Me and My Goals

For a long time, approximately 7 years or so, have had a hard time managing many things in my life which has lead to an unhealthy relationship with food.

In combination with this, lifestyle choices of working late hours and playing late hours pushed me further and further into a cycle with energy drinks. I know, I talk about this like a drug, and it's not "technically" - however, my body started becoming more and more dependent on them. I wouldn't be able to do a normal days work without 1, 2, or even 3 of them a day.

Working on 3rd shift took it's toll and I rounded off into the 220+ lbs that I've been lucky enough to work off. I now sit, fluctuation, from 195 to an even 200lbs.

Work and life stresses seeped into layers of "i can't" or "i don't have time" excuses of why I couldn't address the way that I ate, what I ate, and how i felt about all of it.

A friend of mine contacted me 2 weeks ago and we went out for pizza. During this conversation she said "I remember how you were in college and part of you has changed. You use to love the way you looked and you had layers of confidence stemming from that. I miss that about you."
It hit home.

Lizzy ( http://raisingstrength.com/) has been working on pushing a message of healthier choices, local food, and nutritional knowledge to help local folk. She subscribes to a system of small changes over a long period of time, rather than rapid changes, to help apply ballence and find replacements for the things you're changing. One of the reasons I've failed at working on healthier choices is that:
a.) I didn't have a dependable support network for making the changes and
b.) I didn't know what to replace, when, and with what.

I've offered to track my work and progress, or lack of progress, here so that I can hopefully show what works for me.

Current Goals:
1.) Supplement energy drinks with Tea
2.) Drink mainly water throughout the day (60 oz)
3.) Re-integrate Exercize into my weekly rutine
4.) Give up fast food, or industrially prepared food (McDonalds, Wendies, Taco Bell, etc.)
5.) Reach a goal of 185lbs.