Mission Skinny 2010

Ok-so I am pretty sure that the title of my blog is false because I am almost 100% positive that chocolate cake with vanilla frosting tastes better that skinny feels, but as my mother says I've never been skinny so how do I really know? My mom wasn't being hard on me, the truth is I really have never have been skinny my entire life. I am no where near morbidly obese, but also not too close to healthy either. I am aware that I am being vague here but, I have not fully committed to put my weight on the internet for everyone to see. So, for now, let's just say I'm a bit chunkier than I would like.

I figure that part of my New Year's resolution should be get healthier. Also, to start a blog. So why not start a blog chronicling my skinny mission? By the way, a long term goal of mine would be to have my story/blog turned into a major motion picture that I would like to star in but, I am going to stick to one thing at a time. Anyways, the first few things I had to do get mission skinny fully underway was basically give up the things I love the most in the world. This would include: lunch dessert (my absolutely favorite part of my (old) daily diet), pasta (ok- I am not completely giving this up, I am just eating less. I would say I ate it at least one to two times daily- I have absolutely no excuse for this...I just love pasta), and just generally indulging in mass amounts of food and wine. I am not giving up wine yet- and vow I never will.

To help me along, I luckily have my own health coach living under the same roof- my roommate Gabrielle. She is keeping me on track with my pact to myself. My pact is basically various little healthy tips to aid in my overall goal of being thinner. I am going to add in new ones each week, so as to not send my body into full shock from extreme healthiness. Anyways, part of Marisa's-Pact-to-Herself-2010 is having pasta once a week. To many of you this seems like an easy task, and you probably all do it in a normal week. To me however, this is like saying I will only drink water once a week- so, we'll see how it goes. I also am going start to drink water when I think I am hungry. Apparently, a lot of the time you feel hungry you are actually thirsty. And since I have a chronic dehydration issue (I have had kidney stones, fainted and gotten tunnel vision because I was dehydrated...normal, right?) this will hopefully make a big impact and this small step will most likely make me look like Mary Kate Olsen. (False.) The next part of week one is I can only have cake/cupcakes once a month. I hear that this is supposed to make them taste even better, because separation makes the heart grow fonder or some bullshit like that. We'll see- I have feeling this is a false statement too since I'm pretty sure I can enjoy a cupcake with creamy frosting to the fullest no matter how many time a week I eat them. In any event, Gabrielle has been there helping me make sure that I complete these goals and I can proudly say have successfully completed them this week!

I even was faced with my demons (cupcakes) twice last week and did not give into temptation. I successfully sat next to (really next to) 48 different flavored cupcakes last week for 7 total hours and didn't even eat a bite. BIG SUCCESS! I knew once I took that first bite, I was absolutely done for. So, I am going to try my hardest to resist even the smallest bite of one of my absolutely favorite things on earth.

Anyways, this week I am just going to keep on mission skinny and maybe in the next post I'll figure out a way to chronicle my weight loss without revealing my actual weight...never gonna happen, but we'll see.