Day 1 of getting my blog-on.

Hey guys!

   So, this is my new blog, where I will keep in touch with family & friends. I'm an internet junkie & love sharing my thoughts & ideas! And since I am leaving Canada my beloved country in less than 1 month, this is a great idea to share what I am up to on the caribbean island of St. Lucia.

   On my mind right now is this new exciting things I'm starting called Usana. I ordered the pre-packed vitamins in AM/PM packets, & the Restart cleanse kit that includes shakes & nutritional bars to jump-start my lifestyle change. I met with a rep the other day, I suppose she is called that. She's stinkin beautiful, a good inspiration. She reminded me of my cousin, so I liked her right off the bat & was very comfortable with her... If anyone were to meet my cousin Rosie, they would understand. Def my number one missed family member right now. I remember visiting & she'd be on her way to & from the gym, & when we use to hangout I was her little long brown-haired barbie doll she'd use all her makeup on. I could swear Rosie belongs on the cover of magazines. Since I just bunny-trailed I may as well add that in there. 

   For those who don't know me.. Here's a bit of history. I lost 120 pounds, then gained a bit of it back.. aka 'the love chub' that happens to the best of us. Now I'm ready to kick it once again. I don't do drugs, nor am I an addict of anything... (ok besides pita pit), but fitness, health, new clothes, hair products... gives me an ultimate high.

    I WAS up to a size 28 for a long time, size 4x-5x shirts, my highest- almost tipping the scales at 400 friken pounds. Disgusting, I know. BUT I starting gaining weight at a young age so I didn't think anything of it. I thought it was normal to be f-ing huge when I was only 16. Luckily, I didn't die of a heart attack.

  When it comes to health, I've done it alllll... oh man. Low-carb, low-fat, gluten-free, raw, counting points, counting calories, eating to much, eating to little, and not eating at all. It's crazy sometimes the things we do to ourselves to achieve what we believe is 'the best'. & as God knows, I'm QUEEEEN of the attempt to 'be the best'. I know what I want, & I'll attempt what ever it takes to get there.
  I got down about 30 pounds just from aging I suppose. I really dropped when I was going to the gym every day for sometimes 3 hours. I had cut down on my carb intake, wasn't eating fast food but pretty much ate what I wanted.. bingo, dropped 120. Crashed car & gym was too far... met an incredible guy = love chub! 45 pounds of my 120 chunk of weight loss came back. I hadn't even noticed over the year. I've made a choice though- I'm doing something about it now before I end up gaining back what I busted my butt for before. Weight loss truely is a lifestyle change.


   Besides being totally stoked for that.. I sold my house, closing date is coming soon! I have 14 days to pack my house & get rid of a lot of my glamourous things. That I'm actually HAPPY to get rid of. Goodwill is gunna be thrilled. I hope people who really need it actually get it though, not the workers who call dibs on it if they really could afford to go buy... unless they can't, that would be a different story.

Enough blog for now.

Donatella1