Time to Get Heatlhy Count Down....2 days to go.

I have been inspired by One Body For Living blog by Jenny.  Her crafting blog helped be through a very difficult time in my life earlier this year when I was dealing with health issues and surgery.  Her crafting blog inspired me and kept my mind busy and then she created her One Body For Living blog that just really inspired me and helped me realize there are a lot of people out there that want to heal and care for their one and only bodies and it made me realize our whole family needs to get back to the basics.  Why do we eat?  To survive.  What do we eat in this rush, rush, hurry, hurry, no time to spare world we are whizzing around in.......JUNK.  It's not nourishing our bodies.  It's not building up our bodies.  It's adding toxins to an already stressed and nutrient depleted body.  For the past 7 years I've been focused on making sure our dogs eat a healthy, nourishing diet and homemade foods and treats to avoid all the artificial ingredients, preservatives, dead/diseased animal by-products, etc....

Now it's time to focus on the whole family and get all of us -  humans and dogs into better eating habits.  We all only have one life and we need to take care of it the best we can.

On Wednesday Sept. 1 2010 I will be joining a Largest Loser weight loss challenge.  It will run approximately 12 weeks I believe.  During that time I will  be trying to makeover the way we eat, exercise and live day to day so that old unhealthy habits are broken and replaced with healthier ones.

That means no more....

That means starting Wednesday September 1, 2010 we will be eating more like this:

Mmmm it looks so refreshing.  I feel better just gazing upon healthier foods.

The girls are drooling already...they are counting down.

I got four paws up for this one....and noses in the air

My goal is to lose at least 24 pounds by the end of the challenge and to lose at least 16 of those pounds before November 6, 2010.  Anything above and beyond that will be excitedly accepted and welcomed.  Now that the weather is getting cooler and more enjoyable outside it's also my goal to make sure the girls get out and moving more too.

Come on girls....grab your leashes and lets get moving toward better health.  Oh, I think they are ready.