9 months and counting....

Okay, so this is the deal - I have 9 months to go before I go home and see family and friends, some of whom I have not seen in 6 years. Just the thought of that causes a little tremor of fear to run down my spine. A spine, which I might add, is covered by quite a bit more flesh than the last time I graced the shores of sunny South Africa.

It has been almost 3 months since Ashleigh made her grand entrance and I am tired of making excuses as to why I keep falling off the weight loss bandwagon. It is time to stand up and be counted - Hi, my name is Paula and I need to lose weight. There, now that wasn't so bad was it??

So, I have 2 main goals: 1. I want to lose at least 40 pounds by the time I go home.
2. I want to be running 5k in 2 months.

I think I can, I think I can........