Well after a long hiatus, after we fell off the face of the Earth, after we went AWOL, WE'RE BACK! Thoroughly motivated this time and with a solid plan that we plan to enact.
Life got a bit overwhelming for a while, with planning for a luau on top of everything else, but we can't let that make us slip. In the grand scheme of things, it was just a minor bump. Time to get back up, brush ourselves off and move forward determined.
We have not decided what the official first weigh-in day will be yet but it will be fairly soon. Tomorrow is the start of Regular Weekly Grocery Shopping Wednesday. Tonight we are planning out our menu for the next 7 days. We found that this helped a lot in the past, and I believe was absolutely essential to my ability to stick with a good diet.
I am going to delve a bit deeper for a moment...
Most of you know that I juggle a lot of things currently, and have been for quite some time. A full-time job, consulting gig, trying to maintain a healthy social life, etc. A lot of things competing for my time, and I have to find some way to fit improving and maintaining my health in there. I can tell you right now, efforts are being made to make something change. Jocelyn, friends, family, and my health come way before any of the other pieces, and if any of those other pieces are impacting the primary 4 negatively, it's time for a change. I let priorities get out of whack because I'm always so willing to please everyone. This has led to an enormous amount of unnecessary stress placed upon my shoulders for a sustained period. I have to remember that I am in control of what affects me and how things affect me, I have been given a fresh perspective on life. Gone is the 2012 Mike who was irritable, impatient and quick to giving up. It is time for me to be more confident in who I am and being who I want to be no matter what, no compromising my values because I think someone has a problem with it or there's a chance of failure. Time to be that vision of success, confidence and good composure that I always dream I could be. Those of you exposed to 2012 (early 2013) Mike was shown a bad example of who that is. And I intend to make up for that. I hope for continued love and support from everyone in my life, because I guarantee this will be a challenge. I know I will always love and support Jocelyn throughout our lifestyle change, and stop myself from being the one to bring her down when I have moments of weakness. You can't learn if you never fail.
Okay, don't worry! I am done splattering bits of my inner thoughts all over the page. I hope we can garner all of your following again. We look forward to change, and hope to share in it with everyone who will give us a few moments of their time every day.
Thanks to everyone! You all are the foundation of our strength, and we want to be a part of everyone's lives for a long time!
Michael OUT
We are Mike and Jocelyn and we are 29 and 27 years old. We are a couple who are sick and tired of being over weight. Honestly, we have probably been on hundreds of fad diets and of course none of them worked. Our goal for 2014 is to not go on a diet but a lifestyle change in order to get healthy for our future. We are accepting no excuses from each other and we will push each other to the end. Please join us as we begin our journey of a healthier lifestyle and meeting our goals of weight loss.
