The week that was

ESC and I hosted a JERK-Que in the park (my Jamaican spin on a BBQ) on Friday. This meant a week of planning and prep work, shopping in the market, seasoning meats, baking bread and cooking. It was a potluck, other people took dishes, drinks and misc items so we didn't have to shoulder the cost of feeding a multitude. I made jerk seasoning from scratch. ESC filleted fish and marinated lamb chops in rosemary and garlic.

The weather was good. We ate, played word games and stayed until night.

Now I am back on my weight loss journey.

I have been walking daily, incorporating exercise into my daily existence. I will get back to weight training soon.

My knees have been crying out with the excess weight so I have to be careful and being in the dessert is making my asthma act up but I am still forcing myself to do something. Our fridge and cupboards are filled with healthy choices and I am refusing to call the KFC or Hardees delivery numbers. In fact, just tonight, I posted a sign on my door "NO fast food delivery."

I am not craving the fas food as I did a couple weeks ago. I seemed to have gone on a nonstop binge after I got sick and couldn't compete in our own Biggest Loser competition.

There is a new round that just started and I need to get into it. I need the accountability.

ESC is waking up half hour earlier in the mornings to excercise to keep his blood pressure up so I will have the company. He is on a 40 day to a flat stomach routine.

We went to the health store and got us some good vitamins and I got a green tea supplement to give me the energy to move around as well as boost my metabolism.

I have been drinking more water too.

My body is actually craving the excercise and the outdoors.

I think I will start to use the gym upstairs for weightlifting and go walking with my St. Lucian friend in the mornings.

I know my days of smoking are numbered. I can feel it. My lung capacity is so severely affected by smoking and I am just tired of always being sick.

I need to get a bathroom scale and some hand weights for walking.

Today I started going to my backlog of photos that need editing in a bid to be more productive. I started with my most recent shoot and started working my way backwards. I am realizing that maybe I should focus solely on printing and selling current photos in my portfolio instead of pushing paid sessions.