#FATLIFE

There is a joke within our group of friends that we say every time we think or do something fat. We do the fat thing and then say, "FATLIFE!" For example, another couple and us ran a 5k this past September. We picked them up around 7 a.m and started on our drive to Chicago. We didn't even get to the corner out of their subdivision when our friend goes," I'm thinking McDonald's for breakfast?" In unison we said, "FATLIFE!" Now, after we walked ran the race, we were hungry yet again and ended up going to Girordano's for dinner. FATLIFE.

 I was excited when I met my husband because we were in the fatlife together. I kind of took the fatlife, ran with it, and used it as my crutch. We had a conversation about our families health history where we both learned that we have tremendous health risks in our lineage that to sit here and do nothing about it, would be encouraging a nasty fate. So my husband took action and started losing weight October of 2011 and lost a significant amount of weight. He always encouraged me to join him where I would start, then hold back and then start again, and hold back. It was hard. So I stopped. I kept telling myself that I'll do it tomorrow or "man, Jillian is really tough and kicking my butt. I think I'll stop after 10 minutes." FATLIFE.

Our pastor started a new series at our church called Direction. He said something to the effects of "your actions determine your destination, not your intentions." In other words, I have good intentions of working out and getting smaller  healthier, but my actions are doing nothing to show that. I have healthy food for snacks sitting in my fridge, but I also have a vending machine right outside the door to where I work that's more convenient and better tasting. After the second sermon of the series, my husband and I agreed together that we would finally, once and for all, conquer the fatlife. We have given ourselves a deadline of exactly 6 months to be the weight that we want to be. It's not going to be easy, in fact it'll be really hard. HA, it's day 1 and my legs are feeling the pain from 45 mins of the elliptical machine. I'm hoping that through writing out my food intake, my weight and each weigh-in, and thoughts a long the way, will make it all a little easier? I'm not sure but we will see! HEALTHYLIFE