my cactus

This is my cactus

Okay, here it is, this summer I lost 50 pounds, you want to know how I did it? I simply started exercising more and eating less. I didn't deprive my self of sweets or eat only low fat whatever I just ate less. I didn't even count calories. I hate all these stupid commercials for fad diets that tell you you only lose weight if you do this or that hey get real, those diets only work while you're on them as soon as you go off the diet you gain the weight back.

Losing weight is about more than just shedding the pounds it's about making a lifestyle change that you commit to for the rest of your life, and you have to be the one to chose to do it. Not for someone else but for you and you alone. My turning point was when I realized I weighed nearly 300 pounds, I really didn't want to hit that 300 lb mark so I started eating less, a lot less. And I started exercising and you know what I really started to feel better about myself, the pounds came off, slowly but surely and from May to November I lost 50 pounds.

The big thing was in making smarter choices, in the past if I had a craving for Twinkies I would buy a whole box and then eat the whole box in one sitting. Now if I have a craving I go to the gas station and buy one or two, yes I allow myself to satisfy that craving because I know that if I don't it's only going to get worse and I'm only going to end up gorging if I don't satisfy the craving, and you know what for me that works. I just make sure I practice self restraint when I'm satisfying a craving.

For Everyone who may read this and is overweight or knows someone overweight, before you do anything drastic please first try this. It worked for me and I've been struggling with weight since I was16.

Teresa

age 29

current weight 251 and dropping

kind of a journal

This is the first time I've ever created my own blog, the whole concept is kind of new to me.

Right now I have a horrible cold that wont go away and I have 8 art projects to both start and finish before Christmas so I can give them as gifts not including the poems I still have to write to give as gifts and its very hard to work on anything when I'm so sick... Oh well that is the life of an artist I know that somehow I will get it all done. hmm.

here is one of my older writings:

the title is

Life

myself,

the always journey.

learning, living, growing;

with sadness, fearless, loving...

hurting.

Change

To be an Artist

In this day and age just about anyone can call themselves an artist, but in my opinion in order to really be an artist you have to have suffered in some way at some point in your life. Mentally, physically, emotionally or all of the above. Sure anyone can paint a beautiful picture of something but only someone who has truly suffered can also give that beautiful picture some true feeling that catches the eye. Not everyone will agree with this and I don't expect them to because everyone has different viewpoints. The beauty of art is that their are so many genres that anyone can find a creative outlet and everyone can create something beautiful.

To be an artist, it takes more than just creativity, it takes putting the whole of your being into what you are creating and not stopping until what you have created has become a small part of you.

Teresa