Norwegian Elkhounds

Hey there! You came back! What an adorable thing to do! I said I would post everyday and it is 11 pm (I'm in central time) so I just did make it under the wire. WHEW!! Yay for not breaking promises! Well, today I said I was going to talk about post ideas and the format for my blog and all that jazz but that sounded boring even to me! So we're not going to do that. I figured that instead of having a set topic or category for each day of the week I will just surprise you every day so that you will keep coming back. Because who doesn't love surprises? People in prison; that's who. Because chances are it won't be a puppy or an adorable video of a small child with an impossibly cute British accent laughing at his baby brother who continues to bite his finger. Instead it would be glass in your enchilada for Taco Tuesday or waking up to a 6'7 bald guy named Tiny hovering over you with a shiv. A shiv or a shank? You get the point.

So today I decided to tell you about my new J-O-B. I was recently hired as a counselor for Medifast. It's a nutrition/weight management company. They are trying to break into the market in Alabama so they are opening up 3 new stores in the Birmingham area. Yours truly will be working at the Highway 150 location so please come see me! And if you have any weight to lose, the program is LEGIT, and you should probably/definitely try it.

As part of our job agreement, we have to go on the program. So for the next few weeks/maybe months I will be eating one "lean & green" meal a day (5-7 ounces of lean meat & veggies) and 5 packaged meals/snacks per day. The program allows you to lose up to 2-5 pounds/week as opposed to the traditional 1-2 on other programs. At first I was a little skeptical, but the program it turns out is actually really incredible.  It is rich in fiber to help keep you full and balanced in protein and carbs.  It has been physician approved and is recommended by doctors across the country. OK... this is starting to sound a little too infomercial-ly. ANYWAY I AM EXCITED ABOUT THIS. I used to be CRRRRRRRRRRRRRAZY about working out. Really. I still love it but I'm not as consistent as I used to be. My eating habits are not fantastic. I have a SERIOUS sweet tooth. I wish there were some way I could emphasize this point besides all caps. I LOVE SUGAR. I WANT TO MARRY IT. I know what you're thinking. You are thinking, "Jessica, you can't marry sugar. If we start letting people marry sugar, what's next? Horses? Norwegian Elkhounds? Blue-footed boobies? Plastic gnomes?"

We interrupt your regularly scheduled blogging, to show you this picture of a blue-footed booby. Who WOULDN'T want to marry this cute little fella?

Ok, back on track.

Well, although I want to marry sugar, I can't. So I am trying to put some space in between myself and my beloved. So if you gather the weight of my sugar obsession, there is no need to tell you that good nutrition is a struggle for me. The decline in frequency of my exercise combined with my serious sweet-savoring predicament has left me with a few pounds I would like to lose so I am moderately-majorly stoked. I will let you know how the food tastes and how healthy, euphoric, miserable, or insane I feel. I'm sure it will produce some good stories since I usually eat like a 17 year old boy, which was fine for a while. But I won't be able to exercise like a mad person forever so I am appreciative of the opportunity to get myself on track. I really love that the company cares about the integrity of their employees; starting with the fact that they want us to lead by example and avoid hypocrisy by being healthy ourselves.

That's all for today, my little apricots.

Tata for now! Come back tomorrow! And if you feel like it (YES) check out my other, also newborn blog: Constructive Witticism! And please comment! It makes me feel like raindrops on roses & whiskers on kittens! DON'T YOU WANT ME TO FEEL LIKE KITTENS? OF COURSE YOU DO!

TOOTLES

~Jess