Art Imagining Life

A few years ago Steve got me a really nice art kit for Christmas. I've always liked to doodle and sketch, so he went all out for me (as he is so want to do). It's in a big black case and has colored pencils, chalks, paints and an easel... all in all a very nice gift. One that I always felt was too professional for my skills and abilities (or lack there of).

Lately my insomnia has been kicking in, and after a few nights of 3 hours or less of sleep I start to feel creative. It's always been like that for me; back in high school my creativity would burst out in the form of poetry. Now though it seems to want to come out as drawings, and who am I to stifle my own creativity?

For whatever reason, all I could think about drawing recently was Florence, Italy. I've never been of course - I've never been anywhere. But I'd like to go some day, and until that day comes I'll keep dreaming about it. Since I couldn't draw it from memory I had to go off of a picture I found on Google.

Anyway, here's my most recent sketch art. I've never drawn something like this before, and I have to say I'm pretty proud of myself. I showed Steve the almost-finished product last night, and he was proud of me too. He said it makes him happy to see me indulging my creativity. :-)

Progress!!

It's been 8 weeks since I started my Lifestyle Overhaul, and I have nothing but good news to report! I have lost another 5 lbs (from last Sunday), and that brings the total to 28 lbs lost since January 6th. 28 motherf**king pounds!!!
I'm excited - can you tell? Hell, if I was any more excited there would be two of me. :-)

Of my 28 lbs lost, 20 have come off in the last 4 weeks alone, since I started The Juicing. I put that in bold letters because it's been such a remarkable thing for me that I feel, at this point, it deserves to be revered a bit. Unfortunately I'm not able to acheive the effect I would like, which would be for you to hear those words in your mind spoken by James Earl Jones. So be a dear and just imagine it that way, okay?

Anyway... The Juicing.
I did a juice fast (nothing but fresh vegetable/fruit juice and tea) for the first week, and since then I have had juice nearly every day for breakfast and lunch, and small, sensible dinners. I have been drinking coffee, tea, and decaf Nescafe quite freely, along with lots and lots of water. It's all been working out so well that I have actually become enthused by my prospects. Case in point, this morning I woke up at 5:17 and instead of rolling over and going back to sleep (which I easily could have done), I instead chose to get up and weigh myself because I was eager (yes, you read that right - EAGER) to see what the scale would show me.
Of course, it's not just the scale that I am getting hope and excitement from... I have lost enough weight in the right places that I have once again started to feel good about myself. I no longer dress/undress away from any and all reflective surfaces. I look in the mirror now and I can tell, every week, that I have lost weight and gained back a little bit more of my health and fitness. I am fitting into smaller jeans and shirts, and I feel so damn proud of that I could burst. And Steve can tell how well I'm doing, just by looking at me.

So here's to losing weight!
Here's to getting healthy!
Here's to finishing my coffee so I can scrub the vegetables and fruits I'm going to drink for breakfast! The juice may not taste as awesome as the blueberry pancakes Steve promised the girls for breakfast this morning, but I'll drink it anyway because it's worth it.