A lot has gone on with me the last 5 months and my weight and fitness kind of fell by the wayside.  I actually have no idea how much I weigh at present, because over the course of losing my apartment last June (through no fault of my own) and the subsequent lack of a permanent living arrangement, moving, and having my belongings scattered in various locations for storage, I seem to have lost my scale.

I finally have a home (yay!) living with the most amazing guy in the whole world in New Jersey.  Wasn't sure how I'd feel about leaving the city (my home is dirty Philly!) and becoming a Jersey-ite, but I'm actually liking it.  It's nice to be able to park in a driveway and blast music without someone banging on the wall of the apartment next to you to tell you to shut up.  The only thing that sucks about where I'm living (Toms River in central NJ) is the fact that there's a serious lack of vegan food options.  I'm 45 mins from the nearest Whole Foods and all the closer "natural food markets" have obscene prices and shamefully small selection.  There's absolutely nowhere to eat out.  Eating out is less of a concern since 1. I'm watching my weight, 2. I'm watching my wallet, and 3. I have an awesome kitchen to cook in now and an omni boyfriend who shares my aversion for dairy and is appreciative of vegan cooking.  However sometimes I still get a hankering for a 2am drunk falafel on South Street or some killer Ethiopian food.  Sigh, oh well.

I decided to get back on CC after a long hiatus for several reasons.  Right now I'm living 15 mins from the beach and our house has a hot tub, so situations where bathing-suit wearing are required are probably going to pop up pretty frequently.  Also, where I'm living now I no longer have access to a gym or a workout-buddy to make me get my butt off the couch, so my workouts are all on me.  Lastly, I live with a guy who seems not to have an ounce of fat on his body no matter what he eats.  Now, this is a good thing in that my boy has a lovely fat-free body to go with his beautiful baby blues, but living with someone who can eat massive amounts of Swedish Fish, Mountain Dew, and Oreos all day and then come home and eat twice as much dinner as you can tend to de-rail a girl pretty easily....

Once I get my financial picture straightened out (like, after the holidays) I'm going to buy a really good scale.  Until then, I'm just trying to stay on track without knowing my weight.  That might even be a good thing for me.  I'm currently trying to eat around 1400 a day.  I'm 100% vegan and I do my best to eat healthy - no chemicals/trans fats/HFCS/preservatives, whole grains, natural foods, most of the time whole foods.  I cook all my own meals from scratch.  I do yoga 3X per week and run 3X per week, resting on Sundays.  I'm not killing myself with the exercise - if I don't feel good or one day there's REALLY just not the time, I don't push it.  As much as I want to look smokin' in a bikini, I'm accepting of my flaws and pretty comfortable in my skin, so my ultimate goal is being healthy and continuing to be confident in myself rather than having my quest for a possibly unattainable ideal take over my life.  My last known weight was 133 over the summer.  My lowest weight previous to my hiatus from CC was 121.  I'd like to be back in the low 120s.

Well, this is getting long, so I'll leave it at that for now.  Anyone looking for support or a cheerleader or just to kill some time by chatting about whatever, feel free to hit me up.  Good luck to everyone!