The Weigh In: Counting the Days to Summer...

So. I have a goal to lose 20lbs by June 1st. And I know it's mid-way through April already, buuuut I made a goal that by June first, I will have lost my target weight...and I don't think it's asking too much of me either. I know that as soon as I remove caffeine + gluten from my diet then I'll be on the right track already.

I'm gluten intolerant to begin with (which means that gluten basically just doesn't metabolize in my system.. it turns straight to fat and it's a lot harder for me to take off weight then it is for most people, due to my hypoglycemic thyroid...yes, it's a lottta problems I gotta deal with unfortunately), and so I've been eating waaaaay too much bread/flour/wheat products lately, so I know that as soon as I get back on the right diet, then I'll be able to feel a whole lot better about the way I look, my body, etc. Which means I'll have to cut out foods like this:

...in order for me to get to feeling good, the way I should! I can have all the fruits and veggies in the above pictures, just not any of the bread products. And it's not easy because let me tell you..I LOVE bread. Soooo much. I was diagnosed last summer as being gluten intolerant and it wasn't easy taking the news...it made sense, however, seeing as I already had problems with my thyroid gland that I would be gluten intolerant as well, but still, it was just frustrating to think that I would have to start giving up some of my favorite things to eat and remove them permanently from my diet. Of course, like I mentioned earlier, I've been doing an awful job of doing that and I've been eating waaay too much gluten these past few weeks, so I think it's time I do my body a favor and listen to it when I get too tired and cranky during the day because I ate too much damn bread! I have to start treating it right, because it's the only body I've got :)

And of course I know my body will never be perfect, but I'm about to make damn sure that I do my best to get it up to my best standards! In all of this I found some femmages that I thought were inspiring enough to keep encouraging me to workout/eat right:

And I know...I'm not a supermodel. These women are most likely photoshopped in some way..but still. I can't help but look and be a teensie bit jealous at how fabulous they're bodies (especially they're abs..way to go ladies!) look. I know I'll probably never look like any of the ladies pictured above, but at least it gives me a goal to work for... three cheers for optimism, eh?

xo
Jardin

ps. wish me luck through all of this..it's going to take a loooot of willpower to stay away from all this damn bread/gluten that always seems to be everywhere I go!