I start back to school January 15th. YAY!

Okay.. So heres a small update.

I moved back home with my parents (which isnt as bad as it sounds because Im 20 and still in school)

I transferred to Delaware State University...Not too shabby.. I dont know how it is yet because I start in two weeks.

Im still horridly unemployed, but Im still looking and stuff...

Good news:

Im starting to take my health seriously. Over the past couple weeks, Ive been working out and trying to eat healthy. This was especially hard over the holidays what with all the food and fast food and cheesecake...but it hardly matters.

Now, Im back home, and today I went shopping and spent 100 dollars on Whitney-Friendly food stuffs. This is especially important because my family are out and out carnivores-where as I stick to chicken and veggie things. Not to mention there was nothing but meat and junk food in this house, and I felt like there was nothing for me to eat. SOOOOO I bought some cereal that I would like, a few healthy snacks, lots of yogurt and salad making stuffs, some actual chicken so I can make chicken alfredo stuff, and some alfredo and marinara sauce for making pasta, wheat pasta, granola bars, vegetarian and health friendly quick dinners (lean cuisine mostly) a few hot pockets and such...and I designated where all of my food was that way no one else would get into it (not like they would but oh well.) I feel really good about this.

My Progress:

about oh...3 or 4 months ago, I was really getting fat. I mean seriously fat. I was up to a size 26 in pants, lord knows what in shirts...and that was scary. Anyone who knows plus size clothing knows that you dont get much higher than that-after size 26 youre into elastic and sweat shit. I didnt want to continue going down this path, and something in me just snapped. I feel like Ive said a lot of "oh i really wanna get my weight under control" and then just not done anything about it. This time, I feel really serious about it. I feel good after I work out, and I feel good when I eat right. Its not just an emotional or mentally feeling good either, its a physical good. I feel like I can conquer the world, and it makes me want to do it more often. Its getting easier and easier to do this, and it feels right.

That being said, Mom bought most of my Christmas clothes a little smaller than what i was when she bought them. I am down to an official size 22 (which is incredible to me) and the other day, I bought a pair of size 20 jeans...which I am currently wearing. It feels SO good to be into a size 20 jean, because after that, its size 18....and then after that, its size 16, and after that-its my goal. A size 14. Ideally, Id like to be a size 12. My general goal is a size 12/14.