me?

Goals:
1. Exercise every single day
2. Drink rougly 1/2 my body weight in ounces of water each day (with lemon)
3. Cut out the white stuff (flour, sugar) and replace it with whole grain, etc.
4. Reduce portion sizes and eat a protein with every meal and snack
5. Stop munching in front of the television (one of my favorite things to do as I am a reality tv junkie...it really is like crack) or at the very least, munch on fruit and veggies instead!
6. Replace one meal with a protein shake
7. Run a 5K and then move my way up all the way to a mini-marathon (must get my thighs to stop rubbing together first)
8. Love the way that I look and feel
9. Walk/run/bike/eliptical for at least 3 miles/day for at least 4 days/week.
10. Have tank top/strapless dress arms!