I know that it has been a while since I have written on here but I just had to say hi and see how everyone is doing?

I am going to commit to this weight loss goal of mine and I AM going to do it!  I am going to be making videos on YouTube and sharing the ups and downs of my voyage.  There is only so minutes available for the videos and sometimes I just can’t get everything in to the video, so that is where this site comes in handy. 

I am not going to stick to just ONE “Diet”.  I am going to count my calories again (that seemed to help me some what start to lose) and I am going to do different exercises.  I have “The Firm”, I have Jillian Michaels “30 Day Shred” but it sticks and won’t finish, and I have a bike that I am going to ride with my son, I am learning some line dances from YouTube that I plan on turning up the music in my living room and dancing my A$$ off…. literally!

I will post pictures here as I take them, I will post links to some videos, but NOT all of them, I will however, put a link to my YouTube page so that the latest ones can be viewed at any time.

I may also include some personal family stuff in here too, because let’s face it… “Losin’ It” doesn’t have to mean just weight… sometimes it’s OK to lose your mind a little too.  Besides, the stress of my family life sometimes comes in to play with my weight loss and/or weight gain.

So… Here it is… I AM doing this.  I am going to lose it!  I am going to put a picture up of what I want to look like and what my goals are.

Looking forward to seeing you soon

http://www.Youtube.com/dstydream

Have you heard of the “Raw Food Diet”?  I have  

I think I am going to purchase this book and try it out.  I have to warn you that if you transfer over to this way of eating too fast, you can cause damage to yourself and become toxic. 

You can find out more information about this book @ http://www.detoxtheworld.com/pdf/TheRawFoodDetoxDiet.pdf

You can see a video that was made on this book @

http://www.youtube.com/user/antishay#p/search/4/Pkil3Avr1sY

Here is a video from Shanti that I just love…It’s YUMMY!!!!  Check out her site (some of the older videos) to see more recipes.

I want to know what YOUR snap judgements are?  Do you give them?  Do you receive them?  How did you over come them?  Have you over come them?

…before there is an AFTER…

How motivating would it be to see what you would look like after losing weight?  I don’t mean one of those generic faced simulators but one that is an actual picture of YOU???

Well, I know of a place that you CAN!!!  http://www.weightmirror.com is where you can do this…

NOTICE – the smaller picture is NOT a REAL picture of me… YET!!!  It is a simulation of me 93 pounds lighter… Awwww aren’t I cute ? LOL

BEFORE                                                             SIMULATED AFTER PHOTO

Do you know what you BMR is?  Basal Metabolic Rate… it’s the amount of calories you will burn in a day based on your age, weight and height.  I just found out that mine is about 2149.  So that means with absolutely NO exercise per day my body should burn off that many calories.  So, if I am only eating 2100 calories, then I work out, I should lose 1-2 pounds per week.  Want to find out yours???

http://www.bmi-calculator.net/bmr-calculator/

See how well your body is working for you!!!

Hey there!  I am getting ready to start a video blog or a “vlog” on YouTube to keep track of my weight loss and to try to make myself more accountable to someone other than just me.  If you would like to come by and check out my videos, you can go to http://www.youtube.com/dstydream and that is where they will be.  I have thought about putting them on here also, but I am not sure that I will be putting them all on here or not.  I have to pick one place to put them all and then the other place may get some but not all of them and I have chosen to put them all at http://www.youtube.com/dstydream  OK.. I am going now.  I am tired and it’s late and I need to finish my homework tomorrow so I need to get some sleep.  NITE Y’ALL…

Why is it so hard to do this?  I don’t get it.  I mean, I know that it’s hard to lose, it’s hard to get motivated to exercise and I get that… but I want it so badly some days.  I was going to go to Weight Watchers meetings for the extra support.  I have been to a few and it’s just too expensive for me.  I can’t really afford to keep going…. so a friend of mine had done the “LEARN” program at the local hospital.  She was telling me how she lost something like 30 pounds in the class.  That was pretty awesome.  It was by writing down EVERYTHING that went into her mouth on a piece of paper, then averaging out the calories that she had for the week and not going over a certain average for each day. 

Well, I went on the site (from the book that she used to count her calories), Calorie King and looked around.  I purchased a book (which should be on it’s way soon) and have signed up for the program.  It’s a lot more affordable for me and there is an online journal, calorie counterfood database and much more… You can look up a food using the Calorie Counter that I put on this site from Calorie King.

I have even found a weight loss simulator that you can sign up for and see what you will look like at your desired weight.  I am going to print out my desired body and put it on my fridge.  That should be a good conversation starter LOL