I fasted most of today (very little for lunch, coffee and water) and ate a banana when I got home for dinner. Actually I feel pretty good and energetic - plenty clearheaded as well. I also feel and look slimmer. Tomorrow I can eat anything I want again - perfect timing since it's Thanksgiving as well!
Today at work I complimented a co-worker of mine on her Grecian Halloween dress. She said I would look good dressed up as a Grecian too because of my hair. I decided to candidly tell her in front of our other co-workers that I'm wearing a wig. I just offhandedly said that I have thinning hair so the hair on top is a wig. She looked a bit surprised (I thought she knew and simply suspected her comment was an oblique reference to it) and said my hair looked good. I said I hope so since I paid enough for it. Then blessing of all blessings later that afternoon a mutual co-worker of ours said he can work for me tomorrow. I now have Thanksgiving off!
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Alternate Day Fasting
I just read an article about how fasting every other day can help you lose weight. I completely pigged out today so tomorrow I will fast (meaning that I'll eat 25% of my calories between 11am and 2pm). (I just made it to my midnight deadline to write this post.)
I was thinking about declaring for my New Year 2010 resolution: no red wine or coffee for 1 year. I'd like to reduce my alcohol and caffeine consumption in a reasonable way so I'm eliminating only beverages that stain teeth. In this way I'll stay more hydrated as well as have whiter teeth-- both results increasing my chances to compete in the beauty contest by year end!
I was thinking about declaring for my New Year 2010 resolution: no red wine or coffee for 1 year. I'd like to reduce my alcohol and caffeine consumption in a reasonable way so I'm eliminating only beverages that stain teeth. In this way I'll stay more hydrated as well as have whiter teeth-- both results increasing my chances to compete in the beauty contest by year end!
Monday, November 23, 2009
My Goal
My goal is to write at least once a day about what I am doing to enter a beauty pageant. Today I read an article about how obesity is highest in the South and Appalachian Mountains. As a recent transplant, I can attest to the fact that it is very easy to get fat because of lack of sidewalks, expensive and limited produce, fast food and reliance on driving to get anywhere.
I'm bit of a perfectionist when it comes to writing so I procrastinated about writing this post. But I want to change my life. Therefore, I need to keep myself accountable to taking small yet tangible steps toward my goal. I think I need to count calories again starting tomorrow. I also want to indulge in the fun ways to prepare for a beauty pageant - walking with a book on my head, for example ;). I want to make it fun for myself so I can finally tackle a health problem that has existed for too long.
I'm bit of a perfectionist when it comes to writing so I procrastinated about writing this post. But I want to change my life. Therefore, I need to keep myself accountable to taking small yet tangible steps toward my goal. I think I need to count calories again starting tomorrow. I also want to indulge in the fun ways to prepare for a beauty pageant - walking with a book on my head, for example ;). I want to make it fun for myself so I can finally tackle a health problem that has existed for too long.
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Continuation of My "Julie/Julia" Goal
I just moved into the house that I bought with my mother. It's going to be my mother's retirement home in the future, but my sister and I will be living here while we go to grad school. We love our home - We closed on Election Day, and the mayoral candidate we worked for during the summer won the election! Tuesday, November 3rd was a great day! God shined down on us with fantastic weather after a dreary October.
Actually my birthday was in October, and I remembered this project. I regretted that I let the whole house-buying process derail my original intention to compete in a beauty pageant by 1 year. Then last week I saw "Julie/Julia" the book in Barnes & Noble and impulsively bought it. I was reading it last night in a wine bar, and then the waiter brought my receipt with "Julie/Julia Project" noted as my name. Underneath it was the time: 8:17pm. 17 is a very special number for me so I believe God just gave me a special sign to continue pursuing my dream. I also happened to read the first chapters of the book that detailed how Julie was moving simultaneously as she started her Julie/Julia Project. So I promised myself I would start today - 11/22/09 (and true to my word, right before midnight ;).
Actually my birthday was in October, and I remembered this project. I regretted that I let the whole house-buying process derail my original intention to compete in a beauty pageant by 1 year. Then last week I saw "Julie/Julia" the book in Barnes & Noble and impulsively bought it. I was reading it last night in a wine bar, and then the waiter brought my receipt with "Julie/Julia Project" noted as my name. Underneath it was the time: 8:17pm. 17 is a very special number for me so I believe God just gave me a special sign to continue pursuing my dream. I also happened to read the first chapters of the book that detailed how Julie was moving simultaneously as she started her Julie/Julia Project. So I promised myself I would start today - 11/22/09 (and true to my word, right before midnight ;).
