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Crazy week and bad books

Ok so this past week has been quite crazy. Ron’s brother came into town and he hasn’t seen the guy in 20 years so it was a nice reunion. I was a little worried because I knew nothing of him so I didn’t know what we’d talk about but it ended up being a good reunion and I hope Ron continues to keep in touch with his brother because family is important. His brother is older than him and in much better shape so I hope its a push for Ron to step up his game. Unfortunately, I didn’t get to spend much time with them because I had to go to my parent’s house and take care of my great grandmother who has Alzheimer’s and can’t sit by herself. It was ok, not the best job in the world but that’s what family is for. She’s not getting better and its just rough dealing with the whole situation.  This does lead me to another subject though. Being away from my house and with my folks was hard on the food intake. They don’t really eat healthy which is why I’m at the point I’m at now. Lu...

Why did the chicken cross the road? To jump in my oven!

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First of all I’d like to announce that I have lost 2lbs. I am at 269.2 now! I still have a long way to go but I’ll get there. Living in the south its very hard to not have fried food. Down here we like to fry everything including candy bars. I can’t lie I’ve tasted a fried candy bar before and I didn’t like it much so I don’t have worry about ever feeling a loss of not being able to eat that again. However, it is hard to grow up spending years of my life eating fried chicken and the though of never eating it again is just too heart wrenching. I mean its a staple down here. How can you be a born and raised southerner and not like something fried?! Mmmm fried chicken, mashed potatoes, black eyed peas, and gravy. Oh my mouth is drooling thinking of it. Anyway, I have gotten around the fried chicken thing with one of my favorite Weight Watcher’s recipes. It’s called Southern-Style Oven-Fried Chicken and its very simple. No it doesn’t taste the same but its a good substitute. In fact,...

My work out beginning

I decided to do this because a friend of mine asked me to join her team. I joined because I do have breast cancer survivors and I'd always wanted to do a walk of some sort but I didn't want to do it on my own. Therefore, I jumped at this exciting opportunity. After that I didn't think much of it until I started trying to get healthy a few months later. I am a typical American, obese and unhealthy and I was always looking for a fast and easy way to lose weight but I know you can't do that. It took me years to get to this weight and it will take years to take it off. My husband and I both decided to go back on weight watchers and be serious about it this second time around and so far we are doing well, yes its slow and it is a life change but we're doing it. I also upped my work out routine to something more intense b/c just walking wasn't really cutting it. I wasn't really losing weight walking so I decided to start training to run. The problem is if I ...

Let's start from the beginning

We are a couple that met online, fell in love, got married and well now we’re living life together. We’re trying to get in shape because well, we’re online gamers. You know the typical gamer is fat and unhealthy and that’s us. We decided last year to change our routine and lose weight but we had the wrong reasons to lose weight. We were doing it so we could look better and we failed miserably. We changed our outlook and now we’re more successful. Yes it’s slow but it took us years to put it on so it’ll take awhile to take it off. I guess the best thing to do is give our story first so you can learn a little more about us as a couple. My name is Ashley and I’m a 27 year old entrepreneur. I’m currently trying to start up a business so we are not just trying to get healthy and feel better we are starting a new life together and a business. Our lives are quite hectic sometimes. My husband is Ron and he is a 45 year old attorney. Yup that's right 18 yrs difference here but he makes me...