I might need a little inspiration to keep this blog interesting. Blogging seems to me to be this foreign land where all kinds of cool things happen, and I have yet to join the party.

So, it is the New Year and I have the same resolution that I have had every year since I was 12- to lose weight. The difference is that this year it seems reachable.

I’ve read a lot of blogs that seems to give a lot of excuses about why people haven’t started their weight loss journey or why they just can’t. Let me get all of mine out of the way. 

• I work full time at a job that some people would consider stressful. 
• I am the mother to two toddlers. 
• I don’t have a lot of money. Certainly not enough to pay for prepackaged “healthy” meals to be sent to my house. 
• I don’t have the money for a personal trainer, and I most likely never will. 
• I’m married to a man whom I love dearly, but he too struggles with his weight. 
• I’ve been overweight forever. I’m pretty sure I was overweight at birth. Seriously. 

So with all that being said, I’ve lost 90 lbs in the past year. 90 lbs. That’s like a 5th grader. To be comfortably at my goal weight I will need to lose 60 lbs this year (this goal includes the weight I probably gained over the past two days of eating junk). 

Now that I am joining this blog world “party” I should probably introduce myself. My name is Jade and by the end of 2011 I’ll be Skinny. I’d love for you to join me on my journey. :)