Monday, August 31, 2009
Ms. Christian America
I was inspired on Aug. 16th by watching "Julie/Julia." I cried during the movie because it was so much like my own life. Both Julia's - the Queens girl (but I love Queens!) and the late-blooming Julia in Paris. So many parallels between their lives and my own that it made me cry. 9/11 in the background...working for a NYC gov't agency... on the phones... speaking French... Commuting to the city... being an underachiever given my former academic success... being a procrastinator... being a late-bloomer (like Julia)...
That's why Queens Julie inspired me to start my own 1-year blog. I got into a fight with my sister about what to make my goal. I felt criticized, but I was unfair to my sister and became overly sensitive. I also procrastinated about starting this blog until now. She suggested entering a beauty pageant, and that is the only goal that remotely has inspired me. I need to get into shape, but it appears that only my vanity is what motivates me.
When I grew up watching Miss America, I always wanted to be on stage winning the tiara and sash. But in my mind I was too plain. I didn't like my complexion or facial features - I judged myself too harshly by the standards of beauty on television. Now I appreciate that I was and am pretty but haven't made the most of my looks.
Looking back, I wish I had faith in God's Power, in His Possibilities. But I'm glad that I now have faith in His Son Jesus. I read about the ordeal that one Miss USA had gone through, the year I graduated from high school. If that had been me, I would have been in danger! I think God Protected me. Then I read about how Miss USA 2003 used her platform to promote abstinence. I was surprised by the year - 2003 is when I truly became a Christian. So maybe God is saying to me that it's okay to pursue this dream as long as Jesus is planted firmly in my heart first.
That is why I know God is Blessing this Blog. I found Ms. Christian America contest that will be held next August in Los Angeles. That will be my goal! I will use this blog to update my efforts and keep me on track. I finally started it-- on the last day of August 2009! Please help me go for my dream - please pray for me! I am asking God and Jesus to grow back my hair and help me lose weight (approximately 50 lbs). I am giving myself permission to be a beautiful woman, take care of myself and not feel guilty about it, so that I can be more joyful, energetic and enthusiastic to serve God! By being happy I can be a joy to others. I would also have more energy and be able to buy more economical and nicer clothes.
Also please pray for me to write words of encouragement on this blog - Words of Faith that heal others, inspire others to dream and pursue their dreams to honor God and Jesus. It's very easy to kvetch about what's going wrong in one's life. It takes courage and faith to write about what's going right and how to make life right by God. Help me to speak words that will make me clean from inside out. Maybe most importantly that, through this year, I become more beautiful inside first.
That's why Queens Julie inspired me to start my own 1-year blog. I got into a fight with my sister about what to make my goal. I felt criticized, but I was unfair to my sister and became overly sensitive. I also procrastinated about starting this blog until now. She suggested entering a beauty pageant, and that is the only goal that remotely has inspired me. I need to get into shape, but it appears that only my vanity is what motivates me.
When I grew up watching Miss America, I always wanted to be on stage winning the tiara and sash. But in my mind I was too plain. I didn't like my complexion or facial features - I judged myself too harshly by the standards of beauty on television. Now I appreciate that I was and am pretty but haven't made the most of my looks.
Looking back, I wish I had faith in God's Power, in His Possibilities. But I'm glad that I now have faith in His Son Jesus. I read about the ordeal that one Miss USA had gone through, the year I graduated from high school. If that had been me, I would have been in danger! I think God Protected me. Then I read about how Miss USA 2003 used her platform to promote abstinence. I was surprised by the year - 2003 is when I truly became a Christian. So maybe God is saying to me that it's okay to pursue this dream as long as Jesus is planted firmly in my heart first.
That is why I know God is Blessing this Blog. I found Ms. Christian America contest that will be held next August in Los Angeles. That will be my goal! I will use this blog to update my efforts and keep me on track. I finally started it-- on the last day of August 2009! Please help me go for my dream - please pray for me! I am asking God and Jesus to grow back my hair and help me lose weight (approximately 50 lbs). I am giving myself permission to be a beautiful woman, take care of myself and not feel guilty about it, so that I can be more joyful, energetic and enthusiastic to serve God! By being happy I can be a joy to others. I would also have more energy and be able to buy more economical and nicer clothes.
Also please pray for me to write words of encouragement on this blog - Words of Faith that heal others, inspire others to dream and pursue their dreams to honor God and Jesus. It's very easy to kvetch about what's going wrong in one's life. It takes courage and faith to write about what's going right and how to make life right by God. Help me to speak words that will make me clean from inside out. Maybe most importantly that, through this year, I become more beautiful inside first.
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