Jealousy and self pity plague me.  Without it, I would be a lot further in life than I am now.  I have to clear all of the junk out of my head and only keep the good in.  I have always had negative thoughts ingrained in my head, though they are starting to subside.  I want to be healthy, fit, and sucsessful in my field.  Ahhh life...

New Goals

So I was looking at "The Weight Issue" post I did and realized it is a bit unrealistic.  Up until now nothing has worked for me to loose weight.  Im now trying Jillian Michaels Body Revolution ( a series of workout dvds) which requires 30 minutes a day.  Thirty minutes is not long...I have no excuse not to fit it in.   It hasn't arrived in the mail yet but I will be starting as soon as it arrives.  In other news I have been eating healthier and having less cravings, also drastically cutting down the soda.
   I was able to buy a 2010 Chevy Malibu, which was one of my goals.  Next goal is to find a good full time job that is graphic design/photography or leads me on that track.

Ready...go!

Adventures of Modern Dating

So I have been doing a bit of online dating recently and I'm going to go on a Carrie Bradshaw Sex in the City rant about it.  Why do guys that or online think they can they can be really forward and ask girls that they just started talking to about what sex positions they like or "Hey baby, wanna come over" when you barely typed a line of text to them? It really takes the mystery out of things...whatever happened to old fashioned romance, or "your eyes are really pretty" or "what do you like to do?" The guys I have talked to don't ask me any questions about myself, I ask all the questions.  Mainly it seems they just want to get in your pants or cyber sex and when they don't get what they want they move on right away :(  Or if we do get along, they give up cause we live far apart and they don't want to make the effort.  Im tired of being someone's second choice...very tired.  PLEASE COMMENT...want to hear your thoughts.

Sincerely yours,
   Vanessa

The Weight Issue

Hey yall,
      I am working on accomplishing a few of my goals.  I have taken my first few official guitar lessons!   I also have a good start on my savings!  The next thing I want to tackle is my weight.  It is getting out of control, I realized since I have started working 3rd shift I have gained 15 pounds!  That's 3 pounds a month.  Unacceptable!!  I want my game plan to be simple: do max of 4 things (as of now) to loose the weight

GAME PLAN:
     1.  Zumba 3 times a week, Gym 3 times a week
      2.   No regular soda
      3.  Replace Cousins subs (where I work) with salads and small piece of wheat bread
      4.  Don't go to work hungry!!

I have a tendency to not remember the plans I make or push them out of my head, I have to try to figure out a way to keep these things in my head.  Wish me luck!

Vanessa

Goals

I got inspired to make a goals list.  I may add or edit this at anytime.  Here goes:

   1.  Get my own apartment and car.
   2.  Learn guitar.
   3.  Get down to my goal weight.
   4.  Get most of my diet to consist of fruits and vegetables.
   5.  Get photographs in an art gallery.
   6.  Move out of Plymouth, WI area....(move to Madison, Chicago, or Green Bay)
   7.  Go on a European vacation with friends (hopefully next summer)

It's the Sodium!!

It's the sodium!  I have been trying to figure out why I am not loosing weight and it is because im retaining water from all the salt.  Im working on replacing my salty foods with healthy ones.

New Start

I have phases in my life.  It usually goes work somewhere, get laid off or quit, get sick of living in my hometown, leave the state and look for a job, then come back home.  Needless to say my life plan isn't set just yet.  I'm now at the coming back home stage.  Once I find a job I resolve to diligently SAVE my money for a car and apartment.  I also to work on more graphic design projects for my portfolio.  My friend Catherine is home after the Peace Corps and she will be around at least for the summer because she is teaching summer school so that is nice.  Some people may think it sucks to still live with the parentals and they would be half right :)  But it buys me time to figure things out and I appreciate their help.  I have been doing housecleaning and petsitting on the side.  I will try to update the blog semi-frequently.
Later kiddos,
Vanessa