something old, something new

so, i've been reading blogs for quite some time and created this one a while ago.

i'm making some serious changes in my life, so i have decided to try something new. (i'm the old part, in case you were keeping score.) i am a 39 year old woman living just outside of Boston, who is really trying to make some positive changes in her life as a result of some seriously scary health stuff (colonoscopy, several precancerous thingies removed, being told losing weight will make me a lower risk in spite of some rotten genetics).

i am going to start a journal/photojournal of my progress this year to see how much i change while trying to live a healthy lifestyle and still look good in the process. i hope i can keep up with it - the bloggers that i religiously follow are seriously awesome (Fab Finds Under $50, Bombshell Beauty, TMinus TPlus, Losing the Shadow, to name just a few).

Today, my outfit consists of gray herringbone ponte knit pants and long-sleeved black tee from Lane Bryant, purple sweater from Old Navy, and shoes by Liz Claiborne (courtesy of Auntie).

i started back at Weight Watchers on Monday, January 24th and to date have lost 2.4 pounds. considering i wasn't 100% on board the first couple of weeks, it's not a horrible start. i had a lot going on, and was not mentally ready to get serious about it. i'm still waiting to get the results of my most recent biopsies, and that is freaking me out a bit at the moment but i will get through it.

what doesn't kill me WILL make me stronger.

Patti LaBelle said it best...

"I got a new attitude!"

Yeah, I sure do. I went to my Weight Watchers meeting last night with my friend, and was pleasantly surprised by the theme du jour - "why is this so hard?!"

anyone knows that anything worth it takes a little bit of effort, and good health and sanity is definitely my high priority right now. i feel so energized this morning, sort of that honeymoon bliss that everyone feels when they are starting something new.

i'm not going to pretend that it wasn't disheartening to realize how much weight i have gained when i was so close to the goal, but that's in the past. i have to grow and move on from that. enough excuses, enough of the pity party of one, here i go...

and i will add that i am wearing a really cute purple tunic with lantern sleeves today and black jeggings (thank you to Lane Bryant and their awesome sale!) and i feel so cute! i am going to do everything that i can to make myself FEEL the part before i actually LOOK the part.