A Big 'ol Update!

Hello All! Okay, so I inspiration to restart this blog, and this time, I'm gonna keep it up. Anyway, so the last time I posted, it was around late May, a few days after my 18th birthday. Now it's October. I know you must be like, "Did you die?!" No....well...you can say that my former spoiled self has died and now I'm in the new flesh. Sorry, I watched Videodrome last night. Creepy. It's now October, I'm in college, and have officially been pushed into adulthood. So, let me back up to late May so you can really see where I'm going with all this.

So I'm guessing (b/c I forgot) that I called my Aunt yet again to talk to her, and I got my father, and after heavy thinking, I invited him to graduation. Him and my aunt came, I graduated, and it was all hugs and pats on the back, with that touch of ever-so-present awkwardness mixed in as always. A few weeks later, we were facing eviction, and my mother suggested that I go and stay with them for a few weeks.....which turned into a few years to go to Pitt Community College there. I agreed. So we packed up and I left to go. From the minute my mom and Torri (my stepfather) left and I sat on the bed in my "room", I had that uneasy feeling and that really anxious feeling. I was a little excited for what was going to come. I was dead wrong. Needless to say, I hated staying there, and for remaining integrity for the idiot players involved, I am not lingering on this subject. Bottom line: I was supposed to stay for 2 years. I left within a month. I was supposed to get GBS. I am no longer. I am doing this all myself, b/c listen to me. I can do this. I worked hard and had to many nights crying myself to sleep to build up the strength within myself to believe that I can lose this weight without surgery. And you know what? I went to the doctor and I lost 11 pounds. Okay, let me back up again. When I did come back to Raleigh, we had no car. This obviously posed a big problem for all six of us. So, my aunt (my mother's sister) offered to take me to school until we get a car. Evidently, it was really expensive to drive me back and forth (not getting into that), so what my aunt did was....introduce me to the Bus System. I, and the rest of the family, were mortified at first, and this was coming a few days after my doctor told me that I have to wear a brace around my ankle to realign my knee after a fall I suffered at my high school just 5 months earlier. So as of September 21st, I started my 1 mile journey every morning to the 301 bus stop to Moore Square, then on the 40e to Wake Tech, and back again. 2 miles everyday. Admittedly, I hated my aunt for the first two weeks, but now....soon, I'm going to have to swallow my hard to digest pride and thank her. I lost weight, and I lost inches. AND my knee is getting better. I fell yesterday afternoon in the middle street, and now my OTHER knee hurts. I'm just praying that I'm sore. So, this is my routine every day. 2 miles Monday to Friday. Fighting with my mother to let me rest during the weekend, even though she wants me to get on the treadmill for 15 minutes. I hate that thing. No, I don't, I hate that I have to work myself. Well, it's all a part of this annoying thing called life and adulthood.

That's the update. In case you have ADD, like I do, here's the main bullet points:

I'm not getting Gastric Bypass Surgery
I'm losing the weight myself
I'm in college
I walk 2 miles a day
I'm steadily losing inches and weight
I'm on my way to being happy.


This is what I have eaten so far:

A Turkey and Swiss sandwich
A Cinnamon Raisin bagel with Whipped Cream Chesse (couldn't resist)
I have like loads of water which I plan to drink like I don't have an ounce of sense until I get home around 5:00 or so.


Also what I have to help me is music. I love music to no end. So everyday that I post, I will tell you what is my "Song That Got Me Going". It's not always going to be inspirational songs, mainly b/c I am R&B girl, so really, you are liable to hear anything. Well, seeanything. I don't the html skills to actually put the song on each post.

My "Song That Got Me Going" for today is "In The Air Tonight" by Phil Collins.
Come on, Classic. That drum solo.....magical. Love it!


I hope that you all will follow my journey, and encourage me along the way.
=)

Can She Do It On Her Own?
I Know She Can.