My Inner Goddess

I'm channeling my inner Anastasia Steele to let you all know who my inner goddess is.

She is my 19 year old body.
She is blonde.
She is 110 lbs.
She likes working out.
She loves dancing, booty dancing and 80's style.
She is full of energy.
She is funny.
She is healthy.
She is proud of her body.
She is not hurting.

I remember how annoyed I was reading Fifty Shades of Grey and hearing Ana Steele talk about her inner goddess. It was so annoying. I guess her inner goddess was pretty awesome though. I think mine is too. i want to be like my inner goddess!!

Grocery Shopping Success!!

So for the first time in a while, I feel really good about everything I bought at the grocery store tonight. I am really getting excited about losing weight. I really want to focus on what I talked about in my last post. I want to eat to live, and not live to eat. I am going to focus on eating only what I need to. I need to learn how to stop eating when I'm full. I want to eat slower.

I did get my one indulgence, which is popcorn. My husband and I love to eat popcorn and watch our shows at night. Unfortunately, we each eat our own bag. Tonight, we did a good thing. We got the single serve bags. I am so proud of us. He is totally on board with getting healthy and in shape too, so that makes this much easier.

I love Publix. Their produce and fruit section is sooooo much better than Kroger. My husband is going to start juicing again, and so I will probably start that again too. I did it for awhile before I got pregnant, and then for some reason once I was pregnant I had a huge aversion to it. I think it stuck with me but I'm hoping not, because I know how good it is for you. We got a lot of great fruit and veggies.

So I have decided no dieting, just smart eating. Less input more output.

The Hunger Games

So I just read Fifty Shades of Grey, and now I am reading The Hunger Games. It is so funny how each of these books have made me think about the way I eat. In Fifty Shades, Christian has this way he likes his "subs" to eat. I thought to myself, "Hmmm, not a bad diet plan." Now I'm reading The Hunger Games, as I eat a bag of popcorn, thinking how I should learn to eat like a minimalist, like I'm just eating to survive.

Eating food has become so much more than what it should be. We no longer just eat to survive. We eat to celebrate and to enjoy. If I could just get myself out of that mindset, and eat only what I need to survive, then I would be fine. This is tough though. Everything seems to revolve around food. Birthdays, holidays, family gatherings, celebrations, and getting together with friends...all revolve around food. I can't help but think it would be nearly impossible to avoid that. I need to learn how to say no. No to my body and no to my friends and family.

I got the Jillian Michaels "Boost Metabolism" dvd and am going to start doing that soon. Wish me luck!!