Shannon Lightening the Load – a statement that can be taken
both literally and figuratively. I
started this blog as a place to share my weight loss journey with anyone who
was willing to read along with me. A
sort of paying it forward, if you will.
I’m a real girl, who eats real food, who lives in an
everyday world but still manages to lose weight and be healthy. It’s true, I eat potato chips, cupcakes and
snacks but the difference is I eat them in moderation, I know the points plus
values associated with them and I allow myself to have things I want. It’s all about moderation, not
deprivation. There isn’t one thing I
cannot have because if I or someone says I cannot have it, I’m going to want it
more than ever. Plus, I’m all about
following a plan I can manage and maneuver my entire life – not a fad diet
which is going to make me crash and burn.
With my blog, I like to have a platform where I can talk
about the different things that matter to me, while also having the ability to
discuss passions of mine. I blog about
different dishes I’ve cooked (making sure to provide the original recipe to
whatever dish I’ve recreated). When I
make a dish that is my own, I provide a recipe for that with the Weight
Watchers points plus values associated with it.
I like to express my non-scale victories, my experiences and my honest
opinion.
If you read my blog, you’ll know I’m a bit of a foodie at
heart. Because of this, I do feature Food
Finds on my blog. I find this to be so
interesting because I recall when I first started Weight Watchers; the grocery
store was a big sigh. I loved shopping
(still do) but the thought of having to calculate every single thing before
buying it was tiring (but I still did it!). The more I got accustomed to buying certain
items, the less I had to recall how many points they were because it was all
engraved in my brain. These days when I
find a new product, I like to share the points plus values of the item, the
nutrition information (if I remember to photograph it) as well as my initial
first impression/review of the product. I
recall pre-Weight Watchers I liked hearing what family/friends had to say about
something that was new on the market because if they said it was awful, I’d
typically steer clear of it.
I like to be able to share and help people. From all this, to know that I perhaps helped
one person makes my journey even bigger and brighter.
