It recently came to my attention that I had not updated you all on my Journey to Loserville in quite a while. I guess you could say I’ve been at a rest stop for a while now. I think I could use a little challenge to kick my butt in gear pick me up. More on that at the end.

So, how has it been going? Not good really. I was really discouraged by my recent foray in the world of all things curvy. It’s really disheartening to work hard at something and not only find I hadn’t made any progress, but, in fact, I took a step (or 2.25) back. No matter.

Well, in the past six weeks I really struggled with my sweet tooth. I made chocolate chip cookies WAY too often. I had ice cream. I even had a few candy bars. It was a rough patch, peeps. Rough. Not rough in the “oh, darn” way, rough in the “why can’t I get it right?” kind of way.

You know, when your sweet tooth is screaming “Feed Me!” and your mind is saying “Oooh, cookies sound GOOD!” And then, you eat it and while your eating it, it’s all rainbows, lollipops and rainbows and cute kittens. All is right with the world, cause cookies are GOOD.

And then you finish the cookie(s).

And BOOM.

Suddenly it’s all “I should not have eaten that.” And things are no longer rainbows and all things good. It’s more like a tornado that takes out your ego, self-esteem and your mood in one fell swoop. And once you move past what you did, then it’s, “I should know better. I DO know better. I CAN do better. I WILL do better.”

And you do do better, until the next time the eggs, flour and sugar say, “Hey! Put us in a bowl and let us have a party with the butter and vanilla. And don’t forget Chocolate Chips, he’s the life of the party, ain’t no party without him. Don’t worry, his parents will be home.”

Yeah, that kind of rough.

Finally, this past week I started taking some herbs to cleanse my lymph system. In this mix is some herbs that, well, let’s just say they move things along that we can’t really talk about here. Funny thing, I started feeling better and I only made cookies once this past week AND most of the dough is still in the fridge, just chillin’.

Maybe it’s the time of year, I seem to get the desire to go walking when it the most HOT in this lovely, muggy as crap area, but I am going to challenge myself to walk this week. And since I now actually have people reading the blog and they seem to actually like me, for which I love them, I will be sure to keep this challenge. Because there is really no motivation like good ol’ embarrassment.

Really, try it sometime.

Tell someone, nay, LOTS of someones something you want to do. And then, the first time someone asks, “How’s it going?” You will be EXTREMELY motivated to not have to tell them that it’s not again. Really, it works.

So, whether I lose weight or not, there are changes I need to make to my diet and my life. My body needs more movement and stretching, oh my, does it need stretching. I’d tell you how I figured that out, but I would have to never see or speak to you again because, well, there is no getting over THAT kind of embarrassment.

So, my lovelies, that is what’s been up with my Journey to Loserville. Can anyone relate? Please?