2014 is gonna be my year

It's time for change. What better time than New Years, right? I'm tired of talking about losing weight and getting in shape. I'm tired of the excuses that are always there. I am starting a new journey today, the road to a new healthier, thinner me.

I'm going to use this blog to lay it all out there, post my progress, my setbacks, my frustrations, my triumphs. I'll be posting good healthy recipes that I find, tips & tricks for fitting exercise it, and I'm going to try my best for a monthly progress report. I want readers that will hold me accountable, encourage me & offer advice. 

I have decided to try the Advocare 24 day challenge.  I am somewhat skeptical of any weight loss pills or whatever.  But this seems a little different to me.  But I am not relying on this for my weight kids, merely as an aid.  So hopefully It will be the jump start I need. 

So here's the starting point: 

Weight: 234.0

:(

It's not painfully obvious that we are not only no longer friends but we were never really friends in the first place. You could have at least pretended to be excited to bump into me when I haven't seen or spoken to you in years. But then again, you've probably forgotten all about me and had no clue who I was. I spent so much time holding on, hoping you'd be the guy I was friends with (well, thought I was friends with). But now I truly see, you are someone completely different than who I thought you were &; it's way past time for me to purge myself of you, and get over it & move on. I've known that our friendship has been over, it still kinda stung.

White crayon

I haven't been here in a while...there's not much to say.  Still no boyfriend or even any prospects.  This pretty much sums me up

So on to other things...work is great, not perfect but overall, I couldn't ask for a better job.  My patient load is picking up & I'm getting busy, which is awesome! 

A couple of weeks ago, I bought my first home...a 2BR/2BA trailer that I moved right next door to my parents. So maybe it isn't perfect or my dream home, but it works.  It's just what I need right now.  It's finally coming together and the power should be on tomorrow...which means move in can happen soon! 

On the other hand, my truck quit on me last week...no idea what's wrong with it. Luckily I have my Daddy's truck to drive til we figure it out...

So many things going on, it'd be easy to lose faith right about now. But I know that my God is still here & still in control so my faith keeps going...honestly my faith is what keeps me going. I'd be lost without it. 

Life as I know it

Since I've last been on here, I've spent 2 1/2 months in the New Orleans area, staying with my boss, I came back home to train some more with my other boss, and now in 1 1/2 weeks I will FINALLY be out on my own!  This job sure has been an adventure, that's for sure.  I do enjoy getting up to go to work everyday, though.  I really can't complain about my job.  It's not perfect, but what job is?

It always seems like I'm so super focused on my career.  But I am ready to switch my focus to my social/love life.  But, seriously, how do you do that when you don't have many close friends and the ones you do have are married?  And my best friend's idea of hanging out is me going over to her house, eating supper with her, her husband, & her little girl, and watching tv.  I love spending time with them, but I'm tired of just sitting around, doing nothing all the time.  And what's even harder is that I'm not the type to go to bars or anything, so I don't know what I want to go out & do, I just know I want to get out of the house.  I need to get out, meet people.  But how do you do that?  I mean, I'm not going to meet my future husband by sitting around my house or my friend's house.  I'm just stuck in a rut--I'm not going to go out by myself to meet people, but I don't have anyone to go out anywhere with me, everyone I'm around has their own family & significant others. Any ideas on how to get out of this rut??