On September 22, 2008, I started the 2008 Best Life Challenge. I first weighed in at 155 lbs. I weighed in yesterday at 144. My short-term goal is to be 140 by December 25, 2008. My long-term goal is to be 125 lbs by summer 2009.

What am I doing to be healthy?
1. No eating after 8pm
2. Eating a lot of fruits & veggies
3. Drinking green smoothies
4. Working out including light strength training, walking, aerobics and dance work outs
5. Drinking a minimum of 64 oz of water per day

I made it! I started the Master Cleanse aka lemonade diet on September 8, 2008. Yesterday, September 17, 2008, was my final day of the fast. I'm currently on Day 1 of breaking the fast and excited about my new lifestyle.

I decided to change my eating habits to include fruits, vegetables, fish and chicken. I'm also embracing the 2008 Best Life Challenge, which will begin after I complete the entire master cleanse process.

Any information pertaining to making the change is welcome. Thanks.

Imagine your life starting out this way....

...You grew up in an emotionally and physically abusive family environment, with chaos and pain all around you. You were born in rural Mississippi to a poor unwed teenage mother, and later raised in an inner city Milwaukee neighborhood. You were raped at the age of nine, and at fourteen, gave birth to a son who died in infancy. Then you were sent to live with a man you call your father, a barber in Tennessee.

Okay, what would you have done if you had that kind of start in life? Many would have quit, lived with anger and bitterness while blaming others for their terrible upbringing. But not Oprah Winfrey.

or until Jesus comes back...That's what my husband and I always tell each other. I can't imagine living life without him. I feel so secure in him and the love we share.

For a while now, I have been perturbed by this whole let's just get a "divorce thing" especially with "church" folks.

Yah can't work it out?

I stumbled across this article, "My marriage was a mistake". (Read More Here). I've also been watching investigative legal shows where spouses are killing the other spouse. WTH is wrong with people?

Irreconcilable differences or irrevocably broken is just code for "I'm a quitter" or "I'm too lazy or selfish to make my marriage work". Yes, I know there are exceptions to every rule and maybe this does not apply to you. If not, keep it pushing.